Woman Whose Wedgie From Wearing High-Cut Jean Shorts On A Date Landed Her In The Hospital

Sam, a 25-year-old from North Carolina, didn't expect any possible side effects (except for looking super cute) when she decided to wear some high-cut jean shorts — pictured below — on a date three years ago.



However, her booty had other plans! Sam shared her story on TikTok about how the wedgie created by her shorts and underwear actually contributed to her ending up in the ICU with cellulitis and sepsis:
BuzzFeed reached out to Sam for more details, and she said that although she did pick her wedgie multiple times throughout the day, that wasn't enough to save her from a hospital visit. "The timeline goes like this: I went on a full day-date with this guy I was newly dating, and realized I was wearing very uncomfortable clothes. I chose to ignore it and just enjoy my time. The next day, I felt very sore and then started feeling ill — just not 100%. That night, I noticed that I had a large bump where the chafing had occurred, and as time went on, it started becoming more painful. The pain was isolated to one spot and it felt like a throbbing, stabbing pain."
Sam went to the doctor the next day to get treated with antibiotics for a possible skin infection, but it was already too late. "The very next morning, I was in septic shock and rushed to the ER by my mom. I was shivering, very breathless, could not walk and had extreme body aches. They admitted me to the ICU, and that's when I realized this was a bit more serious that I had anticipated. I was in the ICU for almost four days, where the doctors were debating debridement surgery (basically, cutting off the part of my butt that was infected)."
To get a better idea of how uncomfy shorts and underwear can land you in the ICU, I reached out to Dr. Carmen Fong, MD, a licensed colorectal surgeon in New York City. Dr. Fong told BuzzFeed that more often than not, these kinds of infections and cases are caused by an anorectal abscess. LINK