13-Year-Old Dies From Using Tampons.

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They really need to require teaching the dangers of leaving tampons in too long, in sex ed.

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Sometimes girls put the last one in and forget to take it out again after their period is over. Daft I know, but there's hundreds of millions - billions? - of women using these things every month and accidents are going to happen once in a blue moon. Toxic shock syndrome is extremely rare, which is why it's newsworthy, but it's a reminder how tiny mistakes can cause big problems if you don't pay attention.

A woman I worked with used to put two tampons in if her period was particularly heavy. On one occasion she forgot to take the second one out. Some time later, days or weeks perhaps, she got bad guts ache and ended up at her GPs. He did an internal found and removed the offending item. She was from Yorkshire here in England, and they call a spade a spade in those parts. She said to me " It stunk like bloody 'ell" in her Yorkshire accent of course. You can't be too careful though...

My sister was pressured (euphemism) into using tampons by her PE teacher and our mother so that she could go swimming. I'm unsure she knew what she was doing in the beginning...

I had a college roommate, who was the school's number one party animal and my school was a party school. The only days that she didn't party were days that didn't end in "y". It wasn't uncommon for Betsy to have one too many. One evening, she complained to me that she was getting some discharge and it had a horrible odor. I immediately suggested that she get it checked out. She agreed to go to the infirmary the next day as she didn't have any classes after 3. When I sat her that evening before mess, I asked if she had gone to the infirmary. She said that she had and had never been so embarrassed in her life. I was afraid that she had a sexually transmitted disease. When I inquired, she explained, Heavens no! I had a tampon stuck up there and explained that app apparently she inserted one without removing the previously one.

Tampons are good. but they need to be instructed every time they use the bathroom to remove it and replace with a new one. I cannot imagine leaving it in after peeing or a bowel movement, its hygeine

Toshe63: This supposes that the girls have enough access to bathrooms and enough bathroom time, which is not always the case in school environments with short breaks and lines at toilets.

Toshe63 said

Tampons are good. but they need to be instructed every time they use the bathroom to remove it and replace with a new one I cannot imagine leaving it in after peeing or a bowel movement, its hygeine

It is definitely is NOT necessary to change tampons that frequently unless they are bleeding through them. 8-10 hour use of a tampon is OK.

You don't urinate on the tampon and certainly don't defecate on the tampon.

Regarding leaving them in and forgetting to take the used one out before putting the new one in is the fault of the parent if the girl is young or the girl herself if she is old enough to know better.

Whether the fault of infection belongs to the parent or the child, you can't fix stupid.

Once again people need to TAKE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for these things.

How the heck can someone get TWO up there???

I can't imagine forgetting to take it out. I used them for two decades and never ever forgot I had one in.

Don't people see or feel the string. I can understand not feeling or seeing it if you wear a VERY small thing and you tucked it in, but I also can't see wearing a thing on your period either.

How the heck can someone get TWO up there???

Compare an erect penis in size with two regulars. The penis is bigger. An adult or well developed teenager can definitely get two inside, and I think that was more common before the "super" size was introduced (was that in the 1970s? that was prior to my puberty) when some women might have used two regulars on very heavy days.

I totally agree with Susie and Joanne .

It is not necessary to change your tampon every time you urinate, especially if you drink a lot of water ! I would also not want to yank out a tampon prematurely, that was almost dry. OUCH !

@Pecan_nutjob you are in school for how many hours a day ? Like Susie said you can safely wear a tampon for 8-10 hrs a day.

I know there would be hell to pay if my daughter was not allowed to use the restroom when needed at school. As a teacher you get to know which students are habitual “hall walkers” and those that ask out of necessity. I also always taught my girls if they needed to use the restroom for a legimate emergency and they were denied to get up and walk out of the classroom and I would personally deal with the consequences. They also knew if it was not a legitimate emergency they would be the ones to deal with the consequences.

I think in this day and age toxic shock syndrome is much more talked about by parents as well as girls peers. It is also on the instructions. Like @Joanne said it is very rare thus makes headlines especially when it happens to such a young girl.

While I can not imagine forgetting one in there I guess it does happen but most of the time by the time TSS occurs that tampon has been in there for quite a while.

The ONLY time I could see forgetting one was inside is on the last day of your period when bleeding and discomfort was gone, but still you would feel the string. It's one of the responsibilities of being a woman.

Don't women/girls swirl a finger around inside during their shower just to clean the area? That would surely find it--IF THEY CHECKED.

Lol Susie YEAH ya would think !

I guess I have always been paranoid and extra careful. I did leave one in overnight on rare occasions when I had a little too much to drink and fell asleep but sure as hell remembered when I woke up with my bladder floating up to my eyeballs !

I never asked my friend, who I mentioned previously on this thread, she had a habit of using two tampons and had to have one removed by the doctor. As to how she would normally remove the second one. It must be a little difficult as I would imagine that it would be squashed up inside string and all. Perhaps it's like removing a diaphragm?

I never asked my friend, who I mentioned previously on this thread, she had a habit of using two tampons and had to have one removed by the doctor. As to how she would normally remove the second one. It must be a little difficult as I would imagine that it would be squashed up inside string and all. Perhaps it's like removing a diaphragm?

The correct way to use two small tampons when a "super" is needed but unavailable is to HOLD THE STRING of the first one while inserting the second one. Removal without the string is just like diaphragm removal. You can do it sitting, lying down or standing/squatting with one leg raised.

How the heck can someone get TWO up there???

I knew a gal in college who would use 3 on heavy days.

Regarding forgetting, it just happens. Not to me, after using tampons for over 30 years.