If another infection is present, it will require very different treatment. Except for some discharge, cervical infection, alone, is rarely symptomatic. Symptoms will usually clear up completely within two to three weeks, or much sooner with proper treatment. Each person is unique in their response to herpes - based on differences in how much virus was passed on, what the strain of virus was like, and what the status of the person's immunity was at the time. Therefore, primary herpes infections may cause anything from no symptoms to a few mild sores to a very painful illness.
Some people experience no recurrences.
Most will experience some. The average rate is 4 or so per year for the first few years in people with herpes type 2 - a bit higher in men than women. Recurrence frequency may decrease on its own, in some people, over the first 5 years or so, but this is very variable. Generally, type 1 herpes does not recur as frequently as type 2. Within this small area, there may be one small sore, or a small group of sores.