A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon. Amy Williams, 24, from Basildon, Essex, was left hospitalised and fighting for her life when she accidentally left her tampon inside her for five days. Toxic shock syndrome can cause the body to go into septic shock, a serious case of sepsis, which can cause multiple organ failure and eventually death if left untreated. The PA, is now speaking out to raise awareness of the rare, life-threatening condition in the hope that other women do not experience the same trauma.
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
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FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .
A woman has taken her house back in time - by spending £10,000 to transform it into her Victorian dream home .
A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .
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