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Musical Tampons

 Let's combat TSS
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One of the problems with tampons is that they are prone to bacterial infection and, potentially, toxic shock syndrome for the user. This can be nasty; I had to take my single, female neighbour to an emergncy centre at 2am, years ago, as she was very ill indeed. She took 6 days in hospital, to recover.

This can happen if they are not changed often enough, during menorrhoea.

A sensor implanted in the core of each tampon could be used to detect a certain level of moisture for a preset period of time and begin playing a tune or a single beep every now and then (much like the musical socks that make an appearance every Christmas). This will ensure the tampon user is subtly notified that it's time for a visit to the powder room.

Quiet, discreet and sensible.

—UnaBubba, Jul 15 2004

Toxic shock syndrome victim http://tinyurl.com/5aezh
6 days was lucky. [bristolz, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

vibrating version http://www.halfbake...Vibrating_20Tampons
[scubadooper, Oct 05 2004]

some stats in here toward the bottom http://www.fda.gov/...mer/tamponsabs.html
[xclamp, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]

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       Geez, [bris] ! That link's a bit grim !
—UnaBubba, Jul 15 2004
   

       Yeah, that's deadly, anything that helps is a plus. +
—sartep, Jul 15 2004
   

       Imagine the embarrassment when in an important meeting, and trying to explain that you can't seem to turn off your 'mobile phone'.
That's strange, thinks the MD. It seems to be playing out of her arse.
—Ling, Jul 15 2004
   

       Hmm...perhaps the first tone could be a single beep, or a beep every five minutes or so. That way, it'd sound more like a watch.   

       Or something.
—shapu, Jul 15 2004
   

       You could get around the obtrusive sound problem by having a silent mode like most phones now do
—scubadooper, Jul 15 2004
   

       You mean a vibro version?
—Ling, Jul 15 2004
   

       That's been halfbaked as a purportedly recreational device rather than functional health aid.
—half, Jul 15 2004
   

       Good going [half] found the link (see above,) however I was only suggesting it as a way of avoiding your boss thinking that you'd sat on your phone
—scubadooper, Jul 15 2004
   

       So there's not much difference between this idea and the linked idea, except frequency?
—Ling, Jul 15 2004
   

       <edit> Annotations not pertinent to the discussion have been removed.</edit>   

       Let's keep this one above the belt, folks. It's a real problem and I posted it because it's a real problem. I like the idea of the single beep, [shapu]. Thanks.
—UnaBubba, Jul 15 2004
   

       But... but... but...
—RayfordSteele, Jul 15 2004
   

       Sorry, [RS]. If I'm going to take flak for it, in email, then I'll keep it the way I intended. It's not a joke.
—UnaBubba, Jul 15 2004
   

       <edit> i'd believe your piousness if it weren't for the last paragraph, and the fact the tampon plays a tune. <edit>   

       <edit 7/16/04 0110 cst> [Zanzibar] has since removed the aforementioned "last paragraph" which suggested that the tampon play a tune, which in addition to its primary purpose, could warn horny men that the woman was mentruating and therefore uninterested in sexual activity. <edit>   

       there were only 5 confirmed menstrually-related TSS cases in the US in 1997 (link). given that, i doubt humiliating women by having music (or other 'discrete' noise) emanating from their vaginas is the best course to eliminating those last five. fishbone. (-)
—xclamp, Jul 15 2004
   

       perhaps a colored indicator on the string of the tampon which changed color to indicate saturation of the inserted tampon would be a good idea. or, for the deaf (or anyone else who found it a better alternative to a color indicator), a "musical" tampon that could be activated by the user *in privacy* via the string to indicate its level of saturation? under the condition it was user activated i would be in favor of this.
—xclamp, Jul 16 2004
   

       I liked the idea much better when it had comedy value
—scubadooper, Jul 16 2004
   

       You are not the administrator of the site, [scubadooper]... Unless I'm mistaken.   

       No, [bliss], you didn't. I only removed those childish comments that played on the pathetic "gyno" humour displayed here earlier. If an anno like yours had been posted it would still be here.
—UnaBubba, Jul 16 2004
   

       Never said I was, just said that I prefered it when it had comedy value and my anno that you deleted didn't have any 'gyno' connoctations either, it jsut said that the difference between your idea and the linked one was comedy value in the choice of tunes.   

       KER-BONE   

       (it's the first time I've done that... and in this case it felt GOOD - I dare you not to delete this anno)
—scubadooper, Jul 16 2004
   

       Good idea.Watch for Swiffer pad's coming soon.
—python, Jul 17 2004
   
      
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