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Crotch Itch Grrrrrr

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LonelyLou · 12/09/2012 22:22

Has anyone experienced it long term? What was the cause and how did you get rid of it?

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chinley · 13/09/2012 12:53

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CaroleService · 13/09/2012 13:00

Plse google lichen sclerosis in case.

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LonelyLou · 13/09/2012 23:26

Thanks CaroleService. It's in the groin rather than on the vulva or inside. Not thrush...I've had that before and would recognise that. Steroid ointment was recommended but has not cleared it up. Neither has fungus treatment as in atheletes foot treatment as recommended on line.

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mum4041 · 13/09/2012 23:30

Try taking an antihistamine. I'm allergic to something and I don't know what it is. The itching starts in my groin and goes onto my torso. I take an antihistamine and it's gone in an hour.

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LonelyLou · 13/09/2012 23:54

I'll try that mum4041, thank you.

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wanttomakeadifference · 13/09/2012 23:59

Don't be offended but scabies could be a possibility. I think it affects the groin particularly badly.

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wanttomakeadifference · 14/09/2012 00:01

.... You can catch it from hotel beds, friends houses. I caught it myself as a student. I had SN itchy groin and hands. It took three visits for my GP to diagnose it, he said I didn't fit the profile (he had big judgey pants).

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 14/09/2012 00:03

I knew a baby with scabies.

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LonelyLou · 14/09/2012 00:08

Not offended wanttomakeadifference. Its been at least a year. Do you think it would have spread if it was scabies?

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LonelyLou · 14/09/2012 00:18

Looked up scabies and it's not that.

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TeaBrick · 14/09/2012 00:30

Could be a fungal infection in the crotch. Isn't there something called 'jock itch' which is the same fungus as athlete's foot?

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LonelyLou · 14/09/2012 00:41

Ye. N tried athelete's foot stuff for week as recommended....no joy TeaBrick.

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Showtime · 14/09/2012 13:55

I had an unbearable itch there for years, on and off, nothing to see and undiagnosed, including pain in ovary/intestine area. Cancer surgery eventually showed ovary misplaced plus nearby infection, probably due to accident years earlier - no itch since, no reason various scans ineffective.

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balotelli · 15/09/2012 07:32

Probably a fungal infection which is made worse by warm weather.

Wearing no underwear or just plain natural fibres will help. lots of exposure to sunlight and fresh air...... though not in tescos! Loose clothing, no tights etc. Use an anti fungal cream like canestan twice a day for a fortnight, buy and anti bacterial wash and wash with it daily.

Getting rid of all your old underwear will help, though rather expensive, as you will be re infecting your self. You can try washing them all on a hot wash but that may ruin the more delicate items.

You can get a tablet from your gp called terbinafine hydrochloride (Lamisil) but most gp's are reluctant to prescribe it due to its cost and the fact that it causes liver problems with long term use though you should only need a very short course.

Good luck .

HTH

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LonelyLou · 15/09/2012 19:32

Thanks for that Ballotelli.

I'll see if I can get away with the no underwear at work Grin I don't work with food thank goodness.

And a good excuse to buy new cotton underwear! I buy the shorts from Debenhams usually as there is no irritating elastic around the leg. May look in M&S tomorrow.

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Thistledew · 15/09/2012 19:35

Witch Hazel and/or Aloe Vera gels work better for me than any chemical creams.

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LonelyLou · 15/09/2012 20:01

Interesting as I put some Aloe Vera gel on this am after my shower.

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LonelyLou · 15/09/2012 20:03

Would Aloe Vera and/or witch Hazel work on clearing a fungal infection?

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Showtime · 15/09/2012 21:27

For a completely different fungal infection, I found that Teatree oil and/or Listerine mouthwash (!) both worked better than a year on Lamasil tablets.

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LonelyLou · 15/09/2012 21:32

Hmmm...Listerine.

I've been told I sometimes talk out of my a* , Showtime Grin

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Showtime · 15/09/2012 21:39

That's not where I put the Listerine...
Good luck.

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LonelyLou · 16/09/2012 15:36

I looked for and then bravely asked for some fungal infection wash at Boots pahrmacy today but the pharmacist didn't have a clue what I was on about??? She didn't ask where the infection was and I wasn't about to tell her in public Blush

I couldn't find any so I may use listerine to cleans it.

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Thinkability · 06/10/2012 22:40

Update: Went to trainee GP on Friday and she says there's thickening of the skin due to scratching it. She's given me a higher dose of steroid in Betnovate cream. I threw all my knicks out and bought 12 new pairs of cotton shorts (no elastic around the leg) I took anti-histamine which indeed stop the itching until the middle of the night where I woke myself up scratching. GP did a test for diabetes..we have it in the family.

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