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tss
what is toxic shock syndrome, its always warnings on tampon boxes but it never really explains what it actually is.
but it sounds scary haha.
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there is no reason to laugh my friend. TSS is when you leave a tampon in too long. It can be very unhealthy. Some symptoms are nausea (sp) clamminess, and fell completely sick. It is nothing to laugh about at all. It can cause death!
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It's basically what happens if you leave a tampon in too long. If you change it every few hours, you should be fine. This site explains it: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
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You shouldn't keep a tampon in more than 8 hours. Sometimes a girl can forget.. and it stays up there. So it's pretty much absorbed by blood. Bacterial growth is encouraged by the presence of a tampon.
So you should always remember how long you have been wearing one and remember to take it out.
Because the girls that suffer from TSS is when they forget they already have one up there and then insert another one there.
You should always switch from tampons to pads sometimes. Just so you don't get any infections.
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[Link](Mouse over link to see full location) explains it, but in a nutshell....
It's caused by bacterial infection.
Symptoms can include high fever, accompanied by low blood pressure, malaise and confusion, which can rapidly progress to stupor, coma, and multi-organ failure.
It starts with a characteristic rash, often seen early in the course of illness, resembles a sunburn, and can involve any region of the body, including the lips, mouth, eyes, palms and soles. In patients who survive the initial onslaught of the infection, the rash desquamates, or peels off, after 10–14 days.
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