{"id":12027,"date":"2014-07-20T02:04:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T02:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bepreparedperiod.com\/periodtalk\/answers\/how-do-i-know-if-its-the-flu-or-toxic-shock-syndrome\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T13:10:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T13:10:56","slug":"how-do-i-know-if-its-the-flu-or-toxic-shock-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"cma_thread","link":"https:\/\/www.bepreparedperiod.com\/periodtalk\/answers\/how-do-i-know-if-its-the-flu-or-toxic-shock-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I know if it&#8217;s the flu or Toxic Shock Syndrome?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do I know if I have the flu or Toxic Shock Syndrome? I have heard TSS can look like the flu at first (or some other simple illness such as stomach virus, strep throat, bad cold), and then rears it&#8217;s ugly head when it&#8217;s almost too late. I&#8217;ve also heard that many of the symptoms (which I would need to know, because I use tampons regularly when I&#8217;m on my period) are similar to that of the flu and other simple illnesses. I know the symptoms of TSS (sudden fever, throwing up, diarrhea, dizziness, muscle aches, sore throat, etc.), and to remove my tampon and go to the doctor right away (or some place else where I can get checked out if I&#8217;m away from home or if my doc is not available). I&#8217;ve never had TSS, but I have always been a little bit scared of getting it. I do use tampons regularly when I&#8217;m on my period, but I do take the suggested precautions (such as changing my tampon every 4-5 hours, using pads at night when I&#8217;m sleeping, only using the absorbency I really need). And I have recently started using organic tampons instead of the conventional brands (Tampax, Playtex). I would want to know if I had TSS, but I also wouldn&#8217;t want to go to the doc and hear him say, &#8220;Leanne, you&#8217;re fine, you just have the flu.&#8221; So how do I know how to tell TSS apart from the flu?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I know if I have the flu or Toxic Shock Syndrome? I have heard TSS can look like the flu at first (or some other simple illness such as stomach virus, strep throat, bad cold), and then rears it&#8217;s ugly head when it&#8217;s almost too late. I&#8217;ve also heard that many of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[1375,1377],"cma_category":[1328],"cma_difficulty_level":[],"class_list":["post-12027","cma_thread","type-cma_thread","status-publish","hentry","tag-tampons","tag-tss","cma_category-for-girls"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How do I know if it&#039;s the flu or Toxic Shock Syndrome?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How do I know if it\u2019s the flu or Toxic Shock Syndrome? 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