Hello everyone. I have been reading the responses on this particular thread and I am a bit concerned. I am a physician and most of the information presented here is speculation. HSV1/2 can cause nerve pain, but that is a rare occurrence and rarely continuous. Acyclovir also may have anti-inflammatory properties and taking the medication my cause relief regardless of whether a herpes virus is causing the infection. In addition, there is also the possibility of co-infection. Speculation about what is causing your pain is at best non-productive and at worst preventing a delay in diagnosis. Just because individuals with herpes endorse continuous neurologic pain, does not mean herpes is the cause.