You are the best athlete in town. After your well-fought field battle, you think about what you are going to get for winning this game. Your coach might promote you to team captain next season for an excellent performance. Your parents might increase your weekly allowance for making them proud. Your school might award you a medal or a trophy for raising the school flag. Ju[...]

The only difference between anal jock itch and the usual jock itch is that the former develops in the anal area. Anal jock itch has the same symptoms and same causes. Although it also requires the same treatment, you may find self-care for anal jock itch less than [...]

Your groin area has been itching for weeks. You think rashes and itching is just a normal part of growing up. Well, maybe you have jock itch. If it's been bugging you for some time, it could be chronic jock itch.

Chronic jock itch refers to the skin infecti[...]

If your brothers have been complaining about jock itch and you still share your towels with them, thinking you will never get infected, you're wrong. Although its name is a little tricky, jock itch is not just for jocks. It's not even just for men. Anyone can get j[...]

The most common treatment for jock itch is topical application. You can purchase anti-fungal creams, powder and sprays over the counter. You don't need a doctor's prescription for these. The active ingredients in these creams are usually clotrimazole or miconazole.[...]

Jock itch can be a very annoying infection and can be easily caught. However, it can be easily cured, too. You don't need to see a doctor and ask for a prescription to get rid of it, unless it stubbornly refuses to disappear after two weeks of self-cure. In usual c[...]

Before starting a battle with jock itch, you have to know its causes. Jock itch is caused by a fungus that is most commonly trichophyton rubum. Other contributing fungi are trichophyton mentagrophytes, candida albicans, and epidermophyton floccosum. These fungi beg[...]

You're having the time of your life in the shower when the itch attacks again. This is the second time you've felt it since you woke up today. You first thought it was just an ordinary itch, but this is persistent. You notice you have a rash where it itches and you[...]

You are feeling the itch again. It is so persistent it hinders you from doing anything without scratching your groin and upper thighs. While taking an exam, playing basketball, or in the middle of a dinner date, you can’t stop thinking about it. The annoying part is t[...]