No, this is no joke. I just came down with jock itch! I must have picked it up at that Korean massage parlor I went to the last time I was in Vegas.
History:
Now mind you, I have had several cases of "swamp ass" before. That's when you get in a hot car and the a/c doesn't cool your nether regions so you sweat between your sack and upper leg. Moist areas are breeding grounds for bacteria.
Failed Remedies:
So my favorite remedy for "swamp ass" was Gold Bond powder. The powder kept things dry. For cases that didn't clear up right away I would use Neosporin+Pain Relief. But things like Neosporin and Bacitracin are only good for infections that are cause by bacteria.
Researching a cure:
My rash in my groinal area didn't clear up within a week and the skin on my leg seemed like it was wearing away. So I had to check to see if I had Flesh Eating Bacteria or some other malady. Flesh Eating Bacteria is extremely rare and is usually only found in people with weakened immune systems so I knew I didn't have that.
What I did find I had was tinea cruris. This is a fungus so that is why Neosporin or Bacitracin don't work. What does work is Lotrimin and Micatin. These also work for athlete's foot since the same organism causes both jock itch and athlete's foot.
Herein lies the rub (sorry for the pun):
So once I was able to get my disease defined I went to my local RiteAid drug store to get the cure. Here is the kicker. All of the remedies have the words "Jock Itch" on the container! I thought maybe they would advertise "Athlete's Foot" or some other less-embarrassing label. One container even had in big letters "Jock Itch Cream, cures Jock Itch". Did they really need to specify it twice???
So I picked out some Tough Actin' Tinactin powder spray since I realized that it's important to keep that area dry. The words "Jock Itch" were rather small on the cap. I brought my can of jock itch spray up to the counter and of course 99% of the checkers are women so you wonder what is going through her mind.
Summary:
Feel free to laugh and make fun of this post. However, I am hoping to help quite a few gentlemen out there who will be going through the same thing I went through. Hopefully they won't have to wait a week to get some relief like I did.
History:
Now mind you, I have had several cases of "swamp ass" before. That's when you get in a hot car and the a/c doesn't cool your nether regions so you sweat between your sack and upper leg. Moist areas are breeding grounds for bacteria.
Failed Remedies:
So my favorite remedy for "swamp ass" was Gold Bond powder. The powder kept things dry. For cases that didn't clear up right away I would use Neosporin+Pain Relief. But things like Neosporin and Bacitracin are only good for infections that are cause by bacteria.
Researching a cure:
My rash in my groinal area didn't clear up within a week and the skin on my leg seemed like it was wearing away. So I had to check to see if I had Flesh Eating Bacteria or some other malady. Flesh Eating Bacteria is extremely rare and is usually only found in people with weakened immune systems so I knew I didn't have that.
What I did find I had was tinea cruris. This is a fungus so that is why Neosporin or Bacitracin don't work. What does work is Lotrimin and Micatin. These also work for athlete's foot since the same organism causes both jock itch and athlete's foot.
Herein lies the rub (sorry for the pun):
So once I was able to get my disease defined I went to my local RiteAid drug store to get the cure. Here is the kicker. All of the remedies have the words "Jock Itch" on the container! I thought maybe they would advertise "Athlete's Foot" or some other less-embarrassing label. One container even had in big letters "Jock Itch Cream, cures Jock Itch". Did they really need to specify it twice???
So I picked out some Tough Actin' Tinactin powder spray since I realized that it's important to keep that area dry. The words "Jock Itch" were rather small on the cap. I brought my can of jock itch spray up to the counter and of course 99% of the checkers are women so you wonder what is going through her mind.
Summary:
Feel free to laugh and make fun of this post. However, I am hoping to help quite a few gentlemen out there who will be going through the same thing I went through. Hopefully they won't have to wait a week to get some relief like I did.
