Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Tiwa Savage, Chika Ike and other Nigerian celebs may need to get rid of the skinny jeans in their wardrobes fast.
That piece of hipster garment can seriously damage your health, doctors warned on Tuesday, reporting the case of a woman who temporarily lost feeling in her legs from hours-long squeeze.
The unnamed 35-year-old collapsed and had to be hospitalised the day after helping a relative move home, spending hours on her haunches to unpack cupboards.
Doctors believe the woman developed a condition called compartment syndrome; a condition caused by increased pressure within a confined body space and resulting in nerve compression.
The unusual case was reported in a British specialist publication, the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
“She had been wearing tight ‘skinny’ jeans and recalled that these had felt increasingly tight and uncomfortable as the day wore on,” the journal said.
“Later that evening, she experienced numbness in her feet and found it difficult to walk, which caused her to trip and fall.
“Unable to get up, she spent several hours lying on the ground before she was found.”
The woman’s legs were so swollen that the jeans could only be removed by cutting them off, said the statement.
She couldn’t move her ankles or toes properly, and had lost feeling in her lower legs and feet.
She was put on a drip, and was able to walk normally again four days later.
Doctors at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, said the jeans, combined with the squatting, had reduced blood supply to the leg muscles.
At the same time, nerve fibres connecting to the lower legs had been damaged by prolonged compression, which explained the numbness and loss of control.
“The present case represents a new neurological complication of wearing tight jeans,” according to the journal.
We wish to add that tight clothing is also not ideal for couples wishing to conceive.
