An excellent article on STSS appeared in the October 15, 1996 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Volume 209, Number 8, pages 1421 - 1426 by C. Miller, J. Prescott, K. Mathews et al. entitled «
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome in Dogs».
This is the same substance associated
with toxic shock syndrome from ultra-absorbent feminine hygiene tampons.1 Although negative health symptoms have not been directly linked in the case of diapers, these types of chemicals are just better to avoid, especially when they are in products in close contact with such sensitive areas of the body.
Decreased growth of Staphylococcus aureus and decreased production of
toxic shock syndrome toxin - 1 was shown with 150 mg monolaurin per liter (Holland et al 1994).
Additionally, they have sodium polyacrylate, which is a super-absorbency material that causes
toxic shock syndrome in tampons by harboring harmful bacteria.
Schlievert's research has previously shown that superantigens cause the deadly effects of various staph infections, such
as toxic shock syndrome, sepsis, and endocarditis.
This study shows that in conditions
like toxic shock syndrome, toxins from such bacteria can trigger one type of immune cells (MAIT cells) to turn against the host.
A similar substance had been used in super-absorbency tampons until the early 1980s when it was revealed that the material increased the risk of
toxic shock syndrome by increasing absorbency and improving the environment for the growth of toxin - producing bacteria.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, hundreds of women using super-absorbent tampons containing sodium polyacrylate
developed toxic shock syndrome, a potentially fatal disease caused by bacterial infections.
When sodium polyacrylate first started showing up in diapers, some people worried that babies could
get toxic shock syndrome, too.
Short Research Paper Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genomics of a Streptococcus pyogenes emm3 Strain M3 - b isolated from a Japanese Patient with Streptococcal
Toxic Shock Syndrome Kohei Ogura, Shinya Watanabe, Teruo Kirikae, Tohru Miyoshi - Akiyama J. Genomics 2017; 5: 71 - 74.
Often toxic shock syndrome results from toxins produced by Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria, but the condition may also be caused by toxins produced by group A streptococcus (strep) bacteria.»
Tampons can react with bacteria in your body to create the ideal environment for bacteria to flourish, triggering potentially
fatal toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Acidosis Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Atherosclerosis Blood Disorders Brain Abscess Cancer Emphysema Gallbladder Disease Gout Heart Disease Hyperglycemia Infertility Kidney Disease Liver Disease Meningitis Nerve Disorders Osteoporosis Paget's Disease Pneumonia Preeclampsia Preterm / Low Birth Weight Babies Psychotic Episodes
Stroke Toxic Shock Syndrome Many types of Infectious Disease
According to Web MD, menstrual cups are safer than a tampon, because it has a lower risk of a bacterial infection
called toxic shock syndrome.
Other side effects associated with NuvaRing include allergic reactions, missed periods, pain in the leg or calf, lumps in the breast, too much urine, confusion, chest pain, coughing up blood, depression, body numbness, darker urine, weakness in one side of the body, serious headaches, pale stool, slurred speech, irregular vaginal bleeding,
Toxic Shock Syndrome symptoms, irritation in the vagina, vision problems, and yellow eyes or skin.
It was his opinion that there was bacteria on the medical equipment used to inject the fat into Ms. Ballard's buttocks, and this caused her to
experience toxic shock syndrome.
Streptococcus pyogenes, a spherical bacteria that typically grows in long chains, can cause minor infections like impetigo to potentially deadly diseases like
streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.
And, of course, there was always the uncomfortable awareness that my daughter's privates were wrapped in super absorbent polymers (that's the ingredient that was taken out of tampons because of a possible link
with toxic shock syndrome, but it's still used in all disposable diapers).
They collect blood instead of absorbing it, and therefore are far less likely to cause conditions
like Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS).
Before learning we were all sick, she worried someone may have spiked her drink, or that she had come down with something as serious
as toxic shock syndrome.
Dr. Gunter wrote on her blog that because jade is a porous material, it could harbor bacteria and lead to bacterial vaginosis or
toxic shock syndrome.
Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS).
Diagnosed with
toxic shock syndrome, Audrey was given no more than a five percent chance of living through the illness.
A staph infection is a group of bacteria that can cause boils, cellulitis, and
toxic shock syndrome, just to name a few.
This is the same gel that has been removed from Tampons due to the risk of TSS (
Toxic Shock Syndrome).
A diaper worn on the outside of the body is far different from a tampon, and no case of a diaper causing
toxic shock syndrome has ever been reported.
Using these alternative items, or wearing tampons for an extended period of time, can lead to
toxic shock syndrome and other infections.
Sodium Polyacrylate was also linked to
Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) in tampons and is no longer used to produce them.
There were reports that SAP, the material used in making «tampons» causes
Toxic Shock Syndrome and it also causes irritation, staph infection and rashes.
SAP used to be in tampons but were removed in the early 1980's when it was found to have a link to
toxic shock syndrome.
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