Sexual Health
What are the symptoms of male genital herpes? Five common symptoms of male genital herpes
What are the symptoms of male genital herpes? The symptoms of male genital herpes and the skin damage caused by the small lump in the coronal groove of the glans mainly occur in the male skin, glans, coronal groove and penis, and occasionally in the urethral orifice; Primary genital herpes is often accompanied by systemic symptoms such as general discomfort, low fever, headache, and local shower swelling. Genital herpes often recurs. Recurrent genital herpes is lighter than the original one, with less damage and often without systemic symptoms.
What are the symptoms of male genital herpes?
1. Symptoms of primary genital herpes:
Latency: short, 2~7 days, average 5 days. The hair is good: the male occurs in the glans, penis, urethral orifice, scrotum, thigh, arm, etc., the female occurs in the labia, cervix, vulva, etc., and the vaginal mucosa is less affected.
The form and evolution of skin damage: after the incubation period of genital herpes infection, the above parts have burning sensation or tingling, and then appear erythema with pruritus and small red papules, which quickly become small blisters, and multiple groups of blisters can become pustules~ After 5 days, the vesicle ruptures, forms erosion or ulcer, and then scabs and heals. The course of disease is about 15~25 days. Conscious itching, burning, mild swelling, and obvious ulcer pain.
Systemic symptoms and complications: On the eve of or at the onset of genital herpes, there may be systemic symptoms, such as fever, headache, discomfort, neck stiffness, S2 to S4 sensory abnormalities, or dysuria, increased leucorrhea, and almost all primary GH may be accompanied by lymph node swelling and tenderness, which usually subsides after 1 to 2 months. Men often have lymphangitis, lymphadenitis and seminal vesiculitis, while women can have cervicitis and endometritis. Severe cases can be combined with meningitis, urethritis, acute urinary retention and cervical cancer.
Symptoms of male genital herpes 2. Symptoms of recurrent genital herpes: After the healing of primary genital herpes, it relapses about 1 to 4 months, mainly because the virus hidden in the nerve is activated again. The inducing factors include fever, sexual intercourse, mental stimulation, menstrual cramp, mood fluctuation after mental stimulation, cold climate, indigestion, etc. Its characteristics are: most of the recurrent sites are in the same place, the systemic symptoms are generally mild, the course of disease is short, the skin injury subsides in about 10 days, the skin injury begins to be blisters or pustules, and breaks and erodes after 1-2 days, and the skin lesions are mostly unilateral. Nearly 60% of HSV-II infections can recur. Only 14% of HSV-I infections occur. It can recur 4 times in the first year~ After six times, the number of recurrences gradually decreased. Not only did the disease itself recur and is difficult to control, but also the mental pressure and sexual dysfunction are a huge burden.