Confusing HSV-2 with HS

[filmgrrl]

I am 31. When I was around 20, I began getting very painful boil-like sores around my pubic hair, under breasts, and in the armpits.  They were singular spots, not clusters, usually the size of a pinky nail, beginning as a painful bump then finally rupturing days or a week later.  They leave awful purple scars.  I was told later that I had Hidradenitis Suppurativa and found out that my dad and sister also have it.  Then I contracted genital herpes about 7 years ago.  It was impossible for me to tell if I was having an outbreak of herpes or a flare-up from the HS.  I have been told by a doctor that I am asymptomatic for herpes, but that the HS most likely increased my vulnerability to contracting the herpes because of the open sores.  

My question is this:  does it matter if my sores are the HS?  Or am I shedding just as much of the herpes virus through the HS sores as I would in an "outbreak?"  Also, have there been any strides in HS research (although it's an orphan illness it seems) to combat these flare-ups?  It's very hard to tell a sexual partner that you're asymptomatic for herpes while you have obvious sores in the genital region!  (I've been on acyclovir 800mg/day, for years.)