ash on roi9n/bumps

[nightowl17]

I have had a rash for about three weekd it started belwow the  scrotum on the inner thiogh,and has progressed to the boyyom om my stomach at the crease in the thigh, the rash is biiright red and itchec terrable,alongthe red trail i have little bumbp that lok solid ans on has turned into a white head type,some of the bumps are on the inner thigh, the bumps itch sometime but the rash all the time I had the resh on the right sige but it went away with an anti bactryal oitment I have nothing on my penus or scrotum except redness on hte scrotum which burns, I have a blood test 3yrs ago and came back POS for HSV1&2 but never expercienced an outbreak Is this is whatis happining now and it has been going for at leastthree weeks, Also my mother had shingles could the pos I got for HSV2 be the shingle virus? right now I'am more concerened about the resh and bumps I havenow . Yhanks

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

This doesn't sound like herpes or shingles.  (No, HSV-2 does not cause shingles.)  Your rash sounds more like tinea cruris (jock itch), erythrasma (a bacterial skin infection that often occurs in the groin), or perhapss another infection.  I can only speculate as to the cause, except to say again it doesn't sound like herpes.  You should see a health care provider for proper diagnosis and treatment.

Good luck--  HHH, MD

[nightowl17]

This should be RASH on Groin wirth bumps

[ryn21]

Try using Cortizone 10 cream, it has to be the cream and not the gel due to the sensitivity of the skin in the genital region.  I guarantee it goes away in less than a weeks time.  But i would still see a GP if I were you. The cortizone should do the trick.  I played sports in highschool and had a problem with tinea cruris, aka jock itch.  My derm told me to use the cortizone and it did the trick.