Undiagnosed Genital herpes

Failure to diagnose Genital herpes

No early symptoms: This condition may have no early symptoms, and thus fail to be diagnosed in its early stages.

Undiagnosed Causes of Genital herpes

As part of Genital herpes diagnosis, consider whether any of these underlying medical Genital herpes causes may have been overlooked:

• HSV type 1 - though less common than HSV type 2, the HSV-1 virus from cold sores can also cause genital herpes.
• More hidden causes »

Undiagnosed Complications of Genital herpes

As part of Genital herpes diagnosis, consider whether any of these Genital herpes complications may have been overlooked:

• Mother-infant transmission (see Birth symptoms) - a fetus can catch herpes and the baby is born with herpes. The risk is greatest if the mother's first outbreak was during pregnancy. Later outbreaks still pose some risk to the fetus.
• Neonatal HSV infection (type of Herpes)
• Premature birth - a fetus with herpes is often delivered early.
• More complications »

Undiagnosed Diseases

Read our premium medical health articles on topics related to undiagnosed conditions in general, not necessarily specific to Genital herpes:

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About undiagnosed conditions:

One possible misdiagnosis is the failure to correctly diagnose Genital herpes leading to a person remaining with undiagnosed Genital herpes. Any condition can potentially be missed and stay undiagnosed. For a general overview of diseases that are often undiagnosed, see Failure to Diagnose or Under-Diagnosed Diseases.

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