# TMI: Ringworm (Jock Itch) Suffering... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-ringworm-jock-itch-suffering/409033 "2007-06-22T17:54:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![larsenmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-ringworm-jock-itch-suffering/409033/1 "2007-06-22T17:54:21Z")
Disclamier: I’m alreay under the care of a physician. I’m not seaking medical advice, just opinions and experiences to ease my worries. After a misdiagnosis by a Physician Assistant as a bacterial infection, it looks like I finally have the right treatment for Tinea cruris on my butt and leg. My dermotologist has me on both a Ketoconazole topical and oral. How long before this goes away? The derm said a week, but I have my doubts. It’s now cleared in the center and has an ever shifting ring spreading out (which I’ve read as normal). It’s quite an embarrassing ailment. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-ringworm-jock-itch-suffering/409033/2 "2007-06-22T17:56:37Z")
Um…aren’t jock itch and ringworm two different things? I was always under the impression that jock itch was yeast and ringworm was something different. ---
**Author:** ![larsenmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-ringworm-jock-itch-suffering/409033/3 "2007-06-22T18:01:22Z")
Jock Itch is a type of ringworm… > **[Dermatophytosis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworm)** > > Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin. Typically it results in a red, itchy, scaly, circular rash. Hair loss may occur in the area affected. Symptoms begin four to fourteen days after exposure. Multiple areas can be affected at a given time. > About 40 types of fungus can cause ringworm. They are typically of the Trichophyton, Microsporum, or Epidermophyton type. Risk factors include using public showers, contact sports such as wrestling, excessive sweating, ... To be honest the Derm, just called it a fungal infection. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-ringworm-jock-itch-suffering/409033/4 "2007-06-22T22:55:23Z")
Make sure you wash all your bedclothes and underwear in hot water to avoid catching it again. Same goes for towels and washcloths until it clears up – one use and then wash in hot water.