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Fundamentals
"Jock itch" (known medically as "tinea cruris," Latin for "fungus of the leg") belongs to the same class of fungal infections as athlete's feet. Good personal hygiene plays an important role in preventing and controlling the infection. (Read these self-care tips. Orthodox medicine has an array of antifungals that attempt, some successfully, to eliminate the problem. Griseofulvin is the most common from an internal point of view; tolnaftate, the most common (and OTC) topical. |