Iipampu ziyimveliso ekhethiweyo yokuya esikhathini, kodwa iphakamisa imibuzo kunye namahemuhemu malunga nendlela yokusebenzisa ngokukhuselekileyo. Xa zisetyenziswe njengenconywayo, iifampu zikhuselekile. Funda amaqiniso malunga nokunciphisa nayiphi na ingozi kunye nokukhishwa kwamahemuhemu angenasisiseko.
Ukuthintela iSyroid Shock Syndrome
Isifo sokutshatyalaliswa kwesifo esiyingozi (TSS) yimeko engavumelekanga eyenzekayo xa i-tampon ephezulu ye-absorbency ishiywe kakhulu.
I-TSS inokubakho ngenxa yokusetyenziswa kweetampu, kodwa ayibangelwa yiitamponi. I-TSS ibangelwa usulelo lwebhaktheriya lwe- Staphylococcus aureus okanye iStreptococcus pyogenes bhakteria. Ezi bhaktheriya zihlala zihlala kwesikhumba kwaye zihlala zingekho nengozi. Nangona kunjalo, banokungena emzimbeni wegazi, kubangele isifo esongela ubomi.
Ukukhetha i-tampon absorbency efanelekileyo kunokuncedisa ukunciphisa umngcipheko we-TSS kunye nokukhathazeka kwamanzi. Ubukhulu beetampu zihambelana nemida e-US ngendlela eyabhalela yonke imveliso enqamlekileyo njengento eqhelekileyo, ephezulu, eninzi kunye, okanye emncinci ukuchaza uluhlu lwe-tampon absorbency.
I-FDA idinga ukuba bonke abakhiqizi beetampu banikele ngolwazi lokupakisha kuzo zonke iitamponi ezithengiswa e-US ezichaza iimpawu ze-TSS kunye nendlela yokunciphisa umngcipheko wakho. Khetha i-tampon yesayizi efanelekileyo ukuhamba kwakho. Kungcono ukusebenzisa i-tampon encincileyo kwaye uyitshintshe rhoqo kunokusebenzisa i-tampon enkulu kwaye ube nayo yonke imini.
Funda ukufakwa kwizinto ezizisebenzisayo uze uxoxe ngazo nayiphi na impawu okanye ukukhathazeka ngumboneleli wakho wezempilo.
Ukuchitha iiNkohlakalo malunga neeTampons
Ezi ngxelo zilandelayo malunga neetamponi ziye zachaswa yi-Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Iziko le-FDA leZixhobo kunye neMpilo yeRadioological lilawula ukhuseleko kunye nokusebenza kwezixhobo zonyango, kubandakanywa neetampu.
Kwingxelo endala, i-FDA iphikisana kakhulu nala mabango alandelayo.
- Ibango lokuba i-tampon eline-asbestos ibangela ukuphuma kwegazi , kwaye yandisa inzuzo yomenzi. Ngokutsho kwe-FDA, "i-asbestos ayikho, kwaye ayisoze yahlanganiswa neefayili ezisetyenziselwa ukwenza iifampu." Iifayili ezenza iifampu ziyakuhlolwa ukuqinisekisa ukuba imilinganiselo yokuvelisa efunekayo idibeneyo.
- Ukuxhalabela nge- rayon esetyenziswe kwiitampon. Iitamponi ezithengiswayo eU.S. zinokuquka i-cotton, i-rayon, okanye i-mix of cotton ne-rayon. Inkqubo yokucoca i-bleeding iyadingeka ukuba ihlambulule umquba weenkuni kwaye ibuyise iiferi ze-cellulose ezenza i-rayon.
- Ukoyika ukuba i-dioxin eyenza umdlavuza isisitha kwiitampu ezinokubangela ukuba i-endometriosis. Abakhiqizi abakhulu be-tampon base-US bavavanye iimveliso zabo kwiinqanaba ze-dioxin basebenzisa indlela yokuhlalutya eyenziwe yi-FDA. Iziphumo zibonise ukuba amazinga e-dioxin aphakathi kokungabonakali kwenye inxalenye eyodwa kwi-3 trillion. "I-FDA inqume ukuba i-dioxin kweli nqanaba eliphantsi kakhulu alibanga ingozi yempilo."
- Ukungathembeki malunga nenkqubo yokucoca i -bleaching provens for the ingredients used to make tampons. Amaninzi amabango eengozi ehlobene ne-dioxin asekelwe kwi-klorine ye-bleaching elemental ye-cellulose, esebenzisa inkqubo engakhokelela kwi-dioxin byproduct. Ngokwe-FDA ingxelo, akukho mveliso wase-US usebenzisa le nkqubo.
- Ukuqinisekisa ukuba i- rayon fibers ibangela isifo sokutshatyalaliswa kwesifo esiyingozi (TSS) , kunye nesisu somzimba okanye isilonda. Iimampampu eziphezulu ze-absorbency zinokudityaniswa nomngcipheko ophezulu we-TSS. Ukomisa umgudu kunye nezilonda ziyakwenzeka xa abesetyhini basebenzisa i-tampon esondeza kakhulu ukuhamba kwayo.
> Imithombo:
> I-Dioxin kwiTampons. US Food & Drug Administration. https://www.fda.gov/scienceresearch/specialtopics/womenshealthresearch/ucm134825.htm.
> Dudley S, uNassar S, Hartman E, Wang S. Tampon Safety. Isiko seSizwe soPhando lwezeMpilo. http://www.center4research.org/tampon-safety/.
> Iipampu kunye ne-Asbestos, i-Dioxin, ne-Syndrome ye-Shock Shock; FDA, CDRH