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\"Ahhhhhhh\"<\/a>All right.\u00a0 It’s time to bust out an embarrassing topic.\u00a0 Can women get jock itch?\u00a0 After all, it’s something that you hear guys talking about and it has something to do with wearing a cup or unclean gear or something, right?<\/p>\n

Well, those facts may be somewhat true, but guess what?\u00a0 Ladies can get jock itch.\u00a0 How do I know?\u00a0 Because I got it.<\/p>\n

Does this make me a real athlete?<\/p>\n

So what is jock itch?\u00a0 Officially known as tinea cruris, it’s a fungal infection that kind of looks like a rash with some blisters and then some peeling.\u00a0 It’s not the same thing as athlete’s foot, but the two are related.\u00a0 And untreated athlete’s foot can cause jock itch and vice versa if the fungus makes its way from one place to the other (via towels, I assume, not via nude yoga).<\/p>\n

Where does it grow?\u00a0 Warm and moist areas of the body.\u00a0 When you’re an athlete, that’s pretty much all of your body, but most of those areas cool off and dry off relatively quickly.\u00a0 What doesn’t?\u00a0 Inner thighs, around your sports bra, in any chub rolls that may form thanks to the compression of your workout gear.<\/p>\n

When I started to suspect that it was jock itch, I started doing research to see if this was common in women.\u00a0 It’s not, but women can get it.\u00a0 So I thought that it was time to stand up for the ladies.\u00a0 Women, we too can get jock itch!<\/p>\n

Now, I could tell you that I got jock itch around my bra.\u00a0 That’s not embarrassing, right?\u00a0 But nope.\u00a0 I got it on my inner thighs.\u00a0 And let me tell you, that is not a place you want to see a blistery rash.\u00a0 I thought it was just really terrible razor burn at first, but quickly I realized the truth.\u00a0 I lucked out in that I discovered it pretty quickly (red bumps on pale pale skin really stand out) so it wasn’t incredibly itchy or painful by the time I started treatment.<\/p>\n

How did I get it?\u00a0 I’m not entirely sure, but I’m guessing it was likely from wearing some workout gear a little too long.\u00a0 You know, it happens to the best of us.\u00a0 Apparently, people who are immuno-suppressed are more susceptible, and in the weeks leading up to this discovery, I had really run my body into the ground, so I’m sure that didn’t help.<\/p>\n

The treatment?\u00a0 Easy peasy.\u00a0 Just some cream that I picked up at the drugstore.\u00a0 The treatment takes around two weeks, which is annoying, but it really wasn’t a big deal.\u00a0\u00a0 Also, since women don’t often get jock itch, I wasn’t too mortified about buying the cream.\u00a0 Anyone who saw me with it probably thought it was for my boyfriend\/husband\/son.\u00a0 None of which I have, but the strangers don’t know that.\u00a0 (Actually, strangers at the drugstore couldn’t care less what I’m buying, but that’s not the point.)<\/p>\n

Now, how to prevent this?\u00a0 Step one is staying dry.\u00a0 Which isn’t easy when working out.\u00a0 I sweat like a fiend.\u00a0 Sure, powders like Anti-Monkey Butt (one of my faves) will help, but nothing is going to stop me from becoming a sweaty mess.<\/p>\n

So the solution there is to get out of gross workout clothes sooner rather than later.\u00a0 I’m not sure exactly when I spent too much time in my workout gear.\u00a0 I’ve certainly spent longer in triathlon gear post-race than I did in any gear recently (which is why I suspect being run down contributed).\u00a0 But either way, changing is now a priority.\u00a0 I’ve also read that tight clothes are also bad, but well, I can’t exactly swim or bike in loose, flowing gear.<\/p>\n

Other tips I found online were to change your underwear daily (umm, yes) and only wear workout clothes once between washes.\u00a0 While I may have reworn workout gear (while on my own treadmill, never in public), I feel like these tips might be geared towards teenage boys.<\/p>\n

So there you have it.\u00a0 All you never wanted to know about women getting jock itch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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