Did you ever figure this out? I am experiencing something very similar and I am going on 2+ years with neuropathy.
Ok thanks. Something is causing the skin and nerve pain. Please say a prayer for me
no std causes symptoms like this for this long.
Red inflamed skin and genital nerve pain. There is no other explanation that comes close. I am 100 percent sure this is an STD. I am not positive of what it is. No one has any answers. I did test low positive for hsv 1 but western blot was negative. The WB was taken from same blood draw as hsv 1 positive.
why are you still thinking herpes then if you were negative on wb and aren't having symptoms consistent with herpes?
Yes I tested negative for hsv via western blot. This all started after unprotected sex. Red irritated skin in interglutuel cleft and top of penis. No blisters. Nerve pain in sacrum area and penis
I have spent thousands. Multiple docs. All kinds of test. No answers
herpes can reactivate in the csf to be detected in a spinal tap but it doesn't happen consistently and isn't likely at all to be of any help as far as herpes diagnosis at this point. I would assume there are other infections they are looking for but at a year into things, even the odds of that being helpful is pretty low.
herpes doesn't cause pain for a year either. did you have any herpes igg blood testing done at all?
grace