“Hiphuggers’ Tingly Thighs,” Malvinder S. Parmar, Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 168, no. 1, January 7, 2003, p. 168. (Thanks to Maddalena Feliciello for bringing this to our attention.) The author, who is at Timmins and District Hospital, Timmins, Ontario, explains:
I recently saw 3 mildly obese young women between the ages of 22 and 35, who had worn tight “low-rise” trousers (also called hiphuggers) over the previous 6 to 8 months. All presented with symptoms of tingling or a burning sensation on the lateral aspect of the thigh (bilateral in one case). The results of a physical examination were unremarkable, except for mild local tenderness at the anterior superior iliac spine in 2 patients…. One of the women was concerned about multiple sclerosis and requested MRI but was reassured by my explanation of the origin of her symptoms. In all 3 patients, the symptoms resolved after 4 to 6 weeks of avoiding hiphuggers and wearing loose-fitting dresses.
(That’s an excerpt from the article “Improbable Medical Review,” published in AIR 14:1.)
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