Wearing too tight skinny jeans could cause health problems too. A 35-year old woman from Australia landed in a hospital recently after helping a family member move while wearing tight skinny jeans. She never thought her outfit could almost cause her health problems.
According to a report in the journal Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry on Monday, the woman helped her relative move into a new home which involved actions like squatting and carrying boxes.
She spent hours squatting as she emptied closets. After her rough day, she went home to rest. However, when she arrived home, her feet became numb and she tripped. She was not able to move her legs and spend hours lying down before someone found her. She was rushed to the nearest hospital.
In a report by CNN, Dr. Thomas Kimber, the one who treated her, "We blame what happened on a combination of prolonged squatting for hours and the tight jeans she was wearing."
Her legs became numb and swollen that the doctors were forced to cut her jeans to release the tension. "Normally muscles can expand to compensate for swelling, but there was a tourniquet effect, so the muscles had to expand inwards and compressed blood vessels and nerves," he added.
When tests were incurred, they revealed that she had almost no muscle strength in her ankles and toes. NPR News also reports that the CT scan showed that her muscles in her calved were damaged.
The tibial nerves, which give movement and sensation in the calves and the peroneal nerves which is found in the knees to the ankles were not properly sending their signals. The nerve damage prevented her from being able to move her legs properly. Nerve damage may lead to a condition called compartment syndrome due to the lack of oxygen in the cells. This could complicate into permanent nerve damage and amputation of the legs.