Home Health ER nurse reveals the most ‘mindblowing’ things she’s seen in the hospital – including girl who put hand sanitizer on a tampon before inserting it

ER nurse reveals the most ‘mindblowing’ things she’s seen in the hospital – including girl who put hand sanitizer on a tampon before inserting it

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Alexis Harper, an ER nurse in Tennessee, has gone viral on TikTok after posting a series of skits based on real-life experiences she's had with patients

An emergency room nurse has stunned social media with stories of her most mind-boggling cases, including a woman who contracted an infection from a tampon soaked in hand sanitizer.

Clips posted by Alexis Harper, an emergency room nurse in Tennessee, have gone viral on TikTok — attracting millions of views.

The series of sketches describes amazing experiences she has had with patients over the years.

In addition to the young woman who used a tampon with hand sanitizer on it, she has also come across a man who set his hand on fire in an attempt to recreate a stunt he saw on the 00s reality show, Jackass.

The nurse also tells of a teenage girl who swallowed hair dye after her friend dared her.

Ms Harper passing by @lexx_harper01 and has 19,000 followers on the platform, uses fake names for patients and does not publish their ages.

Alexis Harper, an ER nurse in Tennessee, has gone viral on TikTok after posting a series of skits based on real-life experiences she's had with patients

Alexis Harper, an ER nurse in Tennessee, has gone viral on TikTok after posting a series of skits based on real-life experiences she’s had with patients

In her most popular sketch, which has 1.1 million views, Ms Harper portrays a young woman who visits the emergency room complaining of pain and itching near her genitals.

The patient says the symptoms started the day after she inserted a tampon. After experiencing intense itching and burning during urination, she believed that removing the tampon would relieve her symptoms.

But even after taking it out, the discomfort continued. She also noticed blood in her urine.

After much back and forth, the patient finally admitted that the tampon fell on the floor before she inserted it.

Since it was her last, she put hand sanitizer on it ‘because it might be dirty’ and put it in anyway.

‘It was the last one I had. I had to use it,’ Ms Harper reports the patient saying.

A user named Hannah DeMoure commented on the video: ‘I thought I must have dropped a tampon and used it anyway, then she said HAND SANITIZER.’

Ms Harper has also shared stories of patients who have swallowed hair dye (here) and set their limbs on fire

Ms Harper has also shared stories of patients who have swallowed hair dye (here) and set their limbs on fire

Ms Harper has also shared stories of patients who have swallowed hair dye and set their limbs on fire (here)

Ms Harper has also shared stories of patients who have swallowed hair dye and set their limbs on fire (here)

Ms Harper has also shared stories of patients who have swallowed hair dye (left) and set their limbs on fire (right)

Ms Harper replied: “I don’t recommend either of those options.”

Dropping a tampon on the bathroom floor can leave it prone to bacteria like E. coli, salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus.

E. coli and salmonella are spread from food, water, and surfaces that have been contaminated with feces, such as bathroom floors.

Meanwhile, staphylococci (staph) are typically found on people’s skin and spread from person to person.

Staph infection is one of the leading causes of toxic shock syndrome, a rare and potentially life-threatening infection that often occurs when tampons are left in for too long—more than eight hours.

According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms include sudden high fever, low blood pressure, vomiting and diarrhea, sunburn-like rash, confusion, muscle pain, red eyes, seizures and headache.

If left untreated, the condition can lead to shock, kidney failure and death.

As for hand sanitizer, this is most often made with at least 70 percent isopropyl alcohol, which can lead to burns in sensitive areas like the vulva or vagina.

In another sketch, which has attracted almost 84,000 views, Ms Harper portrays a mother and teenage daughter who turned up at the emergency room.

The teenager, who had just dyed her hair bright red, insisted her mother is overreacting.

“I just dyed my hair and we had extra product and we were trying not to be wasteful so we wanted to make sure we used it,” the girl said.

Ms Harper asked the teenager where she used the extra product and the teenager admitted to drinking it based on a dare from her friend.

“For further reference, this is something you should not do,” Ms. Harper said in the video.

Ingestion of hair dye can lead to poisoning due to harsh ingredients such as ammonia, hydrogen peroxide and arsenic.

This can lead to stomach pain, blurred vision, difficulty breathing, heartburn, diarrhea, low blood pressure, difficulty urinating, rash, slurred speech and vomiting, according to Mount Sinai.

It is important to seek immediate medical attention if you suspect you have been poisoned.

Ms Harper also posted a video depicting a man entering the emergency room after trying to film a viral video.

He said he sprayed his hand in hand sanitizer and then lit it on fire so it would ‘glow really fast’, explaining that he was trying to create the extreme stunts seen on Noughties reality show Jackass .

“It went a bit wrong,” Mrs Harper describes him as saying. Instead of a lighter, he had used a torch, which caused his entire arm to burn.

User luckycharmer79 commented: ‘What’s with the hand sanitizer!?’

‘They love hand sanitizer, easy to get hold of,’ replied Mrs Harper.

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