• @Evia
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    4510 months ago

    I can’t speak for all women but I think I’d try to have enough of both food and pads/tampons if I could. Pads are much more efficient at absorbing than a bundle of cloth and are cleaner, so wouldn’t cause thrush and other infections

    Pads and tampons are also good first aid supplies - I think tampons were first invented to plug bullet holes

    • @[email protected]
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      1110 months ago

      I think tampons were first invented to plug bullet holes

      I think tampons are older invention than bullets. I know tampons have been used for battlefield wounds, but I don’t think that’s their original intended use.

    • @JustUseMint
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      10 months ago

      The last one is a myth, they are awful for trauma use cases and do nothing to actually staunch bleeding

      • @Evia
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        110 months ago

        Huh, TIL. Thanks

        • @JustUseMint
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          110 months ago

          Of course :)

          Only came up recently with the war in Ukraine. Some female Russian officer/leader was instructing new troops/mobiks to ask relatives for tampons for bleeding because the RU military literally doesn’t have enough tourniquets everyone.

          • @Evia
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            210 months ago

            Yet another reason to not go to war

    • @[email protected]
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      110 months ago

      Tampons are useless for wounds as they typically hold less than 30mL/1oz of fluid. If you have a large wound that is bleeding despite applying pressure, use a tourniquet (which you can make out of any sufficiently strong fabric and a stick)