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Dealing with an inner thigh or groin rash? You’re definitely not alone. Rashes generally tend to pop up in places with a lot of moisture and lots of skin-to-skin contact, both of which your inner thigh and groin area have in spades.[1] Try not to worry, though—these rashes are easy to manage at home. Besides walking you through some simple treatments, we’ll also take a deep dive into what might be causing your inner thigh or groin rash. With a doctor or dermatologist’s official diagnosis, you can take specific treatment steps to help your rash disappear for good (and prevent it from coming back!).
Things You Should Know
- Care for the rash at home by letting it air out and washing it carefully. Always pat the irritated skin dry after you wash it.
- Manage the itchiness with oatmeal baths, hydrocortisone cream, and/or antihistamines.
- Chafing, razor burn, heat rash, jock itch, and contact dermatitis are all possible causes of inner thigh or groin rashes.
- Visit your doctor or dermatologist so they can officially diagnose your rash and help you come up with a specific treatment plan.
Steps
Warnings
- Never self-diagnose and treat the cause of your inner thigh rash without the help of a healthcare provider. Different skin issues may require vastly different treatment options—for instance, antifungal products are a popular treatment for jock itch, but you shouldn’t use them to treat pityriasis rosea.[46]⧼thumbs_response⧽
- Call your healthcare provider right away if your rash is painful, shows up quickly and spreads quickly, appears all over your skin, and/or doesn’t get better in 2 days.[47]⧼thumbs_response⧽
References
- ↑ https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/aftercareinformation/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=abs2438
- ↑ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22440-heat-rashprickly-heat#management-and-treatment
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- ↑ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23517-chafing#symptoms-and-causes
- ↑ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23517-chafing#management-and-treatment
- ↑ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23583-razor-burn
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- ↑ https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/a-z/pityriasis-rosea-treatment
- ↑ https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/a-z/hidradenitis-suppurativa-overview
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- ↑ https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/genital-herpes
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- ↑ https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/Pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=tm6404
- ↑ https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis.htm
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- ↑ https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22141-jock-itch-tinea-cruris#prevention
- ↑ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/contact-dermatitis/
- ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908267/
- ↑ https://www.cdc.gov/std/prevention/lowdown/
- ↑ https://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/stdfact-herpes.htm
- ↑ https://www.pennmedicine.org/for-patients-and-visitors/patient-information/conditions-treated-a-to-z/rash
- ↑ https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/rash-evaluation/
- ↑ https://www.eehealth.org/blog/2019/02/rashes/
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- ↑ https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/flintwater/documents/2016/Dos_and_Donts_of_Rashes_Dr_Barkey.pdf?rev=c0c862215cc04642ad1fcfdcf377c6f8
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