Tragedy strikes: American model loses legs and almost dies despite proper tampon use! …see more

A model has issued an urgent warning to people who use tampons after she almost died and lost both of her legs to Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) at 24.

Lauren Wasser, from LA, was changing her tampons regularly but still contracted the syndrome that caused her body to start shutting down in a matter of hours.

The now 36-year-old dispelled the myth that TSS is caused by leaving tampons in for more than eight hours and said the illness can happen even to those who use them correctly. We’re putting that inside of us at such a delicate time and it creates a perfect storm. It takes one of those toxins to get inside your body and start acting like the flu and shutting down your organs, it’s lethal, it’s dangerous,’ she said.

‘It’s my goal and life mission to make sure that not only is this information out there but women have these conversations amongst each other, create the dialogue and check in with each other because knowledge is key.’
After being found passed out in her apartment, Lauren was rushed to hospital where she suffered two heart attacks and was put into an induced coma as her organs were failing

After being found passed out in her apartment, Lauren was rushed to hospital where she suffered two heart attacks and was put into an induced coma as her organs were failing

Lauren claims she was changing her tampon regularly, every four hours, during one cycle in 2012 when she started to experience flu-like symptoms and a high fever.

Her mother called in a welfare check after not hearing from her for a few hours