Jock Itch (Tinea Cruris)| Best ways to avoid Itching Down There - Dr. Rasya Dixit| Doctors' Circle

Subscribe to    / @doctors-circle   - World's Largest Health Platform    / @doctorscirclehindi   दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा हेल्थ प्लेटफार्म    / @doctorscircle-knowyourdoctor   Know Your Doctor Dr. Rasya Dixit | Phone 📞 : 099018 90588 (Online & in-person appointment can be booked online or by call) | Registration No: 63654 Karnataka Medical Council, 2002 Consultant Dermatologist & Cosmetologist | Dr. Dixit Cosmetic Dermatology Clinic, Bengaluru, India Jock itch is nothing but a fungal infection which is there in the groin area. Often called jock itch because people who are athletes are called jocks. They feel that severe itching because of the continuous sweating process which is happening. The cause of this is a common fungal infection called a dermatophyte infection and whenever there is a increased humidity, increased friction which can be seen in the inner thigh area and under the brazier of a woman or in the underarm area this fungus is able to make an entry into the upper layer of the skin and therefore cause the infection which can appear to be like a red patch or a brown or dark brown scaly patch with significant itching. So the common cause is because of the humidity. It is also because of the fungus. It is also related to the hygiene. Sometimes people do wear the clothes again and again without washing them and this is very common in people who are wearing lot of tight jeans or people who are working in and staying in pgs where they don't have access to cleansing their clothes on a regular basis. The first important thing is pay attention to your hygiene, have showers twice a day. Keep the area which has got the fungus nice and dry. Use a anti-fungal cream and antifungal tablet prescribed by the dermatologist and finish the course which has been prescribed. Make sure your clothes are being washed after every single use and you are wearing fresh clothes every day. The clothes which are washed must be washed separately from that of the family otherwise it may have spread to the other members of the family. So you wash the clothes separately in hot water and soak it then dry it inside out so that the fungus can be exposed to the sunlight and it is completely killed or you can use an eye on the clothes inside out to make sure the fungus is completely dead before you start using the clothes again. We are seeing increased surge of resistant fungal infections especially because people are using the store over-the-counters pharmacy recommended steroids based antifungal cream which is making the fungus very very resistant to treatment. So if you think you have a jock itch please speak to a dermatologist and complete the course of antifungals which has been prescribed to you to prevent recurrent fungal infections Jock Itch | Jock Itch Treatment | Jock Itch Home Remedies | Jock Itch Treatment in Hindi | Jock Itch Cream | Daad khaaj khujli | Daad ka ilaaj | Jock Itch treatment at Home | Fungal Ifection | Ringworm | Tinea Cruritis #jockitch #dermatologist #tinea #ringworm #fungalinfections #skincare #dermatology #skininfection #psoriasis #cream #fungaldisease #itching #itchyskin #skinspecialist