La ka puka mua o ka herpes i kekahi manawa ma mua a i hele pū ʻia me ke poʻo, ke kuni, ka luhi, ka ʻeha ʻiʻo, ka pau ʻana o ka ʻai a me ka pehu ʻana o nā ʻōpū ma ka ʻāʻī.

A hoʻihoʻi ʻO ka maʻi herpes genital he awelika o 5 a 10 mau lā a hiki i kekahi manawa a hiki i ka 2 a i ʻole 3 pule. Eia nā hōʻailona nui:

• maika hōʻailona hōʻailona, e like me ka ʻoluʻolu, ka ʻili ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻili ʻana ma ka ʻāpana genital e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi hopu. Hiki nō ke kuni a me ke po'o. Ua kapa ʻia kēia mau hōʻailona a pau he "prodrome". Ma keʻano laulā, hiki kēia i 1 a i ʻole 2 mau lā ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana o nā vesicle;
• uuku vesicles maopopo hui pinepine ʻia, e hana ana i "bouquet" alaila puka mai ma ka ʻāpana genital. Ke nahā lākou, lilo lākou i mau maʻi ʻeha liʻiliʻi, a laila ʻōpala. He mau lā e ho'ōla ai kēia mau ʻeha a ʻaʻole waiho i nā ʻōpala;
• ma ka wahine, Hiki ke hana ʻia nā ʻōhū ma ka puka o ka ʻōpū, ma ka puʻu, ma ka ʻāʻī, ma ka anus a ma ka ʻāʻī.

  ma kana kanaka, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma ka penis, scrotum, ʻāʻī, anus a me nā ʻūhā, a ma ka urethra;

• Hiki ke ʻeha ka mimi ke pili ka mimi me nā ʻeha.