{"id":84486,"date":"2023-11-25T04:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T04:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84486"},"modified":"2023-11-25T04:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T04:19:02","slug":"sisters-left-fighting-for-life-within-days-of-each-other-after-using-the-wrong-kind-of-tampon-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/lifestyle\/sisters-left-fighting-for-life-within-days-of-each-other-after-using-the-wrong-kind-of-tampon-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters left fighting for life within days of each other after using the wrong kind of tampon | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

TWO sisters nearly died within days of each other after using \u201csuper plus\u201d tampons, their mum has revealed.<\/p>\n

Devine Johnson, 21, spent a week in intensive care after developing deadly sepsis from toxic shock on May 26, 2023.<\/p>\n


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Just 30 days later, her sister Jaya, 17, developed the same infection after using a hygiene product from the same box, her mum Javon, 46, from Elkart, Indiana, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe honestly thought we were going to lose them," she added. <\/p>\n

"They were both in really bad shape. It was a touchy situation because their organs were inflamed and at risk of shutting down.<\/p>\n

"We were watching the monitors constantly. My husband and I just stood there in shock. <\/p>\n

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"We couldn't believe this had actually happened to us again. What are the odds?<\/p>\n

"We just got one kid out of the ICU, who is still recovering, and now we've got another kid who was about to start this process again, but she looked worse.<\/p>\n

"It was touch and go the first time and now we're doing it again. <\/p>\n

"My husband and I are grateful because both of them survived it."<\/p>\n

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Sepsis is a reaction to an infection that affects 245,000 people in the UK every year.<\/p>\n

It is caused by the body\u2019s immune system going into overdrive, attacking its own internal organs and sometimes leading to deadly septic shock.<\/p>\n

Toxic shock syndrome is a rare infection that can happen when using a tampon or menstrual cup.<\/p>\n

Symptoms come on quickly and include a high temperature, muscle aches, raised skin rash that feels like sandpaper and flu-like symptoms.<\/p>\n

Devine had just finished her period when she developed symptoms similar to a cold, before ending up in the emergency room two days later after she became unable to walk without help.<\/p>\n

After blood tests revealed Devine had septic shock, she was treated in an intensive care unit before being told by the family doctor at a follow-up appointment that the infection was caused by a tampon.<\/p>\n

A month later, Jaya fell in on a family holiday to Florida to celebrate Independence Day \u2014 but the family assumed Jaya just had heatstroke.<\/p>\n

After she deteriorated, Jaya was sent home from the ER with ibuprofen for a viral infection, but she soon required an ambulance to take her back to hospital after she passed out.<\/p>\n

It was a deja vu moment when we got the same diagnosis for Jaya just 30 days later<\/p>\n

Javon says Jaya was on her period and had recently used a tampon for the first time – from the same box as Devine had done a month before.<\/p>\n

Javon said: "It was a deja vu moment when we got the same diagnosis for Jaya just 30 days later.<\/p>\n

"We couldn't enjoy our holiday. My husband and I were at the hospital around the clock. We could not leave her.<\/p>\n

"They diagnosed Jaya while she was in the hospital because she was on her cycle but she did not have a tampon in.<\/p>\n

"She had only used tampons for the very first time in the last two days. <\/p>\n

"We were in Florida on a family vacation and she just wanted to use it to go swimming.<\/p>\n

"The doctors said she had used the super plus absorbency when she didn't need to. <\/p>\n

"They contain a different kind of chemical with a higher potency, and she shouldn't have used that.<\/p>\n

"Devine had always used them. I don't know if it was this particular package, as they did use the same box.<\/p>\n

"It was more to do with the chemicals than the length of time they had them in for. They both didn't sleep with them in."<\/p>\n

What are the symptoms of toxic shock syndrome?<\/h3>\n

Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) can come on quickly.<\/p>\n

Symptoms include:<\/p>\n