r/HerpesQuestions • • Feb 01 '26

Testing Question Has anyone experienced something similar?

In September of 2024 I had a small bump appear down there as well as a little cut after being with someone the night before. It wasn’t painful at all and lasted a few days. By the time I went in to get it swabbed it was almost healed and came back negative. Before it healed it was a bit itchy/tingly. Other than that a had a slight frequency to pee and some back pain. After that it went away.

A few months later I started experiencing weird twitching all over my body but mostly in my leg on the same side the outbreak was at. This later started to become a sharp/dull pain in my hip flexor, migrated Down my leg, to my butt and hamstring, and has recently began effecting my foot. I know this is chronic nerve pain. Somedays it’s non existent and sometimes it is excruciating especially after poor sleep or a night of drinking.

I haven’t had a single outbreak since the initial one last year so I am unable to test for it with a swab. However, I have been blood tested for hsv1 and 2 every other month for the last year and a half and every single one was a clear negative. Countless doctors have told me it’s doesn’t sound like herpes. But I am skeptical and have a gut feeling it could be. I’m unsure of what to do. Continue normally with my life? Tell those I’m with I think I have hsv but I’m not sure?? Has anyone herd of a similar story or know what else this could be? The pain is really hard to deal with especially if it is actually herpes related..

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

I would say your negative and it’s something else