Doctors warn that imitating suffocation, possible brain damage and even death.
A dangerous new challenge is spreading on the popular TikTok, which involves users recording how they hold their breath until they pass out. Trying to repeat this, A 10-year-old girl has died in the United States.
The Mirror writes about this.
It is noted that 10-year-old Nialla Anderson fainted outside the bedroom of her house in Chester, Pennsylvania, in the past Sunday. According to WPVI, the girl allegedly experienced a dangerous challenge, forcing participants to hold their breath until they pass out from lack of oxygen.
Her parents quickly took her to a local hospital, where doctors pronounced her death. Now her mom, Taveinna Anderson, encourages other parents to check their children's phones because “you never know what to find.
” She was everything. She was a happy child. This is a pain that will not go away. my throat. It hurts so much, “the woman says.
In addition, a 12-year-old child also died in Oklahoma in June, allegedly recording a video. Back in March, Colorado boy Joshua Haylessus was found unconscious in the bathtub of his home after completing a challenge. Unfortunately, three weeks later he died in the hospital.
And in January, a 10-year-old Italian girl was found dead in the bathroom, her younger sister was next to her with a phone next to her. The child was thought to have tried the viral trend too.
Experts warn of the risks associated with the trend. These include fainting, seizures, brain damage, and even death.
“Children are introduced into an uncontrolled environment. This is very risky. In performing tasks, they simulate suffocation. They stop the movement of the pectoralis muscle, which stops the work of the chest, and you cannot deliver oxygen to the brain. Then the brain feels a lack of oxygen, and the person loses consciousness, “- explained earlier Dr. Nick Flynn, general practitioner.
TikTok said it took measures to prevent the spread of dangerous frames users. Challenge Videos are now being removed from the platform as TikTok seeks to combat this trend.
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