Can some initial herpes infections have symptoms that are
misdiagnosed as
yeast? Yes, but it is rare. If a
yeast infection has typical symptoms and is professionally diagnosed, almost always it was truly a yeast infection -- not herpes. And yeast infections commonly are associated with small, linear fissures. Such lesions can be a sign of herpes as well. But still, yeast if by far the most likely explanation of your problem.