What are the symptoms of genital herpes?

Dr Rosemary Leonard

Genital herpes is a viral infection. At least 8 in 10 people with the genital herpes virus do not know that they are infected. You catch it by having intimate (usually sexual) contact with someone who has the virus. In between episodes, the virus remains in your nerve system and can be reactivated from time to time to give you symptoms.

For more information on genital herpes, go to https://patient.info/health/sexually-transmitted-infections-leaflet/genital-herpes