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Toxic Shock Syndrome - Symptoms
The rapid development of symptoms is one of the most important clues that you may need immediate medical care for toxic shock syndrome (TSS).
Toxic shock symptoms range in severity, depending on the strep or staph bacteria involved.
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Common symptoms of toxic shock syndrome include:
- Sudden fever over 102°F (38.9°C).
- A rash that looks like a sunburn.
- Signs of shock, including low blood pressure and rapid heartbeat, often with lightheadedness, fainting, nausea, vomiting, or restlessness and confusion.
- Severe pain in an infected wound or injury.
Other symptoms that may occur include:
- Muscle aches and pains, stomach cramps, headache, or sore throat.
- Skin tissue death (necrosis), which occurs early in the syndrome.
- Skin tissue shedding, which occurs during recovery.
- Pinkeye (conjunctivitis).
Strep nonmenstrual TSS. Symptoms typically develop:
- In women who have recently given birth, from 2 or 3 days up to several weeks after delivery.
- In people who have infected surgical wounds, from 2 days to 1 week after surgery.
- In people with respiratory infections, from 2 to 6 weeks after respiratory symptoms begin.
Staph menstrual TSS. Symptoms typically develop 3 to 5 days after a woman starts her period, if she is using tampons.
Staph nonmenstrual TSS. Symptoms typically develop as soon as 12 hours after a surgical procedure, particularly those in which surgical packing is used, such as surgery on your nose.
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