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Toxic Shock Syndrome

Toxic Shock Syndrome: Introduction

Toxic Shock Syndrome: Severe immune reaction causing shock. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Toxic Shock Syndrome is available below.

Symptoms of Toxic Shock Syndrome

• Early symptom pattern:
  • Flu-like symptoms
  • Fever
  • Headache
  • Sore throat
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 20 symptoms of Toxic Shock Syndrome

Treatments for Toxic Shock Syndrome

• Emergency hospitalization
• Intravenous antibiotics - in high doses usually.
• Penicillin
• Cephalosporin
• Intravenous fluids
• more treatments...»

See full list of 8 treatments for Toxic Shock Syndrome

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Toxic Shock Syndrome:

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  • Home Ear Infection Test Kits
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Toxic Shock Syndrome?

• Misdiagnosis of Toxic Shock Syndrome
• Failure to diagnose Toxic Shock Syndrome
• Hidden causes of Toxic Shock Syndrome (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Toxic Shock Syndrome

Toxic Shock Syndrome: Related Patient Stories

• Mild toxic shock?
• Prevent TSS, No more tampons or towels

Toxic Shock Syndrome: Deaths

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Toxic Shock Syndrome: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Toxic Shock Syndrome:

• Toxemia
• Shock
• Death
• more complications...»

Causes of Toxic Shock Syndrome

• Tampon adverse reaction (type of Adverse reaction)
• Staphylococcus aureus - the "golden staph" bacteria
• Childbirth
• Diaphragm left in vagina
• Wound infection
• more causes...»

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• Underlying causes of Toxic Shock Syndrome
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Disease Topics Related To Toxic Shock Syndrome

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Toxic Shock Syndrome:

• Staphylococcus aureus
• Scaled skin syndrome
• Tampons
• Streptococcus pyogenes
• Bacterial toxin
• Necrotising fasciitis
• Septic shock
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Toxic Shock Syndrome

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria,...read more »

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Toxic Shock Syndrome: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Poisoning / Toxicology Specialists:
  • Medical Toxicology (Poisoning Specialists)
  • Pediatric Medical Toxicology (Child Poisoning)
• more specialists...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Toxic Shock Syndrome

Medical research articles related to Toxic Shock Syndrome include:

• What is the risk of Acute Toxic Shock Syndrome after minor surgical procedures? What would be the earliest it could occur after clean minor surgery?
• Female barrier methods.
• Pandemic flu : clinical management of patients with an influenza-like illness during an influenza pandemic
• Female Barrier Methods
• What evidence is there to support non-use of cervical caps and diaphragms during menstruation?
• more research...»

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Prognosis for Toxic Shock Syndrome

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Research about Toxic Shock Syndrome

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Prevention of Toxic Shock Syndrome

Prevention information for Toxic Shock Syndrome has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Toxic Shock Syndrome.

• Good hygiene with tampon usage
• Change tampons frequently
• Good hygiene for any wounds
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Toxic Shock Syndrome

• Medical statistics for Toxic Shock Syndrome
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Toxic Shock Syndrome
• Death and Mortality statistics for Toxic Shock Syndrome
• Society statistics for Toxic Shock Syndrome

Toxic Shock Syndrome: Broader Related Topics

• Toxemia
• Bacterial diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• more types...»

Types of Toxic Shock Syndrome

Toxic Shock Syndrome Message Boards

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Definitions of Toxic Shock Syndrome:

Syndrome characterized by high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, confusion, and skin rash; almost all cases have been related to an infection with toxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus; characterized by fever and diarrhea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock; occurs especially in menstruating women using high-absorbency tampons - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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