Chronic Itching
- Resources
- Jock Itch (Tinea Cruris)
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
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Diagnosis
Your doctor often can make the diagnosis just by looking at the rash. Your doctor may gently scrape the skin to get a sample to look for fungi under the microscope. With stubborn cases, your doctor may send the sample to a laboratory to pinpoint the fungus that's causing the trouble. Other causes of a rash in the groin include yeast infection of the skin, seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis.
Expected Duration
Jock itch usually can be treated within weeks, although it commonly comes...
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From Our Sources
Researchers Investing Common Link Between Chronic Itch and Chr...
Source: eOrthopod
Chronic itch can be just as unpleasant and difficult to live with as is chronic pain and it has many similarities to chronic pain. There is ongoing... Read more »
Study: Itching and pain aren't the same
New research at Washington University has found evidence that challenges the long-held belief that itching is just a milder form of pain. This... Read more »
Anal Itch (Pruritus Ani)
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
What Is It? Anal itch, also known as pruritus ani, is an irritating, itchy sensation around the anus (the opening through which stool passes out of... Read more »
Chronic glomerulonephritis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Swimmer's ear: chronic
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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