Toxic Shock Syndrome
August 4, 2009
As the name suggests, Toxic Shock Syndrome is a problem in which your bloodstream gets infected with toxins and these toxins in turn get circulated to the entire body via blood. These toxins in the body are caused by specific bacteria. It is a serious medical problem which can be fatal.
When your blood gets infected with toxins, it leads to blood poisoning and can thus cause symptoms like high fever, drop in blood pressure, and even failure of some organs. In addition, it overestimates your immune system and thus produces symptoms of shock in the body.
Toxic Shock Syndrome, as a problem, came into limelight in 1970s and it was mostly associated with the use of tampons by menstruating girls. While it is true that this problem is more common in women, it can affect people of all age groups and gender.
A weak immune system can make you vulnerable to this problem. In addition, skin infections too can lead to this problem.
Toxic Shock Syndrome is usually caused by bacteria whose strain can be found in regions like your mouth, nose and vagina. When the toxins produced by such bacteria like Staphylococcus aureu enter the bloodstream, it leads to this medical problem which is extremely dangerous and fatal too.
Let’s now like at the various symptoms of Toxic Shock Syndrome. As mentioned above, high fever is a common symptom of this problem. In addition, people suffering from Toxic Shock Syndrome also display symptoms of vomiting, body rashes, muscle ache, weakness, headache and body ache, sore throat, low blood pressure and diarrhea amongst others.
Toxic Shock Syndrome is a rare problem, but is a serious. Thus, you must take some preventive measures to avoid getting troubled by this problem. Girls, in particular, should ensure that they wash their hands thoroughly after using tampons and they should also change tampons after few hours. These simple steps can help in preventing the problem of Toxic Shock Syndrome.
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