TikTok challenges are usually all fun and games all captured in thousands of videos with millions upon millions of views... up until someone lands in the hospital.
That, unfortunately, has been the case for some TikTok challenges that went viral for all the wrong reasons because of how harmful they end up being for the participants.
Some of the dangerous TikTok challenges have resulted in physical injuries, terrible side effects to participants' health, and even death in some cases.
Here are some of the TikTok challenges that have sent people straight to the hospital and which you should not attempt if you value your wellbeing:
TikTok Benadryl Challenge
In September 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning over the TikTok Benadryl Challenge. Participants of the TikTok Benadryl Challenge consumed large amounts of Benadryl to induce hallucinations.
The FDA warned that consuming too much Benadryl could lead to seizures, coma, heart problems, and even death. Participants have been hospitalized due to the side effects and there was a reported death related to it.
A teen from Oklahoma was reported to have passed away after consuming too much Benadryl for the challenge.
TikTok Blackout Challenge
Anyone with common sense will know and understand that choking yourself is harmful for your life in general. That, however, did not stop people from trying the TikTok Blackout Challenge, which even resulted in the death of a 12-year-old boy from Colorado, per a report by Screen Rant.
To simply put, the TikTok Blackout Challenge involves a participant choking himself or herself until he/she passes out.
Prior to the death of the 12-year-old boy, a 10-year-old girl in Italy passed away while attempting the TikTok challenge.
TikTok Fire Challenge
A teenaged participant of the so-called TikTok Fire Challenge was rushed to the hospital in June 2021 after suffering severe burns from attempting the challenge.
According to a previous report here on Tech Times, the TikTok Fire Challenge was started by a user named Jack Jerry, whose videos "show him spraying hairspray on his mirror in the shape of a star, circle, or square and then lighting it on fire in the dark."
Related Article: TikTok 'Fire Challenge:' What Is It and Why Oregon Teen Ends Up Hospitalized?
TikTok Milk Crate Challenge
One of the TikTok challenges that have landed people in the hospital is the Milk Crate Challenge. The TikTok Milk Crate Challenge involves participants walking over milk crates that have been stacked into a pyramid.
The whole thing just sounds like a recipe for disaster, which ended up being the case for many of the participants of the TikTok challenge.
According to a report by The Washington Post, doctors have treated participants of the Milk Crate Challenge who ended up with shoulder dislocations, ACL tears, injuries to the spinal cord, and more. TikTok has since banned the challenge from its platform.
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Written by Isabella James
