Toxic Shock Syndrome Treatment

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Dr. Mieke Lane. I'm an OBGYN with in Vancouver, Washington working with Cascadia Women's clinic. Today I'm here to talk to you regarding toxic shock syndrome and the treatment for that particular syndrome. Toxic shock syndrome is a bacterial infection that triggers the release of toxins. These toxins then go on to invade or harm different organs within your body and cause, can cause various medical problems. The way that we treat toxic shock syndrome is to remove the offending agent. If this particular agent happens to be the use of a prolonged tampon for more then four hours or the use of having a diaphragm in for twelve to twenty four hours then both of those need to be removed. Other ways that we can get toxic shock syndrome include having a contaminated wound such as a cut or a burn anywhere on our body. The way that we treat these particular or this particular syndrome is again keeping those wounds nice and clean and then removing that offending agent such as a tampon or the diaphragm. Sometimes though if the disease is not caught early you may need to be admitted to the hospital and when you are admitted to the hospital typically you are given IV fluids as well as IV antibiotics to help fight off the infection. Your health care provider is also going to be ordering various laboratory studies to be sure that your organs such as our kidney or your liver has not been damaged by this particular organism. If you have any concerns that you may have come in contact with toxic shock syndrome contact your health care provider."