Skinny jeans can seriously damage muscles and nerves, doctors have said.<\/p>\n
A 35-year-old woman had to be cut out of a pair after her calves ballooned in size, the medics said in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.<\/p>\n
She had spent hours squatting to empty cupboards for a house move in Australia. By evening, her feet were numb and she found it hard to walk.<\/p>\n
Doctors believe the woman developed a condition called compartment syndrome, made worse by her skinny jeans.<\/p>\n
Compartment syndrome is a painful and potentially serious condition caused by bleeding or swelling within an enclosed bundle of muscles – in this case, the calves.<\/p>\n
The condition caused the woman to trip and fall and, unable to get up, she then spent several hours lying on the ground.<\/p>\n
On examination at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, her lower legs were severely swollen.<\/p>\n
Although her feet were warm and had enough blood supplying them, her muscles were weak and she had lost some feeling.<\/p>\n
As the pressure had built in her lower legs, her muscles and nerves became damaged.<\/p>\n
She was put on an intravenous drip and after four days was able to walk unaided.<\/p>\n
Other medics have reported a number of cases where patients have developed tingly, numb thighs from wearing the figure-hugging low-cut denim trousers – although the chance of it happening is still slim for most people.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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