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    'Avoid skin-to-skin contact,' Brits warned - as 'super fungus' that attacks groin and bum 'spreads at pace'
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    ‘Avoid skin-to-skin contact,’ Brits warned – as ‘super fungus’ that attacks groin and bum ‘spreads at pace’

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    1. TellMeManyStories on

      Is this another one of those things that is practically only spread by sexual contact, but no expert wants to say that?

    3. Archistotle on

      So it’s a parasitical mould that thrives by being a taint irritant?

      Petition to name it Cordenceps.

    7. DazzleLove on

      It’s not just these areas, it’s also causing bad nail disease. The problem has been caused by unregulated pharmaceutical drug selling in other countries- people buying the antifungal drugs without prescription which has allowed resistant fungi to develop. Until the last couple of years, almost all trichophyton fungi were super responsive to terbinafine but this strain is now resistant.

    9. Le_Jacob on

      I’ve just realised that I have this

      I caught athletes foot from a lodger I used to have, and while I used anti-fungal cream and bleached floors/bath tub it always seemed to come back.

      Admittedly I would find myself itching my feet, then obviously as a man’s hands wander, I would scratch my balls or ass.

      My ass, groin, balls and thighs have been itching for about a year. I’ve used anti-fungal cream in the affected areas plenty of times and it never seemed to go away, while the athletes foot has.

      I’ve only had sexual contact with women, and not since my groin area was itching.

      I’ve had bigger problems since then so going to the doctors was not my priority, though I may have to get this checked out.

    10. sim2500 on

      T. Indotinae. First isolated in India but now spread globally. Part of the dermatophytes and closely related to T. mentagrophytes.

      Causes standard ringworm, athletes foot and jock itch infections but can infect nails and possibly hair. UKHSA has advised that this can be sexually transmitted due to body to body contact along with other dermatophytes

      Fungal infection developes as a scaly red rash that slowly expands. First line treatment is terbinafine which is common in most over the counter fungal creams. Treatment usually fails due to resistance gene but some isolates are susceptible.

      If treatment fails after 2-3 weeks of application e.g. Does not go away or gets worse, see your GP to get a skin scraping or nail sample sent to the pathology lab for fungal identification.

    11. Reverend_Vader on

      Sounds like this years monkeypox going off the affected community

      I expect to hear a lot from the right leaning media on this one, that currently affects 0.0003389% of the population if my alexa does cig packet % right

    12. VeryPickledSphincter on

      With the Scottish sun reporting this, I’d take all advice from them with a pinch of salt.

    13. strawb-frase on

      ‘climbing from just 44 before 2022 to 258 as of March this year [2025]’

      Lol so some classic The Sun scaremongering here

    15. Designer-Computer188 on

      There were 157 confirmed cases by July 2024. Go look into how many cases of syphillis there were last year and it might put it into perspective (a lot of people think syphilis was a disease of the Victorian era and magically went away).

      I might say that people have a lot of other contagious diseases they should be worrying about, this is one for the experts atm.

      And of course if anybody looks like the ones in the medical photos I would hope common sense would tell you to stay away anyway 🤢

    17. TheShakyHandsMan on

      Paper copies of the Sun newspaper are heavily embedded with the Fungus.

      Disposal via fire is recommended.