#i've got a really good article discussing how TSS actually works if anyone wants it just send me an ask or a dm
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there is so much aggressive misinfo abt toxic shock syndrome out there its a nightmare
#1st off 80% of the population is just straight up immune#no it is not caused by chemicals on tampons and all but one of the leading scientists who study it assert that the risk comes from#oxygen entering the vaginal canal which causes staphylococcus aureus bacteria to multiply -> bacteria produces TSST-1 toxin#-> toxin enters bloodstream -> causes TSS#the reason that heavy absorbancy products create more of a risk is they give the bacteria more room to multiply this is why the rely tampon#caused a spike in TSS cases in the 70s-80s they were fucking massive#there's disagreement from scientists abt how much the amount of time you leave a tampon in actually affects the risk of TSS but to be safe#still just keep it to 8 hrs because either way old blood is not great for introduction of other potentially harmful (but not deadly we're#talking like yeast infections here) bacteria#literally there are like 20 US cases of TSS per year. plenty of those aren't period related#chances of getting it even if you leave a tampon in a few hours more than 8 are practically 0#also cups can cause tss for fucks sake. its also practically a 0 chance but saying they can't cause it is completely untrue.#i've got a really good article discussing how TSS actually works if anyone wants it just send me an ask or a dm#.log
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