ITCHY GROIN.....Yeah Don't Laugh!!!

drumsmasher
drumsmasher Posts: 241
edited October 2008 in Health, fitness & training
I have been biking for about 4 years but have recently developed an itchy groin! I know it may sound funny but its really becoming a pain! On the bike, even if i wear a tub of Sudocreme it gets sore, and in bed at night its like ive been on the itchy powder! I have tried Vaseline and Sudocreme, but they seem to irritate it when it gets sweaty. Its really frustrating, so if anyone has any ideas...other than scratch it!....please let me know....Or is it a trip to the Quack?? Thanks
Another tree...another cracked rib!!

Comments

  • KB8
    KB8 Posts: 123
    Yeah, you definitely have crabs.
    http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/2482032/
  • drumsmasher
    drumsmasher Posts: 241
    Oh....Thanks for that mate! Must be all them dirty women i get then ay!! Hmmmm chance be a fine thing!
    Another tree...another cracked rib!!
  • Popeh
    Popeh Posts: 115
    Sounds like a possible fungal infection (lot's of people get it on the groin and armpits from gland changes to changes in shower/smell products etc). You'll probably need to see a doctor to get http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100000667.html

    Hope that helps.
    - Marin 2005 East Peak
  • drumsmasher
    drumsmasher Posts: 241
    Cheers for that Popeh! Good link.
    Another tree...another cracked rib!!
  • mcbazza
    mcbazza Posts: 251
    Get some athlete's foot power/creme. apply after each shower (at least once a day, btw), and each night. Change underwear regularly, and bedsheets. Wash towels. And you'll be clear in no time.

    Probably just a fungal infection.

    Be careful about cross contamination from feet to crotch (and other areas!) in future.
    Stumpy, Rockhopper (stolen!) & custom SX Trail II - that should do it!
  • urbanfatboy
    urbanfatboy Posts: 193
    Looks like good advice McBazza, but what if it's not quite a foot? I mean like a couple of inches short or something?
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    Get some Canestan - now available without prescription.

    Doing loads of cycling, running and weights means I've had it a few times despite being Mr Clean - Canestan knocks it on the head in about two days use and works for athletes foot too (more or less the same thing).

    Oh and if you're hitched/with bird then best to steer clear of any "action" for a couple of days - or they could end up with either thrush or cystitis - not fun at all.
  • salsarider79
    salsarider79 Posts: 828
    Maybe wash the shorts/tights when you apply said products to the short and curlies. Thats been my downfall before now.


    Did I just type that out loud????? :oops:
    jedster wrote:
    Just off to contemplate my own mortality and inevitable descent into decrepedness.
    FCN 3 or 4 on road depending on clothing
    FCN 8 off road because I'm too old to go racing around.
  • bilbo164
    bilbo164 Posts: 9
    Try assos cream works for most things down under.
  • mcbazza
    mcbazza Posts: 251
    bilbo164 wrote:
    Try assos cream works for most things down under.
    Won't work. We suspect he has a form of athlete's foot. But, obviously, not on the foot!!
    So, needs to contain a fungicide.
    Stumpy, Rockhopper (stolen!) & custom SX Trail II - that should do it!
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    I wouldn't want to rub Scholl powder into me nuts lol.
    GT ZASKAR CARBON TEAM

    VOODOO CANZO

    Come and see me at https://www.facebook.com/biketyke/
  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    In my case it was clothing.

    If I wear "technical clothing" my axillae go in a couple of days, but wear a silk or cotton base layer and I am fine.

    The other thing I found helped was using "baby shampoo" as some perfumes and agents in "Mens" shower gels etc can exacerbate the rash.
    <b><i>He that buys land buys many stones.
    He that buys flesh buys many bones.
    He that buys eggs buys many shells,
    But he that buys good beer buys nothing else.</b></i>
    (Unattributed Trad.)
  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    Slap some Deep Heat on your bits and the pain will take your mind off the itch
    Fig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap
  • Edwinsprint
    Edwinsprint Posts: 66
    Shower in luke warm water and it will be aggravated less. Also dont type with a laptop on your lap (that irritates any dryness/eczema down there)

Categories