• meco03211@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I swear I read somewhere that tampons are actually bad for first aid. They just soak the blood up and try to plug the exit. I think actual gauze or bandages are designed to promote coagulation and protect the wound.

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      3 months ago

      Apply the period pad or tampon externally on a wound and apply pressure. The pressure controls the bleeding, the pad or tampon is a clean surface to not promote infection. It would be a temporary solution of course but that’s what first aid is. Probably not a great idea to insert anything like that in a puncture or bullet wound because I assume you want the flesh to come back together and don’t want to cause more damage pulling it out. Even removing a tampon when your period was too light to soak it can be painful and cause microtearing.