Day Twenty-Six: The Shock
28ish Days Later
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The Dangers of Tampons
Around 20 to 25% of us carry this bacteria around in our noses and also in our vaginas without causing any problems. But the new super absorbent tampons were that they introduced oxygen to the usually anaerobic environment, making a moist space dry. If your flow wasn't heavy enough, they needed to be left in for a long time to be comfortable enough to remove. When it removed too soon before fully saturated, they could tear the delicate skin on the walls of the vagina. So all at once, it made the perfect habitat and a method of getting into the bloodstream and into the body. TSS is not the bacterial infection itself that causes the illness. It's the toxin
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