TikTok is a true worldwide fever. With videos being produced in different parts of the world, the network has mainly won the hearts of children with its very attractive trends. However, it is important to pay attention to them, after all, they can be dangerous, like liquid nitrogen trend in sweets, which caused several problems in children who performed the game in Indonesia.
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TikTok has become a leader in downloads in different parts of the world, as the social network is full of super fun trends that attract people of all ages, especially children. The big problem is that not all trends are really safe, so it's very important to pay attention to what your child has been trying to reproduce on the internet.
Some of them, like the cotton swab challenge and now the liquid nitrogen candy challenge, which has been quite successful among Indonesians, can cause serious damage to health. Proof of this is that the Indonesian government even had to intervene to warn about the dangers of the trend after more than 20 children required medical attention for problems caused by she.
How does the trend work?
This is called "Dragon's Breath". In the videos, street candies are used along with liquid nitrogen, which, when ingested together, cause the nose and mouth to release steam.
The dessert with the mixture already exists, the big problem alerted by the specialists is that, when it is ingested before the liquid nitrogen evaporate, the consequences can be very bad, causing burns, breathing difficulty, intestinal perforations and, in more serious cases, death.
The consequences of the trend in Indonesia
So far, fortunately, no deaths have been reported as a result of the trend, however, according to the Indonesian Ministry of Health, about 25 children had problems and 2 had to be hospitalized.
As a result, the ministry requested that local health agencies supervise the restaurants, which will be obligation to raise awareness about the safe use of liquid nitrogen and street vendors, who will have to withdraw the use of nitrogen in their foods.
What is liquid nitrogen used for?
Liquid nitrogen has several functions, such as cryogenics or cryopreservation of blood, reproductive cells and other samples and biological materials, freezing and transporting food products, cryotherapy (where skin lesions are removed), etc.