Brief Answer: Itching over the genital and thigh area Detailed Answer: Hello, Welcome to healthcare magic, You could be having a fungal infection over your groin area (Jock itch) or intertrigo. You have a feature to upload the images by yourself at the right side of the query page, please utilize that so that I can answer your query better. You can also send the image as attachment to YYYY@YYYY , with the subject as 'Attn: Dr. Johny Chacko'. Do not worry about the privacy of the photograph as this site takes utmost care about that. Take care.

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Brief Answer: Jock itch Detailed Answer: Hello XXXX, Thanks for the photograph. It looks like a fungal infection called Tinea cruris or Jock itch. I will recommend you to apply an antifungal cream like terbinafine 1% (eg: Zimig cream ) twice a day for three weeks along with Tablet Fluconazole 150 mg once a week after food for three weeks. For itch relief you may take Tablet Levocetrizine 5 mg daily once at night for one week. Kindly get these prescribed by your primary care physician. If getting a prescription is difficult, you may apply an over the counter antifungal cream like Lamisil 1% cream or Lotrimin AF Jock Itch Cream twice a day for three weeks. Hope this helped, Take care.

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Brief Answer: Hair fall Detailed Answer: Hello, Hair fall and jock itch are not related. Fungal infection of scalp (Tinea capitis) does not affect adults. Severe hair loss over few weeks is usually due to telogen effluvium. It is a hair loss pattern usually triggered by a physical illness like viral fever, typhoid fever, etc or physical or psychological stress which you would have about 3 - 4 months prior to onset of hair fall. It could also be due to underlying anaemia and thyroid abnormalities. You need to check your hemoglobin levels, serum ferritin levels and thyroid status. If these are normal you may take hair dietary supplements containing biotin, aminoacids, antioxidants and minerals for duration of three months. Hope this helped, Take care.

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