Generalized disease and death in immunosuppressed patients. Generalized herpes in the newborn - transmitted during delivery from an infected mother. Recurrent attacks of genital herpes. Prognosis Genital herpes is currently considered incurable, but symptoms can be relieved with treatment. During symptom-free periods, the virus returns to its dormant state.
Symptoms recur when the virus is reactivated.
Recurrent symptoms are not new infections. The discomfort varies from person to person and from time to time in the same person. The first herpes infection is much more uncomfortable that following ones.