Can a tampon bring PID?


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Why do I feel this path?!!?


No!!

Does it hurt wen u lose ur virginity?

Generally no. But they can cause toxic shock syndrome

What is HPV and how do u take it? from switching partners?

I would hope not!

Any doctors..??

Also one entry don't use the ones that have scent/deodorant. This can manufacture it easier for you to get an infection.


Tampon Safety

By Susan Dudley and Salwa Nassar

A widely circulated rumor spread over the Internet alleges that tampons are contaminated near asbestos and dioxin, and that the rayon in some tampons causes toxic shock syndrome. In response to the email rumor, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates the safekeeping and effectiveness of medical devices, issued a statement on its website that the available solid evidence does not support the rumors and provided information about tampon sanctuary.

Unfortunately, the FDA's statement also highlights the fact that undisputed important question and concerns regarding the sanctuary of tampons have not be adequately address. Moreover, the agency's reassurances are largely based on information that were submitted by tampon manufacturer, but are not publicly available.



Dioxin
Tampons, used by approximately 43 million women in the United Stated today, are usually made of cotton and rayon. Rayon is a synthetic fiber made from wood pulp. During that process, a toxic byproduct known as dioxin is created. Very small amounts of dioxin are in the rayon fiber. In addendum, until the late 1990's a chlorine bleaching process that also produces dioxin be used on both the rayon and the cotton used in tampons.

In 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a report that stated that dioxins are agreed to cause cancer within animals, and probably cause cancer surrounded by people. The EPA also have determined that people exposed to elevated levels of dioxins may be at risk for a undermined immune system, increased risk of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and reduced fertility. Recent research on monkeys has connected dioxin exposure with increased risks for developing endometriosis, a bleeding disease in which uterine tissue is found outside the uterus, frequently principal to infertility. One study found that 80 percent of the monkeys exposed to dioxin developed endometriosis, and that higher level of exposure caused the nouns of more severe forms of the disease. Two of the monkeys in the study died of endometriosis.

While the dioxin risk from bleaching has be reduced in recent years as a result of up to date bleaching methods, dioxin is still detected in tampons - even those made of 100% cotton. The EPA states that, due to decades of pollution, dioxin can be found in the air, dampen, and ground; thus, trace amounts of dioxin may be present in the cotton or wood pulp raw materials used to sort tampons. According to the results of studies conducted by tampon manufacturers and submitted to the FDA, dioxin level in the rayon fresh materials range from undetectable to 1 member in 3 trillion. More just now, a study sponsored by the FDA Office of Women's Health and published in 2005 found detectable level of dioxin in seven brands of tampons, including at least one 100% cotton brand. Although the FDA currently requires tampon manufacturer to monitor dioxin levels contained by their finished products, the results are not available to the public.

The FDA says that the exposure to dioxin from tampons today "is several times less than generally present in the body from other environmental sources, so small that any risk of adverse vigour effects is considered negligible." However, according to Dr. Phillip Tierno, director of clinical microbiology and diagnostic immunology at the New York University Medical Center and a prime expert on the health risks of tampons, even trace amounts of dioxin are bring for concern because tampons come in contact beside some of the most absorbent tissue surrounded by the body. In addition, the effects of dioxin are cumulative and can be measured 20 to 30 years after exposure. That is remarkably troubling because tampons are used by up to 70 percent of menstruating women in the U.S., and it has be estimated that the average woman may use as many as 16,800 tampons surrounded by her lifetime.


Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
TSS, a rare but potentially lethal disease caused by a bacterial toxin, have also been associated beside tampon use. Although the exact connection remains undeveloped, use of high-absorbency tampons produced with rayon and disappearing tampons in for an extended time of time seem to increase the risk of TSS. The disease, which be first described among teenage girls surrounded by 1978, primarily strikes tampon users under the age of 30. The TSS epidemic reach a peak surrounded by 1980 with a total of 813 cases, including 38 death, reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

According the to the FDA, the number of menstrual-related TSS cases has decrease significantly in recent years; in attendance were with the sole purpose six confirmed cases in 1997 and three contained by 1998. Rana Hajjeh, M.D., a medical epidemiologist with CDC's division of bacterial and mycotic diseases, attributes the drop within TSS cases to the advances surrounded by the way FDA regulates tampon materials and absorbency. In 1982, the FDA required that adjectives tampon labels insist on women to use the lowest absorbency needed to control their flow and include TSS warning signs. The agency also standardized absorbency labeling in 1990 so that absorbency lingo (e.g. regular, super, etc.) are consistent across brands.

But Tierno points out that the drop in the total number of cases is only adjectives when a "strict-case" definition of TSS is used; the actual number of "clinical cases" has not really changed. Another possible common sense for this reported decrease is because tampon manufacturer have removed three of the four synthetic ingredients (polyester, carboxymethylcellulose, and polyacrylate rayon) once commonly used in tampons to enhance absorbency. However, notably absorbent viscose rayon is still used.

The removal of the synthetic fibers by manufacturer was due within part to independent research that showed tampons containing synthetic additives increase production of the TSS toxin, and that all-cotton tampons do not. According to Tierno, this suggests that all-cotton tampons moderate the risk of TSS, and are thus safer than rayon and rayon-blend tampons. Considering that a 1994 study found that up to 99 percent of menstruating women diagnosed with TSS be using tampons, and that not enough is set about potential robustness risks associated with tampon additives, it is clear that more accurate information is needed concerning the hazards of tampons.


Asbestos
The asbestos allegation contained in the Internet rumor have never been confirmed; however, here seems to be a common consensus among health experts and scientists that the allegations are unsubstantiated. The email message claims that manufacturers make the addition of asbestos to tampons to promote excessive bleeding in order to put on the market more of their product. The FDA says it reviews the industry-supplied background on the design and materials of all tampons past they are marketed contained by the U.S., and that asbestos is not an ingredient in any tampon brand. Moreover, because tampon manufacturers are subject to FDA inspection, the agency assures women that "these inspections would credible identify any procedures that would expose tampon products to asbestos." Although the FDA states that it has no evidence of asbestos contained by tampons, the reliability of this claim is uncertain because the agency have historically relied on data provided by manufacturer in determining product sanctuary.


Legislation in Congress
U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney of New York lately introduced an important piece of legislation that attempts to address the unresolved robustness concerns surrounding tampon safety. The Robin Danielson Act (H.R. 360) directs the CDC to collect and report information on toxic shock syndrome. Reporting of TSS to the CDC is currently not compulsory and uneven, and the number of TSS cases and death is unknown. The collection and reporting of TSS cases would help increase awareness of the continued risk of contracting the disease. H.R. 360 also requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct research to determine the extent to which the presence of dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in tampons and related products pose any strength risks to women.


Alternatives
Several alternatives to tampon use are available to women, including all-cotton tampons and pads that are unbleached or are whitened next to hydrogen peroxide and reusable menstrual cups. The use of pads also reduce the risk of TSS. Alternative menstrual products can be found at natural food stores or ordered directly from individual companies. All-cotton sanitary products, however, may contain pesticide residues that could be immersed in like way as dioxin. No research have been conducted to determine whether all-cotton tampons and pad are safer than the more commonly available tampons and pads.

Why?

a tampon can result in TSS and PID. inflamatory disease is usually caused by infection. If the tampon be unclean or inserted near dirty fingers it could lead to infection that would rationale inflamation. The risk of TSS which is deadly is relatively lower than the risk of bacterial infection which is not virulent. PID is treatable.

What is a possible health consequence for sexually helpful teens?

In europe (well in holland) Tampon packet carry a stipulation for a life threatening desease that is to say caused by keeping the tampon to long in the vagina. Toxic shock syndrome. PID is usually cause by veneral deseases like gonorhea or chlamydia . If you own it get tested for these, don't * anybody or if you do use a condom and forget have babies until you have be cured.

Is their something that will help beside my urinary tract infection?

If you leave it within way too long, yes. Like more than a year when it should have be taken out.





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