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Skin diseases and conditions affecting body folds

Links to pages about skin conditions that favour body folds or flexures. These include behind the ears, in the folds of the neck, under the arms (axillae), under a protruding abdomen, in the groin, between the buttocks, in fingerwebs or toe spaces.

Infections

• Impetigo
• Boils
• Folliculitis
• Erythrasma
• Thrush (candidiasis)
• Tinea cruris (groin)
• Athletes foot (between toes)
• Scabies
• Trichomycosis axillaris

Inflammatory skin conditions

• Intertrigo
• Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)
• Flexural psoriasis
• Seborrhoeic dermatitis
• Atopic dermatitis
• Contact irritant dermatitis
• Contact allergic dermatitis
• Hidradenitis suppurativa
• Hailey-Hailey disease
• Granular parakeratosis
• Fox-Fordyce disease

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