Tinea Cruris
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Tinea Cruris Home Care
Home care for tinea cruris includes:
Avoid scratching the
rash
:
This may make the infection worse.
Keep the skin clean and dry:
Avoid activities that make you sweat.
Bath once a day:
Dry the skin thoroughly after bathing.
Clean clothes in hot soapy water.
Topical antifungal cream or lotion:
Cruex
Clotrimazole cream
(
Lotrimin
)
Terbinafine
(
Lamisil
)
Tolnaftate
(
Tinactin
)
Take oral antihistamines for
itching
:
Diphenhydramine
(
Benadryl
)
Chlorpheniramine
Loratadine
(
Claritin
)
Cetirizine
(
Zyrtec
)
Take prescribed medications as directed.
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Tinea Cruris Home Care: Warning Signs
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Last Updated: Aug 12, 2008
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Tinea Cruris References:
Budimulja U, Bramono K, Urip KS, Basuki S, Widodo G, Rapatz G, Paul C. Once daily treatment with terbinafine 1% cream (Lamisil) for one week is effective in the treatment of tinea corporis and cruris. A placebo-controlled study. Mycoses. 2001;44(7-8):300-6.
Gupta AK, Chaudhry M, Elewski B. Tinea corporis, tinea cruris, tinea nigra, and piedra. Dermatol Clin. 2003 Jul;21(3):395-400, v.
Sanmano B, Hiruma M, Mizoguchi M, Ogawa H. Abbreviated oral itraconazole therapy for tinea corporis and tinea cruris. Mycoses. 2003 Sep;46(8):316-21.
Stary A, Sarnow E. Fluconazole in the treatment of tinea corporis and tinea cruris. Dermatology. 1998;196(2):237-41.
