In the medical community the alarms for the stupid and dangerous viral challenge that is spreading through the networks: suck a condom stretched out by the nose and take it out by mouth.
Thousands of teenagers join the challenge and share it through their accounts, regardless of the health hazards that can cause them. And all to get likes in your social networks.
They can end up in the hospital
Young people who sign up for fashion have a very serious danger of ending up visiting the emergency department. Keep in mind that condoms are usually coated with a lubricating substance that could cause mucosal alterations and allergic reactions.
That in the best case, because it could also get stuck and cause suffocation or have unpredictable consequences, As described by Dr. Bruce Y. Lee of the Bloomberg School of Public Health: a 26-year-old woman accidentally swallowed a condom that went through the windpipe and ended up in her lungs causing pneumonia and another 27 had to operate on appendicitis months after swallowing a piece of condom.
In both cases it was not about following absurd fashions, but about accidents that occurred while having sex, but their experience serves to give us an idea of the consequences of this dangerous game.
Why do they do it?
Beyond the danger of this practice, parents and educators are shocked with the barbarities that our children are willing to do to get popularity on social networks.
Stunning, we see them inhale cinnamon, eat liquid detergent, hold their breath until they pass out or even disappear for 48 hours just to have their minute of cybernetic glory.
So much need for approval do they have to be able to play their lives to get likes? "Acceptance ceremonies" have always existed among teenagers and participating in this activity allows them to feel part of a group and be accepted by others, but as parents we have to make them understand that they don't lose anything if they break the chain and refuse to replicate each of the fashion challenges.
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Nothing new under the sun
The funny thing is that this challenge is not even new. The first videos of young people inhaling condoms have been uploaded on the web since 2013. It has been the wake-up call of Texan educator Stephen Enriquez, who works helping families on drug and alcohol prevention issues, which he has returned to the Present this phenomenon.
In his talks, includes viral challenges with alcohol and drugs as dangers for their development and tries to guide parents to understand what the technological environment in which their children are growing and how to help them.
"These days our teenagers are doing everything necessary to get likes, followers and subscribers."
In this situation, many parents feel insecure. We think that because we are not aware of new technologies, it is not a field in which we can intervene, but nothing is further from reality.
The key is to apply the same rules as in real life: You have to know what our son does in the networks, who he is related to, try to instill a little common sense among such absurd fashion, work with him self-esteem so that he understands that, neither in the real world nor on the internet does life have to be played to seek the acceptance of others And finally, trust that all the work we have done as parents has to be out there hiding doing their job. Easy, right?
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