TikTok challenge<\/a>, but we wanted to highlight that this is happening in Suffolk.”\n<\/p>\n\n The challenge involves groups of teens, with one child being put in a chokehold, with pressure being applied until they ‘tap out’.\n<\/p>\n
\n There can be serious risks to those taking part in the challenge, such as brain damage or death from asphyxiation.\n<\/p>\n
\n They have also released on the signs and injuries to look out for, which include:\n<\/p>\n
Head injuries (as can fall when losing consciousness)<\/p>\n
Possible loss of memory – feeling confused or disoriented after being alone<\/p>\n
Marks or bruises on the neck<\/p>\n
Blood shot eyes (conjunctival haemorrhage).<\/p>\n
Scratches or small red spots (petechiae) to neck\/eyelids\/cheeks and behind ears.<\/p>\n
Raspy or hoarse voice<\/p>\n
Severe headache<\/p>\n
\n There are similar challenges which have been popular online, which are known as the Fainting Game, Hangman, Elevator and Blackout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The warning was published by the Suffolk and North East Essex Safeguarding Nursing Team, with Suffolk County Council…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-218109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}