Rash in groin

Hello, just a quick question...

I am not sure whether this is sex related (I doubt it is), but I realised I have a red rash in my groin area. Friday night (2 days ago) I had protected intercourse with a girl. The day after I played soccer, and then cricket on the Sunday. Today I noticed deep in my groin crease there is a red rash I have itched it a couple of times which has inflamed it. It does seem a little like a blister to some extent, but this could be caused by itching through my trousers.

Does this sound like Jock itch? Or could it be Herpes? Or itch caused by public lice? Would anything like this come on this quickly? I am not a small man, and I sweat a lot. I am not used to much sport either. I have no girlfriend, but do not make a habit of sleeping around.

Thank you.

[BhumikaMD]

Hi,

Since you say that you had protected intercourse, it is unlikely, though still possible to have some kind of STD.

There are many causes of groin rash, some of them being fungal infections, allergies, intertrigo, rash due to inner wear etc.,

In your case it seems that you have intertrigo or fungal infection, which is a irritation caused by rubbing of sweaty and warm body parts against each other.

The doctor can easily spot and treat this using local steroid/fungal  application as well as  oral treatments including anti-histamines.

Hope this helped. Let me know if you may need any more information.

best regards