A coroner determined that 16-year-old Sara Manitoski died of toxic shock syndrome, related to her use of a tampon Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from ...

However, she was actually suffering from TSS after accidentally leaving in a tampon for over a week—nine days, to be precise. In January, she originally put the tampon in, but due to studying ...

Although toxic shock syndrome mostly affects menstruating women who use tampons; postmenopausal women, men and children can also get affected by the bacterial toxin. Here are some key aspects ...

such as developing toxic shock syndrome (TSS). If people plan to sleep longer than 8 hours and cannot or do not want to change their tampon during this time, alternative menstruation products may ...

Leaving a tampon in for too long is unhygienic and it can lead to Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS), a condition caused by a bacterial infection. High absorbent tampons are notorious for making some ...

While TSS is rare, lately a number of published studies, lawsuits, and research by environmental and consumer groups have suggested that tampon use could expose people to potentially harmful ...

Aimee Haller Follis hardly knew anything about toxic shock syndrome before she nearly lost her life because of it. Besides reading the standard warning that comes on every box of tampons ...

Tampons have been connected to the risk of Toxic Shock Syndrome (Photo: Courtesy) Everyone woman has the go-to menstrual hygiene material that they use when Aunt Flow is in town. Pads, tampons and ...

Insert a fresh tampon at night before going to sleep and replace it first thing in the morning Change your tampon every 4 to 8 hours, or more often if needed Consider switching between tampons and ...

Tampons contain asbestos that make you bleed more. Carcinogenic dioxins and rayon used to enhance absorbency can cause Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS). The FDA has reported that there is no evidence of ...