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Recurrent painful genital blisters
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This archived Doctordle case was published on 2026-07-09. It presents "Recurrent painful genital blisters" as a Medium Infectious Disease puzzle. The final answer is Genital Herpes.
Answer
Genital Herpes
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Topic pages verified on 2026-07-11
Information summarized from MedlinePlus.gov. MedlinePlus does not endorse Doctordle.
Six clues
Clue 1
A 30-year-old has painful grouped blisters in the genital area.
Clue 2
Burning and tingling happened before the sores appeared.
Clue 3
The lesions recur in this fictional case.
Clue 4
The cause is a herpes simplex virus.
Clue 5
Sexual transmission is the context clue.
Clue 6
The answer names the body region and infection family.
Plain-language explanation
Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted infection caused by herpes simplex virus. This puzzle uses recurrent painful blisters and tingling prodrome as general educational clues.
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