If one partner is infected, the other should be checked by a doctor. Girls and guys may have tingling, pain or itching around the vagina or penis. Small blisters can form in these areas and then break open. When they break open, the sores can cause a burning feeling. It may hurt to urinate.
Some people have swollen glands, fever and body aches.
The sores and other symptoms go away, but this does not mean that the infection is gone. Medicine can treat symptoms but can't cure herpes. If one partner is infected, the other should by checked by a doctor. Girls may have no symptoms or may have white, green or yellow discharge from the vagina, pain when urinating, bleeding between periods, heavy bleeding during a period or a fever. Guys may have thick, yellow discharge from the penis and pain when urinating.