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5 dangerous TikTok challenges that led to fatal accidents

It doesn't take long for a dangerous challenge or a trend to turn into a fatal accident, TikTok users must avoid such trends at all costs

TikTok is a one-stop place for all kinds of challenges, trends, and viral hacks. However, every once in a while, a challenge emerges that takes the app by storm with its users following suit. While some of these challenges are harmless, others turn out to be dangerous and on some occasions, prove to be fatal.

Because of the social media platforms and their members' tendency for virality, people are engaging in dangerous activities in the name of "challenges." Users' reactions have ranged from hospitalization to death.

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1. Blackout challenge- This challenge, often known as the "choking game" or "fainting game," existed long before TikTok, claiming many lives in the country. The challenge instructs users to choke themselves until they pass out in order to cut off their breath supply. Doctors declared 14-year-old James Boyd-Gergely dead after he accidentally asphyxiated himself to complete the challenge.

A user informed about another death and posted on Twitter saying, "I did not know there was a "blackout challenge" on tictok which cost a 10yr old girls life."

2. Skull breaker challenge- The very name of the challenge foreshadows its potential for disaster. It consists of a group of three persons jumping close to each other; two of them push the third's feet out from under them, forcing them to fall backward on their heads. 

According to reports, the viral practice has caused injuries in New Jersey, Miami, Arizona, and Mexico, with a few high school students even being prosecuted for cyberbullying in Florida. This challenge has been denounced by health authorities for its proclivity to inflict "serious and life-threatening injuries" such as skull fractures, paralysis, or even death.

3. Fire challenge- The Fire Challenge has a simple premise: wrap one's body in a combustible substance and then light it on fire. Despite the obvious dangers, this challenge was accepted by a number of unaware youngsters. As a result, a number of children were hospitalized with first and second-degree burns.

4. Salt challenge- Guzzling an entire mouthful of salt at once may not seem like the wisest choice, but the challenge's bizarreness is likely what helped it go popular on the site.

However, because of the fast increase in sodium levels, the challenge poses health hazards such as dehydration, disorientation, and nausea. Seizures or falling into a vegetative state can occur in extreme circumstances of high salt ingestion.

5. Back cracking challenge- Two people crack their backs against each other in this challenge. While cracking one's back can be relaxing, it can rapidly become hazardous if done wrong. Doctors do not recommend trying this challenge. This challenge has resulted in many serious and life-taking injuries and even lifetime paralysis.