Comments on: Bloody Brilliant Tampon Testing http://www.ruethedayblog.com/2009/07/bloody-brilliant-tampon-testing/ Satisfy your inner child, geek and weirdo. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:03:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: WomanExplainsPeriod http://www.ruethedayblog.com/2009/07/bloody-brilliant-tampon-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 WomanExplainsPeriod Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:31:49 +0000 http://www.ruethedayblog.com/?p=2266#comment-1283 This dude's logic, while it makes sense to him and I'm sure he's well-intentioned, is flawed. Tampons come in varying absorbencies because the flow changes during the course of a woman's period (starts heavy, ends light). When doctors advise women to use the least absorbent tampon needed, this simply means you shouldn't use an ultra absorbency tampon when you can get away with a regular absorbency. Ultra absorbency is not what causes toxic shock syndrome. TSS is caused by an overgrowth of a certain bacteria which in some women is naturally occurring. This overgrowth is more likely to happen if a tampon is left in too long or is too high an absorbency. If he had read the info card that accompanies literally every box of tampons, he may have been able to figure this out. This dude’s logic, while it makes sense to him and I’m sure he’s well-intentioned, is flawed. Tampons come in varying absorbencies because the flow changes during the course of a woman’s period (starts heavy, ends light). When doctors advise women to use the least absorbent tampon needed, this simply means you shouldn’t use an ultra absorbency tampon when you can get away with a regular absorbency.

Ultra absorbency is not what causes toxic shock syndrome. TSS is caused by an overgrowth of a certain bacteria which in some women is naturally occurring. This overgrowth is more likely to happen if a tampon is left in too long or is too high an absorbency.

If he had read the info card that accompanies literally every box of tampons, he may have been able to figure this out.

]]> By: Captain of the Obvious http://www.ruethedayblog.com/2009/07/bloody-brilliant-tampon-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Captain of the Obvious Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:51:03 +0000 http://www.ruethedayblog.com/?p=2266#comment-1144 Hah, this douche is just a used tampon lovin' pervert hiding behind the white knight facade. Hah, this douche is just a used tampon lovin’ pervert hiding behind the white knight facade.

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