Do you think i have toxic shock syndrome?!
Question: Do you think i have toxic shock syndrome?
do you think i have tss? i know it's a really low chance, but i'm still concerned....
Answers:
TSS won't give you a sore throat. I think I had a very VERY mild case of it once, and it went away THANK GOD without a trip to the ER (me only realizing that's what it was after the fact) but if you aren't having really horrible cramps that make you want to call an ambulance and profuse diarrhea, that's not it. I mean I was freaking out, and pretty much delirious, and am probably really lucky that my body fought it off.
And no way would it give you a sore throat. You got a cold, sister. Feel better soon.
and btw, for future reference,
the reason it happened to me is cuz I didnt know what I was doing. I used a super, when my period wasn't even that heavy, (I was very new to the world of tampons.) and those are a breeding ground for bacteria. I had also left it in for like 8 hours, thinking it would be the same as on the "regular" packages which is 4-8 as opposed to 4-6 on larger sizes.
Now I just use the regulars, even if my period is uberheavy, and just change them more often when I need to. Also I don't let it go past 6 hours even on the regulars.
But you are fine. My friend left hers in accidentally for 14 hours once and was fine. DON'T DO THAT that is very bad lol but just saying, nothing happened in that case and if you dont have symptoms like I mentioned before, you don't have it.
if you had tss, you wouldve died by now...im pretty syre your fine