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- Jul 10, 2017
Actually they are. Not so much tampons. But the pads, especially the thicker ones are basically the same as the ones they use for old people incontinance problems. They can absorb way more than you think. I am probably high with 2 pints. But some can easily draw in 1 pint + of fluid.Women lose a couple of tablespoons of blood over the course of a normal period, and feminine hygiene products definitely aren't designed to hold vast amounts of bodily fluids.
Menstrual cups hold about an ounce of fluid, pads and tampons about half as much.
Regardless the point is they are designed to suck up or draw in fluid. Which is not a good thing to do for wounds. Actual menstruation or urination have a pretty much fixed output. So the pad only absorbs what the body presents. With a bleeding wound the body will keep pumping blood and the pad or diaper will prevent clotting and draw blood out.
Let me tell you people use a lot of stupid things for makeshift bandaging supplies. With diapers and pads being high on the list. They make things worse. (If you cut yourself just use a towel until help arrives)
Your misinterpreting suction. The desicant gel in the pads is designed to draw in fluid. It's a "superabsorbant material". This is sufficient to interfere with clotting and keep a wound flowing. Modern thin pads probably hold about 2 ounces of fluid older style thick ones. The cheap shit available for free. That holds a lot more. One of the first things they teach emt's is dont ever use these on an open wound.Any woman who has had a heavy period and leaked will tell you 100% this is not true. Not only will a pad not hold that much fluid, it most definitely does not create a suction.
Is that what you think happens in our knickers during a period? The pad creates a vacuum to our vagina?