A tampon is a mass of cotton or rayon or a mixture of the two inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb bodily fluid. The most common type in daily use (and the topic of the remainder of this article) is designed to be inserted into the vagina during menstruation to absorb the flow of menstrual fluid. Several countries—including the United States , under the banner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—regulate tampons as medical devices. In the United States, tampons are a Class II medical device . Tampon originated from the medieval French word tampion , meaning a piece of cloth to stop a hole, a stamp , plug , or stopper .
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I am due to have a period 7 days from now but I had a spot of blood on tissue today and then I put tampon in and took it out at like 6pm and only a small brown spot on it could I be pregnant?
hi, this might be a bit embarrassing..but i cant remember if i removed my last tampon..i tried to feel "around " inside my vagina but dont feel anything..so is there anyway my tampon can still be up when i...
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My wife is out of town and had a short period after a month of her last period and then after that she has again got her periods . what can be reason for such short duration of the period .
I am a 17 year old girl, 5' 7", 135 lbs, healthy, active teenager who does not smoke or drink and I am not sexually active. Last year, I used a tampon for the first time and after I inserted it I got dizzy, light healded, ringing ears and my...
I had my period and it mended on the 20th a few days later I began noticing spotting when I wiped but only then this lasted a couple more days off and on I know the blood was coming from my vagina because I inserted a q tip there. The blood wasn't...
Hi, I'm a 23 year old female, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 135 pounds, and I have been on birth control for a out 6 months. I am at the end of my period and this morning I was taking out a "lite" tampon and there was no blood on it so it was very hard to...
I broke my Septate Hymen a while ago due to a tampon and i think it's now infected as it was really red and tender, after my last period and now is like a dark purpley black colour, it's really embarassing and I don't want to show a doctor :S...
I have seven red bumps on pantyline between my legs on one side and and this morning it was just one. What is this?
I haven't had Intercourse in over 1 year. I started to have Intercourse while on day 4 of my period, with the tampon left in, and, the very next day,I developed a foul vaginal odor, &, now, I have brown vaginal...
Hi, I am 47---soon to be 48 in XXXXXXX I thought my cycle was coming on Friday because I saw small streaks of brown and small amounts of red blood when I urinated, I have been terribly bloated all week. On yesterday...
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User : Hi,I had my period two weeks ago and about halfway through it, I started to experience some discomfort in the area between my clitoris and my vaginal opening. It felt the same way it would feel, if my tampon was not pushed all the way in,...
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User : hello, i think i may have a tampon lost in me
User : when i went to the toilet to take it out it had disappeared
User : i've tried feeling around for it but i cant feel a...
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Putting a tampon in, Does it make you lose your virginity? ok, i just wanna know if you put in a tampon does it make you lose your virginity?
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I am swimming this summer and I ll be at the Country Club all day. Swimming starts at 9 and ends at 11:30, but I will be there until 3 P.M. When I have my period , will it be weird if I go down to the bathrooms carrying a little purse thing with my tampons? Is there anything else I can do?
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I just got my period and I am using my first tampon . I went to go take it out as it haas been 4 hours and now it won t budge. I feel this pressure in my whole lower area. I can t leave it in forever!
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i dont wear tampons, can i just go in the pool just like that and when i get out put a pad on right away? will i get blood all over the pool? HELPPP PLEASE hurry thanks everyone :)
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is it normal for a father to buy pads/ tampons for his 16yr old daughter? i just find it very disgusting! he knows when she has her period . He was running around looking for UTI medication for her. He says that she is not very close to her mother and so he has to do these things for her since she is an only child. This makes me very...
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Im In High School and you cant Carry Purses, bags, anything like that..how im i supposed to change my tampons when i cant carry purses around? do you have any suggestions of what i can do? oh and i only have like 3 minutes to get to my classes. and the bathrooms are really far away...so what do i do? Thanks Everyone for all your answers! i...
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I had an UTI and the first medicine for 7 days did not clear it up so they gave me a new one for 14 days. I felt better. Two days after taking the last pill , I saw some red on my underwear and had stomach cramp . I have not had any red stains on the underwear since but when I use the bathroom , I see red , sometimes bright but mostly very pale...
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why im not going in the pool. i dont wear tampons, because it sounds scary, so i cant go in water. i dont wanna tell him im on my period cuz thts embarrassing. and i cant get my mom to tell him cuz they dont live together im just here for vacation. what kind of excuses can i use? reasons why i cant go swimming ..... thanks so much!! ? ~the...
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I have been experiencing a tingling sensation when I pee for the last 3 days and then yesterday I started spotting so I put in a tampon thinking my period was coming but when I tinkled 10 mins later I didnt remove my tampon but still used the restroom and when I whiped I still saw something similar to spotting on the toilet paper. I am worried...
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umm..this is kinda akward but im going to this place called raging waters which is kinda like soak city(waterpark), and well i think im gonna be having my period on the day im going(next saturday) and i have never worn a tampon before and i really need to know like all the stuff u need to know about how to use it and everything..also i dont...
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