Prodrome neuralgia -- On my hip -- What does skin pain mean?

[kerosene]

Hi. I've read lots about prodrome stage of having painful/tender skin around the site of the herpes infection or down the left leg or tailbone area... since the virus ultimately hides out in the spine. But I seem to always get the skin pain distinctly high up on my left hipbone/waist, a swath of rather painful and tender skin about the span of my hand around there like exactly where your hand would sit on your hip.

 

Long ago I got a few blisters on my labia and perineum a few times (I've only got HSV1 according to antibody bloodwork) but for the past couple years they have migrated to my bum area along with this new aching hip pain. They only ever occasionally appear around my anus these days like where fissures would be, and for the same causes like friction of a rough BM.... in fact I might even doubt my sore bum was actually HSV if it wasn't for this aching sign of super sore skin on my hip that usually happens concurrently or just before.

 

Is this normal or possible?

 

Also I'm curious what the origin of herpetic skin pain is, whether the tender skin areas mean the virus is actually lurking around in that location, looking for an outlet... and whether it could be shedding from that area?

 

Thanks.