Do people with genital herpes know when they are going to have an outbreak?

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About half of the people who have recurrent outbreaks of genital herpes feel an outbreak coming a few hours to a couple of days before it happens. They may feel tingling, burning, itching, numbness, tenderness, or pain where the blisters are going to appear. This is called the prodrome.

I can feel when I am about to have an outbreak. I start taking my medicine as soon as I feel it coming on.

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Yep - like Alli said, these are prodomes.

I get a weird tingly feeling in my bum before I get an ob.

Everyone's prodomes are a bit different.

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Do people with genital herpes know when they are going to have an outbreak?

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