Yes, it is not that good to suffer herpes on eyes at least. I am sorry to hear that your colleague is absent because of herpes on eyes. Herpes on eyes, which mostly affect the clear outer layer of the eye, are a viral infection caused by the herpes simplex virus, and may manifest an outbreak of blisters. One who suffers herpes on eyes would develop the symptoms such as a blurred vision, eye pain, increased sensibility to light, inflammation of the eye surface or inflammation of structures of the eye, malaise or lethargy, painful bumps on the eyelid or on the eye itself or red, sore eyes. Worse still, one may faint, become unconscious, feel headache, have fever or suffer loss of vision or eye pain.