A woman from Australia was hospitalized for several days after wear a pair of tight fitting skinny jeans. The tight pants caused her to lose feeling in her legs. Read more after the jump.
The popular fashion statement of wearing skinny jeans has cause a woman to spend several days in the hospital. These jeans have become a fashion trend for both woman and men but wearing these jeans could cause the wear to become a fashion victim.
According to the doctors the 35-year old woman spend several hours helping a family member move. Throughout her day of moving she spent numerous hours squatting while she emptied out closets. On her walk home, her feet became numb and she fell down and was stranded on the ground for several hours before anyone found her and rushed her to the hospital.
Doctors reveal that squatting in skinny jeans can damage nerves and muscles in the legs, which was the cause of this woman hospitalization. Dr. Thomas Kimber who treated the woman said, “We blame what happened on a combination of prolonged squatting for hours and the tight jeans she was wearing.”
Hospital doctors had to cut the jeans off the woman because he legs had become so swollen. Dr. Kimber said, “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.”
She lost circulation in her lower legs and couldn’t move her ankles or toes properly however, after four days hooked up to an IV, she could walk again and was released from the hospital.
So all you fashionistas take caution! Watch the video below to see what the doctors say.
Source CNN
