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Toxic Shock Syndrome was actually linked in the year 1981 with those women who used tampons during their menstrual cycles. However, this is not the only reason there can be some other reasons of having this illness. It is one of those rarest kinds of bacterial infection that is caused by a specific type of bacteria known as Staphylococcus aureus. More...
Symptoms Of Toxic Shock Syndrome
When toxins tends to circulate in the bloodstream of a human body it causes one of the rarest life threatening condition commonly known as TSS, or toxic shock syndrome. It usually occurs when an infection through bacteria releases its toxins in the affected body part and eventually reaches the blood stream.
This causes high fever, rash and a lowered blood pressure. These conditions further leads to multiple failures of different organ system of the body. Multiple organ failure can be fatal causing even death. Hence, it is termed as a rare life threatening disease.More...
Treatment Of Toxic Shock Syndrome
Toxic Shock Syndrome, or TSS, is one such rare life threatening illness that results due to bacteria known as Staphylococcus aureus. It usually appears in women who use tampons during the menstrual cycles. It can however also affect people having skin infection or those who have had a recent surgery. TSS as it is commonly termed as medically must be treated immediately otherwise it can be fatal.
The first thing that is done in the treatment of TSS is to remove the source that is causing the production of toxins. In women having menstrual cycle and using tampons, at first the tampons are removed. When you suspect that you are having TSS due to the tampons you can remove it all by yourself before meeting the doctor.More...