By Gan Tian (Beijing Today)
Updated: 2008-04-28 10:11

Blue jeans are the staple of every wardrobe. When summer approaches or even in winter, most of us cannot wait to pull on those denim darlings. But did you know that they can be dangerous?  Here reveals some secret blue jean health tips, and wishes your legs lots of luck. The two main types of infections that are often experienced due to wearing tight jeans are vaginal yeast and bacterial infections.

Drink and denim do not mix

Here is an interesting story on jeans health from "Stuffed," a New Zealand site that, like The Onion, teases readers with fake news stories. The piece, which seems almost plausible, concerns a New Zealand teenager hospitalized for donning a pair of jeans so tight they cut off his blood circulation.

James wanted his jeans tight. I mean, really tight. To accomplish this leg-numbing feat, he would jump into the bath, lather himself up with soap, forcing the denim to shrink during an estimated 30 minute ordeal and eventually he had on the tightest jeans imaginable. He then proceeded to drink a bottle of vodka with a friend and they both passed out in the sun. After drying in the direct sunlight, the denim shrank back to its original size cutting off James' circulation. The pain caused him to wake from his alcohol-induced coma three hours later. His jeans were now so tght he was unable to walk or crawl towards the phone. James' cries for help were answered not until an hour later when an elderly neighbor came to investigate "a weird noise." "It sounded like the high-pitch squealing of some unhuman creature in distress," the neighbor said. The reason James' cries were not recognized as human was because the shrunken jeans reduced the breathing space around his testicles making it impossible for his voice box to produce anything but a squeal.

Though the article is purely satirical it does bring to mind a serious question: Are jeans, especially super tight jeans, bad for your health?

Denim disasters

Jody Morse, a jean expert, shares some problems of wearing jeans.

**Vaginal Infections

Frequent vaginal infection is the most common health risk associated with wearing jeans that are too tight. The main reason being the vagina's natural fungus tends to increase, or thrive, in areas that are warm and air restricted. The two main types of infections that are often experienced due to wearing tight jeans are vaginal yeast and bacterial infections.

**Infertility

Bacterial infections of the vagina are believed to be the main cause of infertility among women who regularly wear tight jeans. However, infertility can also be experienced by men who wear jeans, or underwear, that are too tight. The main reason for this happening is because there is a lack of circulation occurring when jeans or underwear are far too tight.

**Tummy troubles

Many people are known to experience digestive problems when they wear tight jeans. This is, of course, due to the fact that circulation is very poor, and with the jeans tightly hugging your stomach area, the food cannot be properly digested. People who already have pre-existing digestive problems, such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), are advised not to wear jeans that are skin tight.

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