#there's disagreement from scientists abt how much the amount of time you leave a tampon in actually affects the risk of TSS but to be safe

[porto-rosso]

there is so much aggressive misinfo abt toxic shock syndrome out there its a nightmare

#1st off 80% of the population is just straight up immune #no it is not caused by chemicals on tampons and all but one of the leading scientists who study it assert that the risk comes from #oxygen entering the vaginal canal which causes staphylococcus aureus bacteria to multiply -> bacteria produces TSST-1 toxin #-> toxin enters bloodstream -> causes TSS #the reason that heavy absorbancy products create more of a risk is they give the bacteria more room to multiply this is why the rely tampon #caused a spike in TSS cases in the 70s-80s they were fucking massive #there's disagreement from scientists abt how much the amount of time you leave a tampon in actually affects the risk of TSS but to be safe #still just keep it to 8 hrs because either way old blood is not great for introduction of other potentially harmful (but not deadly we're #talking like yeast infections here) bacteria #literally there are like 20 US cases of TSS per year. plenty of those aren't period related #chances of getting it even if you leave a tampon in a few hours more than 8 are practically 0 #also cups can cause tss for fucks sake. its also practically a 0 chance but saying they can't cause it is completely untrue. #i've got a really good article discussing how TSS actually works if anyone wants it just send me an ask or a dm #.log