A GP has opened up about how a strong vaginal odour could signal a fairly common tampon error. Dr Hassan noted that sometimes she can tell if a patient has a retained tampon as soon as they've walked into the consulting room.
A GP has opened up about how a strong vaginal odour could signal a fairly common tampon error.
Dr Hassan noted that sometimes she can tell if a patient has a retained tampon as soon as they've walked into the consulting room.
Tampons shrink down with moisture, they migrate higher than expected, and it's genuinely easy to forget one is there," she said.
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A GP has opened up about how a strong vaginal odour could signal a fairly common tampon error. Dr Hassan noted that sometimes she can tell if a patient has a retained tampon as soon as they've walked into the consulting room. Tampons shrink down with moisture, they migrate higher than expected, and it's genuinely easy to forget one is there," she said.
Per the Women's Health Practice, retained tampons are "fairly common". "It's more common to forget it than people think. According to NHS Inform, tampons can't get lost inside th...
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