Toxic Shock Syndrome

Toxic Shock Syndrome is a syndrome that can occur between both male and females, but is more prevalent in females. Also, the condition can occur no matter of the age of the patient. This syndrome is considered to be an acute and life-threatening condition with the death rate being for Staphylococcus aureus five to fifteen percent, but for Streptococcus pyogenes it increases to a thirty to seventy percent mortality rate (Hirsch, 2014). Staphylococcus infections is a form of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) that is caused by the microorganism called Staphylococcus aureus that may be present in the person’s body, but never cause infection simply because it is featured in the body’s normal biota or “good” bacteria. Therefore, most people but not all develop an immune complex and antibodies to avoid this infection. This strain of infection to cause Toxic Shock
Consequently, the high profile of Toxic Shock Syndrome caused by tampons in 1980 caused the most absorbent tampons were knocked off the market. The incidence of the tampon-induced Toxic Shock Syndrome has declined due to variations of the tampon absorbency, precautions and instructions. Today, they have transformed the composition of tampons and decreased the occurrence of Toxic Shock Syndrome by removing the three synthetic ingredients (polyester, carboxymethylcellulose, and polyacrylate rayon) that were used in them before to increase the absorbency and making the composition of cotton (Hajjeh, 2014). Although, viscose rayon is still used in them today to increase the absorbency. The decrease in Toxic Shock Syndrome is