Jock itch is a fungal infection that affects your skin.
It appears like a ringworm but it's not a ringworm at all.
It usually appears in the parts of your body that do not receive regular supply of air circulation.
This means that it shows up on areas where air does not get to frequently.
For example, your groin, inner thighs, skin folds if you're obese and in your buttocks.
This is because the fungi that cause the skin disease thrive very well under moist and warm conditions and that's why it likes appearing in those parts of your body.
How the Skin Disease Occurs Jock itch occurs on the skin in various ways in different people.
Below are the different ways by which it develops on the skin.
Sharing things with an infected person - This involves sharing the same thing like towel, dress, socks and shoes with an infected person.
This is one of the easiest ways to be contaminated with jock itch.
Improper cleaning of your groin, inner thighs, and buttocks - Because the mentioned parts of the body do not receive significant amount of air circulation, it makes it easier for jock itch causing fungi to flourish in these regions.
In addition, because your groin area, inner thighs, and buttocks do not receive proper care -- washing -- like other parts of the body, this can also lead to the development of the disease on your skin.
Wearing tight fitting clothes - This is also one of the fastest ways for skin disease to build up on your skin.
Most especially if your tight-fitting dress doesn't allow the circulation of air on your skin.
Use of dirty underwear - In warm weather, underwear -- singlet and pants -- tend to get wet easily due to excessive sweating and if you don't change them as often as possible, it can lead to the growth of the skin on your skin.
How to Prevent the Disease on Your Skin - Wear loose clothes.
- Keep your groin, inner thighs, and buttocks clean, cool and dry.
- Expose your groin, inner thighs and buttocks to air circulation.
- Wear dry and cool underwear -- boxer pants, singlet, T-shirts etc.
How to Treat It Wash the affected part with warm water and antiseptic soap.
The warm water will make the affected area soft and more tender for the antiseptic soap to fight the fungi in the spot.
Also, the warm water will make the jock itch cream much more effective than if washed with cool water.
Dry the affected part with a clean and dry towel.
It's not advisable to keep the affected area wet so you should dry the area with a clean towel before you apply any jock itch treatment cream on the area.
Don't forget to do the cleaning gently to avoid irritation on the affected area.
Apply jock itch cream.
After achieving the above tips, applying a cream that's entirely formulated to treat the disease should be the last thing to do.
It appears like a ringworm but it's not a ringworm at all.
It usually appears in the parts of your body that do not receive regular supply of air circulation.
This means that it shows up on areas where air does not get to frequently.
For example, your groin, inner thighs, skin folds if you're obese and in your buttocks.
This is because the fungi that cause the skin disease thrive very well under moist and warm conditions and that's why it likes appearing in those parts of your body.
How the Skin Disease Occurs Jock itch occurs on the skin in various ways in different people.
Below are the different ways by which it develops on the skin.
Sharing things with an infected person - This involves sharing the same thing like towel, dress, socks and shoes with an infected person.
This is one of the easiest ways to be contaminated with jock itch.
Improper cleaning of your groin, inner thighs, and buttocks - Because the mentioned parts of the body do not receive significant amount of air circulation, it makes it easier for jock itch causing fungi to flourish in these regions.
In addition, because your groin area, inner thighs, and buttocks do not receive proper care -- washing -- like other parts of the body, this can also lead to the development of the disease on your skin.
Wearing tight fitting clothes - This is also one of the fastest ways for skin disease to build up on your skin.
Most especially if your tight-fitting dress doesn't allow the circulation of air on your skin.
Use of dirty underwear - In warm weather, underwear -- singlet and pants -- tend to get wet easily due to excessive sweating and if you don't change them as often as possible, it can lead to the growth of the skin on your skin.
How to Prevent the Disease on Your Skin - Wear loose clothes.
- Keep your groin, inner thighs, and buttocks clean, cool and dry.
- Expose your groin, inner thighs and buttocks to air circulation.
- Wear dry and cool underwear -- boxer pants, singlet, T-shirts etc.
How to Treat It Wash the affected part with warm water and antiseptic soap.
The warm water will make the affected area soft and more tender for the antiseptic soap to fight the fungi in the spot.
Also, the warm water will make the jock itch cream much more effective than if washed with cool water.
Dry the affected part with a clean and dry towel.
It's not advisable to keep the affected area wet so you should dry the area with a clean towel before you apply any jock itch treatment cream on the area.
Don't forget to do the cleaning gently to avoid irritation on the affected area.
Apply jock itch cream.
After achieving the above tips, applying a cream that's entirely formulated to treat the disease should be the last thing to do.
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