A 12-year-old teenager had to be hospitalized in the province of
Córdoba
, after ingesting about
ten anti-inflammatory and antibiotic pills
while trying to complete a dangerous viral challenge on the
TikTok
social network .
The girl's mother said that she was with a friend when, through Facebook, they sent her
a link to her cell phone
with a TikTok challenge, which consisted of taking fifteen pills to
"get stronger and have more likes." .
Suddenly, the girl felt nauseated and some other symptoms for which she alerted her parents, who took her urgently this Sunday night to the Children's Hospital of the province.
In that place, it was found that
she was intoxicated
.
"They did a stomach lavage and he is better. I control his cell phone, but I
did not know what he was doing with those challenges
. They are investigating how it happened and through whom was that link," added the mother in dialogue
Telefé Córdoba
.
Viral challenges on social networks are once again at the center of the scene, even more so on TikTok where the initiation age is between 5 and 6 years.
At the beginning of the year, a 12-year-old girl died from a challenge in Santa Fe and another 13-year-old boy in Río Negro.
The first incident occurred on January 13 in the town of Capitán Bermúdez, where Milagros was found dead in her bedroom.
The experts confirmed that she died by hanging and no signs of abuse or participation of third parties were found.
His family pointed to a risky viral challenge on TikTok, known as the "blackout challenge" or "blackout challenge", which consists of holding your breath for as long as possible.
The dangerous goal is to faint from lack of air to later be able to recount the experience on the platform characterized by its short videos where users share stories, do dances and recipes, among other content.
Judicial sources consulted by
Clarín
confirmed that the girl filmed the sequence and the video was recorded on her cell phone.
"My niece was sent a link, a schoolmate. She opened it and was on a video call with her classmates. She did it, there is a video, she shows herself starting from the beginning until she loses her life, "
said
the victim's aunt
The post of the aunt of the girl who died.
Two days after the tragic episode in Santa Fe, a 13-year-old boy died and another was hospitalized after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest in General Roca, Río Negro.
The suspicions of the researchers pointed to the same TikTok challenge.
The incident occurred in a house in the Bagliani neighborhood.
When emergencies arrived, they found one of them without vital signs and the other unconscious.
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