All About Jockitch And Its Symptoms
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Jockitch is common fungal disease, which basically infects upper thighs and groin areas. This skin disease sometimes is also called dhobi itch, crotch rot, bag rot, crotch itch and crack fungus. Jockitch mainly affects the groin areas, buttocks as well as genitals. Millions of people all over the world encounter the jockitch skin disease, more often in humid tropics.
This disease can extend towards pelvis area and anal region. When this disease grows, it broadens out in circular shape, leaving a normal skin with a red patch. This red patch is light in color in the center and its edges are darker.
Symptoms of jockitch
Most annoying symptom of jockitch is itching and if you are suffering from jockitch skin disease one cannot stop rubbing and scratching. It is noted that more an individual scratch the infected area, the more that area becomes itchy. Because of jockitch skin disease, there are many people who faced so many embarrassing moments when they try to scuff their groin regions in many unlikely places.
Apart from itching, there are many other jockitch symptoms that mainly include burning sensations in the infected area as well as shedding or flaking of skin. If you have noticed a patch in ringworm-shape like in the groin areas then you are suffering from jockitch skin disease.
Jockitch symptoms can be easily summed up into three words- red, flaky and itchy. Once you identify the jockitch symptoms, you must immediately visit the drugstore and purchase an anti fungal cream or topical solution to get relief from itching as well as burning sensation.