Can laundry soap cause jock itch?

Answer by  Zaka (2315)

Yes it can. If you do not fully rinse the water off from the wash cycle, that will leave a resdiue that causes irritation to exposed skin.

Answer by  JeffD (238)

Laundry soap can irritate the skin, and people often mistake this itchiness and irritation for a skin condition like jock itch. However, jock itch is an infectious skin condition. You cannot get jock itch from laundry soap. If you are irritated by laundry soap, you may find that switching brands solves the problem

Answer by  thom0045 (350)

The chemicals that are in laudry soap could cause a man to have jock ich, just as laudry soap can cause a person to have itchiness throughout the other areas of their body.

Answer by  gurumoorthi (9)

yes,laundry soap can cause jock itches. It is caused when our skin comes in contact with something that irritates it, such as a strong laundry soap or a body lotions. When people changes the laundry soap regularly,the skin comes in contact with different chemicals which cause irritation to the skin. These irritation causes jock itches.