I accidentally kept a tampon in for a month — what…
Talk about opening Pandora’s box.
One actuality TV star is holding herself up as a cautionary story after she accidentally forgot she’d used a tampon — and walked around for a month with it still inside her.
Savannah Miller, who appeared on season 7 of Netflix’s The Circle, mentioned the “truly humbling experience” with The Post, from the symptoms it set off to how docs finally figured it out.
And though she confessed it was “actually traumatizing,” she’s fortunate it didn’t flip into a lethal infection that will be precipitated by carrying tampons for too long.
Savannah Miller, 24, has detailed the time she forgot she’d used a tampon and left it inside herself for a month. Instagram/savannahcmiller
Now 24, Miller was a 22-year-old faculty pupil when, at the tail end of her period, she went out to a bar with mates. Wanting to keep away from any “spillage,” she used a tampon — but by the next day, it was gone.
“I forgot I put it in, and because there was no blood and the string had disappeared, I didn’t see it,” she said.
Within a few days, though, she began experiencing symptoms, including a normal sick feeling, itchiness and a unhealthy odor.
“It smelled like a rat crawled inside of me while I was sleeping and died,” she admitted, including that she was self-conscious about it in every class.
Guessing that it was an “old period” odor, she kept utilizing new tampons, seemingly pushing the unique one up even additional into her vagina.
(Hidden) string of unhealthy luck
Miller went to the on-campus clinic a number of occasions, but initial examinations discovered nothing incorrect. They ran STD assessments, which all got here back regular.
Miller, who appeared on season 7 of Netflix’s The Circle, mentioned the “truly humbling experience” with The Post. Courtesy of Netflix. © 2024
“They thought it was just BV [bacterial vaginosis], but I knew there was no way people walked around with BV smelling like this,” she said.
Finally, at her third doctor’s appointment, they famous that she had some cotton particles in her urine pattern and requested whether or not it was attainable she had a tampon inside her.
“I didn’t think so, but I was like, possibly?!” she recalled. “But I was desperate to make the smell go away.”
They did end up discovering the tampon, which she quipped was “so far up in my cervix there was no shot I was gonna see it.”
“The doctor had to fish it out of my ovaries,” she joked.
Using a tampon for too long can lead to poisonous shock syndrome, a uncommon but lethal infection. Ocskay Bence – stock.adobe.com
A really close call
Though she happily had no symptoms of poisonous shock syndrome, a harmful bacterial infection, she was put on antibiotics just in case.
In poisonous shock syndrome (TSS), bacteria produce toxins that enter the bloodstream, which may trigger excessive issues like organ failure and even death.
It’s fairly uncommon, affecting 1 in 100,000 people, but grew to become related with tampon use in the ’90s. Tampon packaging now comes with warnings about TSS, with advice to change tampons every eight hours.
Model Lauren Wasser grew to become well-known for having suffered TSS in 2012, costing her both of her legs to amputation. Meanwhile, one mom practically misplaced two of her daughters to tampon-induced TSS, and others who’ve recovered are still battling the health results.
Savannah went viral on TikTok telling her story — with some very acceptable Taylor Swift audio. Titkok/savannahcmiller
“I hope this isn’t embarrassing but if it helps someone then I’m glad!” she said. Tiktok/savannahcmiller
Symptoms of poisonous shock syndrome embrace:
High fever
Headache and chills
Coughing, sore throat and muscle aches
Diarrhea
Nausea and vomiting
Dizziness and/or fainting
Difficulty respiration
Low blood pressure
A sunburn-like rash
Redness in the eyes, lips and tongue
Confusion
Seizures
Courtesy of Netflix. © 2024
Lesson discovered
A pair of years later, Savannah has a sense of humor about the ordeal, even going viral on TikTok for telling her story — with some very acceptable Taylor Swift audio.
“Too toxic for toxic shock syndrome I guess,” she captioned the clip.
And even if it’s a sensitive subject, she’s hoping that sharing what occurred to her can be a reminder to others to be vigilant about period care.
“I hope this isn’t embarrassing but if it helps someone then I’m glad!” she said.
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