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 | What is it? |
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Tinea cruris is a fungal skin infection of the groin (and sometimes the scrotum, too). The fungi that can cause a skin infection (dermatophytes) can be divided into three groups according to their favourite hosts: fungi preferring earth (geophile), fungi preferring animals (zoophile) and fungi preferring humans (anthropophile).
An infection of the groin is usually caused by anthropophile fungi.
The most common species are Epidermophyton floccosum and Tricophyton rubrum.
The scientific term for ringworm of the groin is tinea cruris.
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| What causes it? |
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Almost everyone has at least one of the fungi that can cause an infection of the groin on their bodies. The fungi feed on dead skin cells and are usually harmless.
The condition is more common in men than in women. The fungi love warm, moist places, and they are often a problem for people with active lifestyles, or those who do not look after their personal hygiene carefully enough.
The infection is contagious and can be spread by direct contact. It can also be passed indirectly from person to person, via damp towels for instance.
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| What are the symptoms? |
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Clothes and prolonged wetness in the groin area (such as from sweating).
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The infection often takes the form of a fairly large, scaly, red-brown patch on the groin. In men, this can stretch all the way from the groin to the scrotum.
