Symptoms of toxic shock syndrome

You probably heard the name of this disease before. It is known as Toxic Shock Syndrome (SST) and is intimately related to the use and abuse of tampons. It is a very rare infection, potentially dangerous, even deadly, and can affect men and women equally. However, it occurs more frequently in women under 30 years of age, especially in adolescents.

The doctors indicate that, by themselves, the tampons They do not cause the syndrome. What causes it is a bacterium called Staphylococcus aureus, which finds its ideal environment inside the vagina, when we leave the tampon for a long time (more than 8 hours).

The model Lauren Wasser, 29 years old, suffered this syndrome in 2012, so they had to amputate both legs.

This was one of his statements:

"I am suffering from excruciating pain every day, and within a few months, inevitably, the other leg will be amputated (the left) .There is nothing I can do about it, but what I can do is make sure that it does not happen to other women, "commented the model.

Recently, the case of the Englishwoman Jessica Read, an 18-year-old girl who had to be taken to hospital due to the toxic shock syndrome due to the use of tampons, has been reported. Doctors reviewed her and told her mother that, given the seriousness of the case, her daughter had only a 30% chance of living.

The good news is that after a week hospitalized and in treatment, she was discharged to be at home at rest and recover satisfactorily.

 


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