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Is it alright to wear tampons every time your cycle comes on?

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Dr. Robert Kwok answered

Yes: There's no problem with tampons as along as they are changed several times a day.

Answered 12/9/2013

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Heavy bleeding more then 5 days ~ that's my regular timing ~ i'm changing my super tampon and my night time pad every couple hours .. Am i ok?

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Every time i wipe down there, it comes out looking brown. its been going on for over a week and there is no smell and no itching. i put a tampon up there and red blood came out with the brown stuff. i take levothyroxine, last period was november 3?

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Why would I have a clear discharge like a period all the time? For the past 2 months. I have to wear a pad or tampon. What could this be? It does not

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When I pull out my tampon, almost every time without fail there is a yellow puss looking substance on the end of it. I've never had sex and am not sex?

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So my period was 5 days late it is normally every 28 days. My period lasts from 5 to 7 days and is heavey at first then the last 2 days it lightens up. Well this time it was very light used 1 tampon a day the first day didn't fill up the 2nd did the 3rd o

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