Toxic Shock Syndrome Symptoms
Do you have any symptoms of Toxic Shock Syndrome? Do you even know what they are? Learn more about each symptom of this condition below and what to do if you think you may have Toxic Shock Syndrome.
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Symptoms of Toxic Shock Syndrome
Symptoms usually come on suddenly. Some patients may have fever, chills, and body aches for up to four days prior to other symptoms developing. Wounds in the nonmenstrual type may not appear infected.
Symptoms of both types include:
- Fever of 102 degrees Fahrenheit or greater
- Sunburn-like rash
- Low blood pressure
- Chills
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Abdominal pain
- Pharyngitis/Tonsillopharyngitis
- Red eyes
- Headache
- Confusion
- Agitation
- Sleepiness
- Joint or muscle pain
- Vaginal discharge (may be watery or bloody)
- Swelling in the face and eyelids
- Skin peeling off, especially palms of hands and soles of feet (occurs late in disease, 1 to 2 weeks after initial illness)
The initial symptoms may improve, but the disease progresses and causes multiple organs to fail. Symptoms of severe TSS include:
- Kidney failure-little or no urine production
- Seriously low blood pressure
- Difficulty breathing
- Seizures
- Gangrene
- Pancreatitis
- Low platelet count
- Heart problems
- Fluid retention
- Liver failure
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