Early stage of male genital herpes

Male genital herpes is a common skin disease in the male genital area. When suffering from male genital herpes, blisters will easily appear on the genital skin in the early stage, and it will also easily lead to redness of the skin and obvious burning sensation. It will also easily cause difficulty in urination or painful urination.

What are the early symptoms of male genital herpes?

Genital herpes mostly occurs at the junction of the skin and mucous membranes. First, the local skin becomes slightly red, and then clusters of small blisters the size of needle tips appear, with mild itching and burning sensations. After a few days, they dry up and form brown scabs. There is slight pigmentation after the scabs fall off, but they disappear quickly. The entire course of the disease lasts an average of one week, but recurrence is common.

On average, about 4 to 5 days after genital herpes HSV infection, the affected area will first feel a burning sensation, and soon clusters of papules will appear, which can be one or more clusters, and then blisters will form. After a few days, it develops into pustules, which rupture to form erosions or shallow ulcers, causing pain and eventually scabbing and self-healing. The course of the disease is about 2 to 3 weeks. Skin lesions mostly occur on the foreskin, glans, coronal sulcus and penis of men, and occasionally at the urethral opening.

When the late-stage inflammation of male genital herpes spreads to the urethra and bladder, symptoms such as difficulty urinating, painful urination, frequent urination, and in severe cases, urinary retention may occur. In addition, other symptoms may occur simultaneously, such as fever, general malaise, headache, nuchal stiffness, meningitis, and sacral nervous system insufficiency.

1. Due to the changes in sexual lifestyle in recent years, especially the emergence of oral sex, oral sex and licking, genital herpes also occurs in other parts besides the genital area, such as the face, buttocks and limbs. Those primary genital herpes manifest as a burning sensation in the affected area first. The general primary lesion is one or more small and itchy red papules that quickly turn into vesicles.

2. If men develop herpes, it is usually located on the glans, coronal sulcus, etc., while in women, it is usually located on the perineum, around the anus, thighs or buttocks, and most of them will invade the cervix. However, some primary herpes only affects the cervix, so it is easy to be ignored. If infected with the herpes virus, we can see a normal or flush appearance of the cervix, accompanied by multiple scattered ulcers. However, vaginal damage from this virus is rare.

3. The symptoms of genital herpes are very prominent. Many patients will experience fever, general malaise, headache, and even neck stiffness, meningitis and sacral nervous system dysfunction. If this disease occurs, the symptoms will be obvious throughout the body, and the general disease will appear in places such as the coronary sulcus. Furthermore, when a disease occurs, special attention should be paid to the early stage. It is necessary to know the best time for the disease, so that treatment will be helpful. If the patient will have one or more small red papules and small papule-like lumps, accompanied by itching, then the papules will quickly turn into groups of small blisters containing light yellow exudate.