‘Super’ tampons may be to blame for 4 toxic shock cases

GREENVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) – Health officials in West Michigan are concerned after four teenage girls came down with toxic shock syndrome this year.
The Kent County Health Department said there have been four recent cases in West Michigan. Two of them are in Kent County and one in Mason County. The fourth was in Montcalm County, involving 15-year-old Rylie Whitten, who had one of the most severe cases doctors had seen.
“As we saw with the local case in Greenville, she had a very severe