 [ Symptoms ] i have been diagnosed with genital herpes i have had my 1st outbreak why am i having so much pain in my pelvic area [ Disease ] genital herpes is painful very painful since the herpetic virus involves the nerves in this area hopefully your medical provider has given you the appropriate anti herpetic medications as well as something for pain this may last for a while and genital herpes tends to be recurrent the anti herpetic medications will help reduce future outbreaks too