![]() Intertrigo may be complicated by superficial skin infection with fungus or bacteria. Intertrigo can be worsened by any conditions causing increased heat, wetness, and friction. Such areas are called intertriginous areas. Intertrigo tends to occur in warm, moist areas of the body where two skin surfaces rub or press against each other. Intertrigo’s Latin translation, inter (between) and terere (to rub) helps explain the physiology of the condition 1). Intertrigo is caused by irritation of touching skin surfaces (skin-on-skin friction) in body fold regions (armpits, under the breasts, belly, buttocks, groin, and sometimes between fingers or toes). Intertrigo describes an inflammatory skin rash in the body folds, such as behind the ears, in the folds of the neck, under the arms (armpits), under a protruding abdomen, under the breasts, in the groin, between the buttocks, in the finger webs or toe spaces.
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