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What is toxic shock syndrome?
Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare but potentially fatal disease caused by a bacterial toxin. Different bacterial toxins may cause toxic shock syndrome, depending on the situation. The causative agent is Staphylococcus aureus.This infection can occur via the skin (e.g. cuts, surgery, burns), vagina (via tampon), or pharynx. However, most of the large number of individuals who are exposed to or colonized with toxin-producing strains of S. aureus or S. pyogenes do not develop toxic shock syndrome. One reason is that a large fraction of the population has protective antibodies against the toxins that cause TSS.[1] It is not clear why the antibodies are present in people who have never had the disease.11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_shock_syndrome
What are the symptoms of toxic shock syndrome?
TSS isn't as rare as the companies lead you to believe. It's back with vengeance and killing young women all over but it's being hidden. My 20 year old daughter died in June using Regular absorbency tampons, changing like clockwork never leaving them in over 6 hours and alternating with pads. A friend of hers from the same school, in her class! had TSS just two months after she did!! She was 21. She read our warnings about flu symptoms and recognized it so early she removed the tampon and had her mom take her to the hospital and insisted to the Dr that it could be TSS. It saved her life. The truth is, the deadly toxins begin to multiply within 2 hours after inserting your first tampon. Regular, or Super! When you change a tampon after even just a few hours that toxin remains inside just waiting for you to put in a new tampon. It takes up right where it left off when it comes into contact with the viscose rayon in the tampon. The longer you continue to use tampons even while changing the more concentrated the toxin becomes, Once this toxin gets into your blood stream, (it can enter with only a couple of scuffed off cells from changing a tampon) it's 10,000 times more deadly than sepsis alone. The reason you need to use a pad at night for at least 8 hours is, you remove that rayon filled tampon and the toxin takes that 8 hours to dissipate, (die off) then in the morning you can start the deadly process all over again. Providing your tampon isn't leaving fibers behind..... A friend of ours just had TSS, was in a coma in ICU for 3 weeks and in the hospital another 2 weeks. She wasn't using a tampon, they only found a rayon fiber from the tampon she used the prior week. She just had surgery to remove the gangrene from her toes. She is 16. If you are young (under 28) you most likely don't yet have the antibodies for the toxin of the staphylococcus aureus bacteria, you can easily contract TSS. The symptoms are only flu symptoms! This is all my daughter had! 103.2 temp, ibuprofen brought that down, vomiting and diarrhea. That's IT! She walked into a hospital Friday and died Sunday! If you do choose to use tampons, 100% cotton tampons are the only way to be safe. There has never been a case of TSS from the use of a 100% cotton tampon. These are not sold at Walmart, Target, Walgreen or in CVS stores. You have to order them online or go to a health food store. 95% of women have the antibodies to fight TSS by the time they are 30 years old. Please don't take chances with your life. It isn't worth it!
