Inflammation of the skin in the groin caused by a fungal infection occurs against the background of increased sweating and impaired carbohydrate metabolism. You can get infected with pathogenic spores from a pet, from a sick person, through personal belongings and household supplies. A mycologist diagnoses an inguinal fungus. If necessary, additional advice can be obtained from a dermatologist.
The patient complains of a feeling of severe itching in the groin, often spreading to the genitals. Over time, a characteristic rash appears in the itchy area. In men, the penis or scrotum is affected by fungal mycelium. The area affected by infection has a clear outline. The diagnosis is clarified using laboratory analysis.
It is important to complete the entire course of treatment, carefully adhering to the doctor's prescriptions. After all, there is a threat that an inguinal fungus that has been poorly healed will return.
Treatment with antifungal ointments
- Before applying the ointment, you need to carefully wash the groin with soap.
- The entire area of the lesion with the fungus and healthy skin located around the sore spot are treated with a therapeutic agent to exclude the possibility of overgrowth of the mycelium.
- Before using the product, you should carefully study the contraindications.
- Throughout the course of treatment, it is recommended to change underwear and bed linen daily.
- If it was found that two or more separate areas of the skin are infected with the fungus, then all foci must be treated to avoid re-infection.
- Treatment of inguinal fungus continues until the symptoms disappear, the result is checked by re-analysis.
Relapse prevention is required. To this end, already healed areas of the disease are treated with an antifungal agent twice a week.
In the summer, it is much easier to achieve improvement, thanks to the positive effects of sunlight on the body. Mycelium develops in the stratum corneum of the skin. For the treatment to be successful, first loosen the top layer with green soap. Then combine 10% tar ointment and the drug “Clotrimazole”, rubbing them alternately on the affected area. The procedure is done twice a day, the course of treatment is 3 weeks.
Inguinal fungus at home is treated with red beets
According to the recipe, raw red beets need to be rubbed on a fine grater. Evenly spread the gruel on a bandage folded several times. Fix the beetroot compress on the affected area. Renew the treatment mass as soon as the previous portion of the compress has dried. Beetroot treatment will be more effective if during the course you take a decoction of grass. Recipe broth: chop 1 tbsp. l fruit cock, bring to a boil in 0.5 l of water, cook 10 m. Order of administration: three times a day for a quarter cup.
The inguinal fungus is afraid of ultraviolet rays, if there are no contraindications in the patient.
Iodine treatment
If it is possible to start treatment at the beginning of the development of the disease, until pustules and wounds appear on the site of the fungus lesion, then the skin can be treated with iodine. For seven days, iodine is applied to the itchy area and the skin around it. On the eighth day, treatment with an antifungal ointment begins. Such treatment lasts about five days, depending on the results.
Glucocorticoid ointments
An inguinal fungus with a painful inflammatory process is lubricated with those ointments, which include glucocorticoid substances, and treated with a soda solution.
Acute inflammation treatment
In acute manifestations, the doctor chooses antihistamines, and prescribes lotions of 0.25% solution of aqueous silver nitrate. A silver nitrate solution is sometimes replaced with a 1% aqueous resorcinol solution. When acute inflammation passes, the affected area is smeared with 1% iodine for approximately 6 days. After improving the patient's condition for 2-3 weeks, the fungus is treated with antifungal drugs.