Intertrigo
Home Care & Treatment
Weight loss and frequent moving of the body are often helpful. Keeping areas of folded skin open with dry towels or blowing a fan across moist areas can also help. Loose, unrestrictive clothing should be worn.
Call your Health Care Provider if
Call your health care provider if the condition persists despite good home care, or if it spreads beyond a skin fold.
What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
Your health care provider can often make the diagnosis simply by looking at your skin. A skin scraping and KOH examination may also be done to rule out a fungal infection. A Wood's lamp may be done to rule out a bacterial infection called erythrasma. Rarely, a skin biopsy may be needed to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment options for intertrigo include a low-dose steroid cream, a drying agent such as Domeboro soaks, or an antibiotic or antifungal cream applied to the skin.
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