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On YouTube, people have been seen "coughing, choking and lunging for water, usually as friends watch and laugh." [13] Vomiting is also known to have occurred. [13] Cinnamon contains the chemical coumarin which is moderately toxic to the liver and kidney if ingested in large amounts. [14] The cinnamon challenge can be life-threatening or fatal. [15]
The blackout challenge is an internet challenge based around the choking game, which deprives the brain of oxygen. [1] It gained widespread attention on TikTok in 2021, primarily among children. [2] It has been compared to other online challenges and hoaxes that have exclusively targeted a young audience. [3]
The choking game, or fainting game, also sometimes referred to as Space Monkeys, [1] [2] is the act of intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain with the goal of inducing temporary loss of consciousness and euphoria. A related internet challenge, the blackout challenge, encourages the use of the choking game online.
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Choking has been linked with short-term and long-term health problems. In one study I conducted, 15% of young people who had ever been choked reported experiencing neck bruising. Also, 3% had lost ...
Choking is the fourth leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. [7] [3] Many episodes go unreported because they are brief and resolve without needing medical attention. [8] Of the reported events, 80% occur in people under 15 years of age, and 20% occur in people older than 15 years of age. [7]
The act of swallowing becomes mentally linked with choking or with reduced capacity of the opening of the throat. Pseudodysphagia has a tendency to evolve progressively, as the patient becomes more and more preoccupied with the idea that swallowing will lead to choking, until this anxiety becomes a constant sensation whenever food is being ...