Amathoni amikhiqizo ethandwayo yokuya esikhathini, kodwa aphakamisa imibuzo namahemuhemu mayelana nokuthi angayisebenzisa kanjani ngokuphepha. Uma isetshenziswe njengenconywa, amathoni aphephile. Funda amaqiniso mayelana nokunciphisa noma yiziphi izingozi nokupheka amahemuhemu angenasisekelo.
Ukuvimbela isifo sobuthakathaka sobuthakathaka
I-syndrome ye-toxic shock (TSS) yisimo esingavamile esingase senzeke uma isitampu esiphezulu se-absorbency sishiywe isikhathi eside kakhulu.
I-TSS ingenzeka ngenxa yokusetshenziswa kokusetshenziswa, kodwa ayibangelwa ama-tampons. I-TSS ibangelwa ukutheleleka kwebhaktheriya kwe- Staphylococcus aureus noma i- Streptococcus bacyria . Lawa ma-bacteria asevele ehlala esikhumbeni sakho futhi ezimweni eziningi azilimazi. Kodwa-ke, bangakwazi ukungena emzimbeni wegazi, okwenza kube nengculaza esongela ukuphila.
Ukukhetha i-absorbency efanele ye-tampon kungasiza ukunciphisa ingozi ye-TSS nobuhlungu besifazane. Amandla amathanga afanelwe kuwo wonke ama-brand e-US ngenqubo ebhala yonke imikhiqizo emide njengenjwayelo, ephezulu, super plus, noma encane ukuchaza ububanzi be-absorbency.
I-FDA idinga ukuthi bonke abakhiqizi abathintekayo banikeze ulwazi lokufaka amaphakheji kuwo wonke amathoni athengiswa e-US achaza izimpawu ze-TSS nokuthi unganciphisa kanjani ingozi yakho. Khetha isitampu sesayizi esifanele ukugeleza kwakho. Kungcono ukusebenzisa tampon encane-absorbent futhi uguqule njalo kunokusebenzisa tampon enkulu futhi ube nakho usuku lonke.
Funda okufakwayo emkhiqizo oyisimangaliso oyisebenzisayo futhi uxoxe nganoma yiziphi izimpawu noma ukukhathazeka nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo.
Ukuchitha amahemuhemu ngamatamponi
Amahemuhemu alandelayo mayelana nama-tampons aphikisiwe yi-Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Isikhungo se-FDA sikaZidivaysi kanye nempilo yezobuchwepheshe zilawula ukuphepha nokusebenza kwamadivayisi wezokwelapha, kufaka phakathi amathoni.
Embikweni omdala, i-FDA iphikisa kakhulu izimangalo ezilandelayo.
- Izimangalo ukuthi ama-tampon aqukethe i-asbestos abangela ukuphuma ngokweqile , futhi ukwandisa inzuzo yomkhiqizi. Ngokusho kwe-FDA, "i-asbestos ayikho, futhi akukaze ihlotshaniswe namafayili asetshenziselwa ukwenza amathoni." Amafemu enza ama-tampons ahlolwe ukuhlolwa ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amazinga okukhiqiza adingekayo ahlangatshezwa.
- Ukukhathazeka mayelana ne- rayon esetshenziselwa amathoni. Amathoni athengiswa e-US angaqukatha ukotini, i-rayon, noma izingxube zekotoni no-rayon. Kudingeka inqubo yokugcoba ukuhlanza uhlaka lwezinkuni bese uthola imicu ye-cellulose eyenza i-rayon.
- Ukwesaba ukuthi i-dioxin eyenza umdlavuza iyisithako ematampon angase abangele ne-endometriosis. Abakhiqizi abakhulu bama-US basebenzise imikhiqizo yabo kumazinga e-dioxin besebenzisa indlela yokuhlaziya ehlinzekwa yi-FDA. Imiphumela yabonisa ukuthi amazinga e-dioxin ahlukaniswe nokungabonakali kuyingxenye eyodwa ku-3 trillion. "I-FDA inqume ukuthi i-dioxin kuleli zinga eliphansi kakhulu aliyona ingozi yempilo."
- Ukungabaza mayelana nenqubo yokugaya izimhlophe ezigcoba izithako eziluhlaza ezisetshenziselwa ukwenza amathoni. Izimangalo eziningi eziphathelene nezingozi ezihlobene ne-dioxin zisekelwe e-elemental chlorine bleaching of cellulose, esebenzisa inqubo engaholela ekukhiqizeni i-dioxin. Ngokombiko we-FDA, akekho umkhiqizi wase-US osebenzisa le nqubo.
- Izinsolo zokuthi ama- rayon fibers abangela ukushisa kwe-syndrome eyingozi (TSS) , nokomile kwesisu noma izilonda. Ama-tampon aphezulu kakhulu angabhekana nengozi eyengeziwe ye-TSS. Ukomiswa kwamagciwane kanye nezilonda kungenzeka uma abesifazane besetshenziselwa ukugwedla kokuya esikhathini.
> Imithombo:
> I-Dioxin ku-Tampons. Ukuphathwa kwe-US nokuDrug. https://www.fda.gov/scienceresearch/specialtopics/womenshealthresearch/ucm134825.htm.
> Dudley S, uNassar S, Hartman E, Ukuphepha kweTampon kaWang S.. Isikhungo sikazwelonke soPhando lwezeMpilo. http://www.center4research.org/tampon-safety/.
> Amathoni kanye ne-Asbestos, i-Dioxin, ne-Toxic Shock Syndrome; FDA, CDRH