So lets say I was infected with it in 1999 there is a chance that I would not see a blister until 2004?

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You can become infected with genital herpes when the herpes simplex virus (HSV) enters the body through sexual or other direct contact with herpes sores. HSV infections cannot be cured. Once you are infected with HSV, the virus remains in your body for the rest of your life. Many people do not develop symptoms and thus are unaware that they have the virus.

First-time (primary) outbreak
The incubation period—the time from exposure to genital herpes until the primary outbreak of infection—is 2 to 14 days. The entire body may be affected, causing you to feel as though you have the flu. Blisters appear around the genitals or anus or in the area where the virus entered the body. The blisters break within a few days and become painful, oozing sores. The sores usually heal within 3 weeks (without treatment) and do not leave scars. Sores that occur in women usually take longer to heal than sores that occur in men.

Recurrent outbreak
After the primary outbreak, the herpes simplex virus remains in the nerve cells below the skin in the area where the sores first appeared. The virus stays in the nerve cells but becomes dormant, causing no symptoms. In most people, the virus becomes active from time to time, traveling from the nerve cells to the skin and causing repeated blisters and sores (recurrent outbreaks).

Sores from recurrent outbreaks usually heal faster and are less painful than those from the primary outbreak. People report that certain factors such as stress, illness, new sex partners, or menstruation may trigger recurrent outbreaks.

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.

People who have symptoms average five outbreaks per year during the first few years. Most have fewer outbreaks after that. The pattern of recurrent outbreaks—how often genital herpes infections return and how long outbreaks last—varies greatly. Some people have many outbreaks each year while others have only a few or none at all.

Genital herpes infections caused by HSV-1 recur less frequently than those caused by HSV-2.

Other problems from the herpes simplex virus
Genital herpes can affect many body systems and cause other health problems, especially the first time a person becomes infected (primary outbreak).

People who have an impaired immune system are more likely to have longer and/or more severe outbreaks of genital herpes than people whose immune systems are healthy.

*I would get the advice of a Physican as soon as you can for a more Medical opinion on the sitution.* I have pasted some information above for you to read, I hope it is of some help* Take Care of yourself and Good luck*

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there are people who have it their whole lives and never get an outbreak. You know chicken pox is a form of herpes

Possibly

A blister..? No, I don't think so.
A lesion is much more a possibility, which could be linked to HIV. I'd see a doctor.

I would think that you would show signs soon after exposure to herpes, I am not sure, I have a couple of friends that have, but we don't talk about, being that they are a married. I would go to a clinic or doctor, just to be on the safe side.

Are you talking about Herpes?.I don't know or do you know when you were exposed?..I would talk with my doctor and ask for a blood test for Herpes.You can be exposed to the virus without seeing an outbreak..

Yes, herpes can take years to appear.

See doctor. Get acyclovir. Feel better.
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http://www.ashastd.org/herpes/herpes_overview.cfm

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