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Herpes around anus

Is it possible to have first outbreak only around anus? I am heterosexual person, a man.
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Sores usually are blisters but they can present in different ways. Sometimes they start out as a paper-cut looking lesion or an open, circular sore.
It can be one single sore or a cluster or multiple sores spread out.
While it usually is some type of sore, I don’t think an abrasion/rash type area is unheard of.
There is no golden rule. If it’s going to present skin symptoms, what is most recognizable is blisters or lesions. But it presents differently person to person. Blisters are most common though.
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Thank you for your prompt reply. Could you clarify following sentence "i dont think an abrasion/rash type area is unheard of."

By unheard of I meant that a rash or irritated looking area could be a sign of HSV. It wouldn’t be unheard of but the most common symptom is lesions or source.
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Usually a first outbreak (a primary) is at the point of virus entry. With heterosexual sex, it’s the penis or vagina. With homosexual sex (m/m), it’s the penis or anus.
With recurrences, outbreaks can happen anywhere in the genital region, the anus, even the thighs or lower stomach.
While it’s not impossible for a primary to be a spot where no contact occurred, it would be unlikely.
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Thank you for your prompt reply which was very clear. I have few questions more :

Does herpes turn out always as a blister(s)? Or it can stay as a regular small pimple?
Can herpes be just be as a red rash and no blisters occur? Or if its herpes, then its a so called golden rule - it go blisters etc.. ?
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