![]() ![]() ✓ Both conditions can present with sores. These pictures show the differences between herpes and yeast infection. A herpes outbreak takes at least a week to heal. ✓ Most yeast infections heal within 1–3 days. ![]() ✓ Herpes, unlike yeast infection, presents with painful groin lymph nodes enlargement, usually on the side of the rash. But with herpes, the lesions can be preceded by flu-like symptoms such as fever, chills, and fatigue and by tingling of the skin (“nerve pain”) on the side of the evolving skin lesion. With a yeast infection, nothing happens before the main symptoms. ✓ The prodrome period-the time before the symptoms described above appear-also differentiates these two conditions. Herpes lesions, unlike yeast infections, are mostly one-sided clustered lesions with minimal swelling of the underlying skin. With herpes, the initial itch progresses to painful skin lesions that go through multiple stages over a few days’ times: bumps, blisters, sores, and crusted sores. Abundant white thick discharge (also known as “cottage cheese” discharge) is present most of the time. With a yeast infection, the entire vulva and vaginal area become even itchier and red and swollen. ✓ Both conditions begin with a mild itch, but then symptoms progress differently. These pictures show the differences between herpes and folliculitis sores. Folliculitis bumps might cause discoloration or even scarring after they heal. ✓ Herpes lesions last for 7 to 10 days, whereas a folliculitis rash usually heals within a few days.Ī herpes rash heals without scarring since it affects only a superficial layer of skin. Folliculitis does not present with enlarged lymph nodes unless a very large skin area is involved, and it is a very severe case. ✓ Herpes presents with localized groin lymph node enlargement on the side of the rash. ✓ Herpes skin lesions are very painful all the time, and the pain worsens with irritation.įolliculitis bumps are painful only if they’re touched. ✓ A herpes rash goes through multiple stages (skin redness, blister, sore, crusted sore).Ī folliculitis rash, however, appears suddenly and stays in one stage: bumps filled with pus called pustules. A herpes rash is usually preceded by systemic symptoms that are flu-like, such as fever, chills, and fatigue, as well as “nerve pain.”Ī folliculitis rash, on the other hand, does not have a prodrome period-that is, nothing precedes the rash’s appearance. ![]()
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