Five major hazards of women wearing jeans frequently

Jeans are the favorite clothing for many women. They are not only fashionable but also comfortable to wear. They can also show off beautiful body shapes. But have you noticed the harms of jeans? Traditional Chinese medicine reminds us that jeans have five major harms to women.

Hazard 1: Common problem of jeans - excessive formaldehyde

Usually, in order to make jeans smoother, more wrinkle-resistant and more color-resistant, workers may add chemicals containing formaldehyde during the production process. If the amount is not controlled during the process, the formaldehyde content may exceed the standard. Denim clothes of different shades may also contain formaldehyde during the bleaching, dyeing and washing process. Jeans with these characteristics are often the first choice for many girls.

The hazards of formaldehyde can be described as "pervasive": it not only irritates the skin and mucous membranes, but also has a strong sensitizing effect, which can cause allergic dermatitis, pigmentation, and necrosis. Inhalation of high concentrations of formaldehyde can induce bronchial asthma. What is more serious is that it also has a mutagenic effect, which can cause nasopharyngeal tumors, neonatal malformations, male infertility, etc.

Hazard 2: Low-waist jeans - urinary tract infection

Due to their special body structure, women are more susceptible to external bacteria invasion than men and suffer from some diseases, such as urinary tract infection.

Urinary tract infections are very common in women, mainly because women have shorter urethras, which make them more susceptible to bacterial invasion than men. Moreover, the female urethra is relatively close to the anus, so there is a high risk of being invaded by E. coli.

Hazard 3: Tight jeans - poor circulation and cold hands and feet

Many white-collar women choose to wear tight jeans at work, sitting all day without exercising at all. If things go on like this for a long time, it can lead to poor blood circulation in the lower limbs. The most common manifestations are: cold feet, calf edema, dull skin, and even frostbite.

If you wear tight pants during your menstrual period, it may cause dysmenorrhea or aggravate existing dysmenorrhea.

Hazard 4: Stonewashed jeans --- silicosis

Stonewashing is an industrial technique used to make jeans and other clothing look faded and aged. It achieves this by applying high pressure to the denim material and then baking tiny particles of silica with fire.

However, if a person inhales large amounts of silica dust, they will be threatened by silicosis. Silicosis patients generally have no symptoms or mild symptoms in the early stages. If they lack the habit of regular physical examinations, it is easy to miss the diagnosis and delay the disease.

Hazard 5: Not disinfecting jeans regularly - vaginitis

Many people believe that vaginitis is simply caused by not paying attention to personal hygiene or unclean sexual life. But have you ever thought that it's your jeans that are to blame?

When the weather is hot and humid, a small amount of pathogens in the vagina can multiply rapidly in this environment. Some of them are killed by the normal flora in the vagina, while the other part can parasitize on the jeans along with sweat or other secretions. If jeans are not washed in time, they will easily become a breeding ground for bacteria, which can re-infect the genitals and even spread to the pelvic cavity. Long-term chronic infection will cause great harm to women's reproductive health, and in severe cases may cause infertility.