 [ Symptoms ] is it safe to use tampons while having a yeast infection  i very rarely have yeast infections i recently took antibiotics and it is the cause of the yeast infection i took a 3 day dose of difflucan 4 days ago and the yeast infection is somewhat better but not 100 am i putting myself at risk of tss or worsening the yeast infection by using tampons [ Disease ] tampons can be used when you have a vaginal yeast infection yeast will not predispose you to tss