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Left tampon in for 9h accidentally. now about 24h later i have a headache and feel a little bit nauseous. but i've been feeling like that periodically for a couple of days, tho this is the strongest headache. could i have tss?
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Toxic shock syndrome is fairly rare due to the removal of high absorbency tampons. Please read more information here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459345/
Answered 1/15/2022
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