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Throwback to when I almost died from a tampon\u2026 yup, you read that right.<\/p>\n
When I was 15 years old, I fell asleep with a tampon in, like how most women do and thought nothing of it. However, when I woke up, my body was covered in hives.<\/p>\n
I went to the doctor a couple of times and she said I was probably allergic to something so I went back home. I went back the third time, to a different doctor, and he told me I needed to immediately go to the hospital.<\/p>\n
I was then hospitalized for 2.5 weeks. I don\u2019t remember much from that time\u2026 but as you can see in the pictures, I looked\u2026 scary.<\/p>\n
I almost died and had to get multiple IVIg\/blood infusions and was supposed to be in the ICU. But then miraculously, the doctors saved my life and I\u2019m forever grateful for them.<\/p>\n
After I recovered, I was told multiple stories of people losing someone to TSS. I never realized how serious it can be.<\/p>\n
I recently came across these photos and felt inclined to share because I feel like too many women don\u2019t realize that toxic shock syndrome can happen and the importance of taking this seriously. I hope no one has to go through what I went through and I hope by sharing this, people will take TSS more seriously and be more careful with wearing tampons.<\/p>\n
All in all, it happened to me tho bc I was sick, my immune system was low, I wore a light tampon to sleep, and slept over 8 hours. So all big no-no\u2019s.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not too sure what\u2019s best to do, but here\u2019s some tips I found online to help prevent TSS:<\/p>\n
* Use low absorbency tampons (so not super absorbent ones)
\n* Change your tampons often (every 4-8 hours or more frequently, depending on your flow)
\n* Use pads on light flow days
\n* Use a new tampon right before bed, but if you are willing to, I recommend wearing a pad to bed instead<\/p>\n
Please be careful y\u2019all. And please feel free to share this with any women in your life because TSS is a very rare, but serious thing. & I don\u2019t want anyone to die, or almost die like I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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