{"id":11161,"date":"2024-04-23T09:38:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T09:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=11161"},"modified":"2024-04-23T09:38:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T09:38:47","slug":"her-legs-are-amputated-after-using-a-common-household-product-now-shes-warning-women-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=11161","title":{"rendered":"Her legs are amputated after using a common household product \u2013 Now she\u2019s warning women everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"gt-src-c\" class=\"g-unit\">\n<div id=\"gt-src-p\">\n<div id=\"gt-src-wrap\" class=\"\">\n<div>Lauren Wasser is a Californian model who lost her right leg in 2012 for the most unusual reason I\u2019ve ever heard.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"gt-res-c\" class=\"g-unit\">\n<div id=\"gt-res-p\">\n<div id=\"gt-res-data\">\n<div id=\"gt-res-wrap\">\n<div id=\"gt-res-content\">\n<div id=\"gt-res-dir-ctr\" class=\"trans-verified-button-small\" dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"result_box\" class=\"\" lang=\"en\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"\">Most of us can\u2019t imagine how a hygiene product could lead to a nightmare and change your life forever.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>And Lauren\u2019s nightmare is not over.\u00a0<span class=\"\">Recently doctors had to amputate her other leg.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"trans-verified-button-small\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><span class=\"\">Now Lauren is determined that no other woman should have to go through the same thing she\u2019s gone through, and is sending out a warning about the dangers of an everyday product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lauren Wasser is a Californian model who went to the hospital in 2012 with flu symptoms. It turned out that she was not suffering with the flu, but toxic shock syndrome caused by bacterial toxins.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the infection? A tampon. The use of tampons, especially if left for many hours, can cause an infection that causes what is known as toxic shock syndrome or TTS.<\/p>\n<p>The TTS left Lauren in a coma for more than a week, and upon awakening they had to amputate a leg because of the infection. She was 24 years old.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cuahyf2vjZx\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=800&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.stories.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Fhealth%2Flegs-amputated-using-common-household-product-now-shes-warning-women-everywhere%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3Cn-WdvxnhmKebSg-I67_WiZZjwQ5rsrRTYFRgw_uP1NobIH3Vnzadqic_aem_AfPpbHeFivVigEpe4RSTkV#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4270%7D\" height=\"1006\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Since then, Lauren has had one single life goal: ensuring that no one else ever has to go through what she\u2019s been through.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"h-nobody-else-should-go-through-this\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nobody else should go through this<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cIn a few months, I\u2019m inevitably going to have my other leg amputated. There\u2019s nothing I can do about it. But what I can do is help make sure that this doesn\u2019t happen to others,\u201d Lauren tells\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-5195289\/Model-lost-leg-TSS-reveals-lose-other.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren has launched a tough legal battle against Kotex Natural Balance, the brand of tampons that caused her to react so severely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsidering that the vagina is the most absorbent part of a woman\u2019s body and is a gateway to many\u00a0of our vital organs, it is crucial that consumers know the reality of what could happen to them,\u201d Lauren writes in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instyle.com\/celebrity\/amputee-model-lauren-wasser-tss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">InStyle<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Lauren recently had to have her other leg amputated.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CtSr0G9rwaG\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=800&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.stories.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Fhealth%2Flegs-amputated-using-common-household-product-now-shes-warning-women-everywhere%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3Cn-WdvxnhmKebSg-I67_WiZZjwQ5rsrRTYFRgw_uP1NobIH3Vnzadqic_aem_AfPpbHeFivVigEpe4RSTkV#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A4276.200000000012%7D\" height=\"1212\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As soon as she left the operating room, the model posted a photo on her social media accounts with Paralympic athlete Amy Purdy, who also had her legs amputated, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bds9lyvB9dO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=embed_ufi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">wrote the following message<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Life is about to be so different, again! I\u2019m in great spirits though and ready for my next chapter. ???\u200d\u2640\ufe0f??\u200d\u2642\ufe0f \/\/ photo by my love\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"notranslate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/camraface\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@camraface<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>This brave girl has all of my respect. Keep fighting, with strength and optimism. Lauren continues to fight not only for herself, but for others, so that nobody else has to go through what she went through.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please share Lauren\u2019s story so that all women are aware of the potential dangers of tampons.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Wasser is a Californian model who lost her right leg in 2012 for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":55,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}