What causes groin dampness? How to treat it?

For male friends, if they find that their groin is damp, they should be careful that it may be related to scrotal eczema. So, what is the cause of groin dampness?

What causes groin dampness?

It is often considered to be scrotal eczema. According to the development process of the disease, it can be divided into three stages: acute stage, subacute stage, and chronic stage. In acute attacks, the symptoms are mostly flushing and itching of the scrotal skin. In subacute attacks, the symptoms are severe itching of the scrotum, sometimes with blisters and mild erosion. In chronic attacks, the itching is intermittent, and itching is aggravated when the patient is nervous, drinks alcohol, or eats spicy food. The scrotal skin feels hard, and the skin surface color is dark red or purple-brown. This disease is one of the skin diseases. It is a kind of male disease. People with a fat body and local hyperhidrosis are prone to this disease.

Treatment:

1. Drug treatment

Since scrotal eczema is related to allergies like eczema in other parts of the body, the drugs used to treat allergies can be used to treat scrotal eczema. For example, some commonly used antihistamines include cyproheptadine, chlorpheniramine, loratadine, cetirizine, etc. Topical drugs are mainly some weak corticosteroid ointments, such as triamcinolone ointment.

2. Scrotal care

Avoid re-irritating the area, avoid scratching the area with your hands as much as possible, do not use hot water or soapy water to clean the area, and do not apply strongly irritating drugs on the area. Pay special attention to not applying hormone drugs on the area casually, as these can easily worsen or relapse the disease. Avoid eating some irritating foods, such as onions, ginger, garlic, strong tea, coffee, alcohol and other foods and drugs that are likely to cause allergies.