{"id":12034,"date":"2014-09-12T21:22:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T21:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bepreparedperiod.com\/periodtalk\/answers\/how-long-does-it-take-for-toxic-shock-symptoms-to-start-showing-up\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T07:33:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T07:33:26","slug":"how-long-does-it-take-for-toxic-shock-symptoms-to-start-showing-up","status":"publish","type":"cma_thread","link":"https:\/\/www.bepreparedperiod.com\/periodtalk\/answers\/how-long-does-it-take-for-toxic-shock-symptoms-to-start-showing-up\/","title":{"rendered":"How long does it take for Toxic Shock Symptoms to start showing up?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have never had Toxic Shock Syndrome, but I&#8217;m just wondering. If I did get it, how long would it be before symptoms started occurring? I heard the symptoms of Toxic Shock can start out as nothing more than flu symptoms (ex. high fever, throwing up, dizziness\/light headedness, fainting\/faint feeling when standing up, diarrhea, sore throat). I very rarely get anything more than a cold (nasal congestion, sore throat, coughing), so I would be suspicious if I was on my period and using tampons (and that&#8217;s what I usually use when I&#8217;m on my period), and got flu symptoms, even if it was flu season. But I was just curious if the symptoms would come on within minutes to hours, or if it might take days to weeks before I start seeing symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have never had Toxic Shock Syndrome, but I&#8217;m just wondering. If I did get it, how long would it be before symptoms started occurring? I heard the symptoms of Toxic Shock can start out as nothing more than flu symptoms (ex. high fever, throwing up, dizziness\/light headedness, fainting\/faint feeling when standing up, diarrhea, sore [&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":[1424,1429,1430,1420,1375,1377],"cma_category":[1328],"cma_difficulty_level":[],"class_list":["post-12034","cma_thread","type-cma_thread","status-publish","hentry","tag-cotton-tampons","tag-maxim-hygiene","tag-natracare","tag-tampax","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 long does it take for Toxic Shock Symptoms to start showing up?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many women are unaware of TSS. 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