What Is Herpetic Whitlow?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
3. Symptoms
Most people will develop symptoms of herpetic whitlow up to two weeks after being initially infected with the virus. The main symptom is blistering on the fingers. In some cases, the patient will have a cluster of blisters on the infected finger. In other cases, the patient might have only one blister.
Eventually the blisters will burst, releasing very contagious fluids and infected people should take care to help prevent other people from being infected. The blisters will then scab over and it can take around 3 weeks for them to heal completely. In addition to the blisters, herpetic whitlow will also likely have some other symptoms.
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