CHARFOOS & CHRISTENSEN, P.C. worked with DES and
Toxic Shock Syndrome in the 70's and 80's.
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».
Additionally, they have sodium polyacrylate, which is a super-absorbency material that causes
toxic shock syndrome in tampons by harboring harmful bacteria.
Not exact matches
Sodium Polyacrylate was also linked to
Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
in tampons and is no longer used to produce them.
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.
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).
The absorbent material
in the diapers contain sodium polyacrylate, which can cause severe skin infections and is the «same substance that was removed from tampons
in 1985 because of its link to
toxic shock syndrome».
SAP is «non-
toxic and safe» although it is the same substance banned from tampons
in 1985 for causing
Toxic Shock Syndrome.
A similar substance used
in tampons was pulled from the market
in the 1980s due to increased risk of
toxic shock syndrome.
Those chemicals were not causing TSS, it's the extra absorption being left
in for a long period of time that could lead to
Toxic Shock Syndrome.
KC Wilt: I had heard disposable diapers..., the stuff that they stick
in disposable diapers was
in tampons that cause TSS;
Toxic Shock Syndrome and that is removed from tampons, but they are
in diapers.
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.
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.
Toxic shock syndrome has primarily been linked to the use of superabsorbent tampons, which are no longer sold by manufacturers
in the United States.
A woman
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, recently opened up about almost dying of
toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
in May 2017, so that no one has to go through her nightmarish experience.
Tampons can react with bacteria
in your body to create the ideal environment for bacteria to flourish, triggering potentially fatal
toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
Sodium Polyacrylate has been linked
in the past to
toxic shock syndrome, as well as allergic reactions, and it's is potentially lethal to pets.
Medical side effects:
Toxic Shock Syndrome has been associated with the spermicide sponge.20 One researcher has noted that couples who have used certain spermicides within a month of conception have experienced a doubling
in the rate of birth defects, as well as a doubling of the rate of miscarriage.21
The powder substance
in disposables that absorbs liquid, sodium polyacrylate, is a super absorbent polymer which was banned from tampons due to links with
toxic shock syndrome.
Some women may remember the connection between superabsorbent tampons and an outbreak of
toxic shock syndrome (TSS)
in the 1980s, but these «hyper absorbable» tampons were taken off the market and the incidence of
toxic shock syndrome plummeted.
Wasser was on her period and using tampons
in 2012 when she developed
toxic shock syndrome.
Streptococcal
Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)-- This is an unusual complication which results
in areas of skin death leading to skin sloughing almost like a burn.
Streptococcal
toxic shock syndrome - appears to occur
in Shar - Pei as two
syndromes.
CytoSorbents Corp. launched VetResQ, a broad - spectrum blood purification adsorber designed to help treat deadly inflammation and
toxic injury
in animals with critical illnesses such as septic
shock,
toxic shock syndrome, severe systemic inflammation, toxin - mediated diseases, pancreatitis, trauma, liver failure and drug intoxication.
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.