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Her legs are amputated after using a common household product

News admin1 · November 27, 2025 · Comments off

Lauren Wasser was a 24-year-old model from California when an ordinary day turned into the worst kind of nightmare. She went to the hospital with what felt like the flu—fever, aches, exhaustion. Within hours she was in septic shock. Doctors discovered the cause wasn’t influenza at all, but menstrual toxic shock syndrome (mTSS), a rare, fast-moving infection triggered by bacterial toxins. The likely culprit: a tampon she’d been using exactly as instructed. Lauren slipped into a coma for more than a week. Her organs began to fail. She suffered two heart attacks. When she finally woke, doctors told her they... Continues…