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minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·11 hours agoTampons absorb, which isn’t great if you need to help clot your leaky flesh. It’s better than nothing, but gauze or tissue would be better.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up33·10 hours agoTampons absorb to grow thicker and then staunch the bleeding by blocking it. It’s literally called a tamponade.
minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 hours agoThey were invented to plug bullet wounds in wartime after all, until nurses noticed they had other practical uses as well. Don’t quote me on that though, I don’t remember where I read that.
minus-squareDem BosainlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·9 hours agoTamponade is what they drink in hell on hot days.
minus-squareformergijoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 minutes agoI thought it was what vampires drank on a hot day.
minus-squareMakhno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-28 hours ago Tamponade is what they drink in heaven on hot days.
Tampons absorb, which isn’t great if you need to help clot your leaky flesh. It’s better than nothing, but gauze or tissue would be better.
Tampons absorb to grow thicker and then staunch the bleeding by blocking it. It’s literally called a tamponade.
They were invented to plug bullet wounds in wartime after all, until nurses noticed they had other practical uses as well.
Don’t quote me on that though, I don’t remember where I read that.
Tamponade is what they drink in hell on hot days.
I thought it was what vampires drank on a hot day.