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Females are at higher risk of getting female genital herpes from a male partner rather than a male getting it from a female partner. Female who are sexually active at a younger age has a greater chance of getting female genital herpes in her life. Aside form early sexual indulgence, having more frequent sex with different partners, rough sex, anal and other risky sexual acts are some of the causes of female genital herpes. But above all, the main culprit is the herpes simplex virus type-2 that once you get infected, it will remain in your body forever.
Female genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted disease in the US and around the world. The spread of female genital herpes happens if a male partner who has recently been infected with HSV passes the virus to her female partner during oral and sexual intercourse. A male partner who has oral herpes can spread the virus to a woman during oral sex. During viral shedding, which happens more frequently to people with early infection and recurrences, female genital herpes can eventually decrease overtime. Most likely affected by female genital herpes are commercial sex workers and those who have had sexual contact with commercial sex workers will have greater chance of spreading and transmitting the disease. Female genital herpes also can infect a sexual partner during oral sex.
Female genital herpes are generally manifested by symptoms. However, some women who have female genital herpes don't know it because they never have any symptoms, or they may not be aware what herpes symptoms look and feel. When there are symptoms of female genital herpes, it differs from one person to another. Women who were infected with female genital herpes for the first time will have symptoms that will appear within 2 to 10 days and could last up to 2 to 3 weeks. Early female genital herpes symptoms include tingling, burning and itching in the vaginal area, discharge of fluid coming out of the vagina, abdominal pain and leg pain and other symptoms. After few days sore will appear in and around the vagina, inside the cervix and vulva. It will affect the urinary tract causing urinary tract infection causing painful urination. Small red bumps that appeared first will then develop into blisters, and then burst and become painful open sores or lesions. In several days, the lesions become crusty and then heal without leaving a scar and the skin will come back to its original form.
Female genital herpes can reoccur at no given time. The frequency and severity of recurrent episodes vary from person to person. While some women have only one or two outbreaks in a lifetime, others may have several outbreaks a year. The number and pattern of repeat outbreaks often change over time for each woman depending on her immune system. Female genital herpes outbreaks are triggered by stress, certain illness, menstrual period, and other factors are not known. However the reoccurrence or episodes can be prevented by the person’s immune system.