Abstract
Moisture associated skin damage (MASD) is a label for a spectrum of skin injury from 4 sources: exposure to urine and stool (incontinence associated dermatitis), sweat (intertriginous dermatitis), wound exudate (periwound dermatitis) and stoma exudate (peristomal dermatitis). Intertriginous dermatitis (ITD), also known as intertrigo, is a common inflammatory disorder that occurs due to skin-on-skin friction in the skin folds, because of moisture becoming trapped due to poor air circulation. 1 Intertrigo's Latin translation, inter (between) and terere (to rub) helps explain the pathophysiology of the condition. The 11th revision of the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) now contains codes for the separate forms of MASD within the EK02 irritant contact dermatitis section. 2
This article provides a general overview of intertriginous dermatitis and outlines its etiology, pathophysiology and offers management techniques. ITD does not have a strong evidence base for practice therefore, practitioners often have to rely on experience. 1,3