What is jock itch?

Jock itch is a fungal infection that grows best in damp, dark, and warm places. The infection causes dry skin, itching, scaling, inflammation, and blisters.

How do members experience jock itch?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with jock itch*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for jock itch*

Who has jock itch on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 4
30s 10
40s 8
50s 11
60s 10
70+ 9

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 43
Female 11

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What is jock itch?

Jock itch is a fungal infection that grows best in damp, dark, and warm places. The infection causes dry skin, itching, scaling, inflammation, and blisters.



Common symptoms reported by people with jock itch

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for jock itch

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Compare treatments taken by people with jock itch

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have jock itch through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with jock itch? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has jock itch on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 33 say jock itch is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 4
30s 10
40s 8
50s 11
60s 10
70+ 9

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 43
Female 11

These charts show data from jock itch patients who have completed their condition history
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