[Twitching, tingling and sensations in the legs can be caused by Herpes]

Thanks for the kind words. No sores yet. I started high dose acyclovir as soon as this all started. Symptoms *may* have subsided somewhat today (it’s hard to know how much my anxiety is playing a role in my perception of things). Haven’t seen a doc yet. If it doesn’t get better in the coming weeks, I’ll probably have to … to rule out something else as the cause. I’m a doctor myself, and acknowledge that often doctors aren’t the best dealing with atypical presentations like this… so I’m gonna give this a little time and see if it’s self-limiting. 

[Twitching, tingling and sensations in the legs can be caused by Herpes]

On 8/27/2018 at 10:43 AM, Ms. Congeniality said:

I got diagnosed about a month ago, I had an outbreak. And a couple days after the sores showed up I began having a tingling feeling on my upper thigh/buttocks area. I thought maybe it was my pants rubbing me wrong. It slowly started to go down my left leg and it was more miserable than the sores themselves were. There was tingling, twitching, muscle aches, and burning pins and needles. The only thing that could relieve the pain was massage or baths. I talked to my Dr. and she said nerve pain and herpes were related. I had never had any issues like that before I was diagnosed. Once I got started on acyclovir, it slowly faded.

Same symptoms here. First time a suspected prodrome has been this bad (with muscle aches and twitches). 

[Constant herpes prodrome symptoms, no outbreak - herpes neuropathy?]

On 1/9/2019 at 10:57 AM, Idontlikeusernames said:

Gaotu, what did the pain feel like? Was it a dull ache? Throbbing? Shooting? I'm trying to understand what I'm feeling right now. My legs and hips have been hitting for about 3 weeks (particularly the right side). It feels like a dull ache that will shift to different parts of my leg. Sometimes it's the hip, then it'll move to the knee, then the thigh, occasionally the calf and/or ankle.

I’ve been infected for 30+ years. My prodromes almost always involved leg pain (weird neuropathic pain), but I’m having a episode now where there’s this weird dull ache, and some uncomfortable sensations and twitches. I feel really fatigued too, which is common for an ob. Not sure exactly what is going on. This is definitely a prodromal variant, however I gotta say that prodromes have varied over the years. This is the first time I’ve felt deeper muscular symptoms (it’s usually very superficial, skin-level sensations).