A Prague hospital said on Friday it was treating five children who had swallowed magnets following a “piercing challenge” they had found on TikTok. The...

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Five Czech children in hospital over TikTok ‘piercing challenge’

A Prague hospital said Oct 4 it was treating five children who had swallowed magnets following a "piercing challenge" they had found on TikTok.

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A Prague hospital says it is treating five children who pretended to have piercings with magnets for TikTok. They had placed magnetic beads on their tongues and then accidentally swallowed them, the hospital says. Two children may need surgery.

Een ziekenhuis in Praag zegt vijf kinderen te behandelen die voor TikTok met magneetjes deden alsof ze een piercing hadden. Ze hadden magnetische bolletjes op hun tong gedaan en ze vervolgens per ongeluk doorgeslikt, zegt het ziekenhuis. Twee kinderen moeten mogelijk onder het mes.

Vijf kinderen belanden in ziekenhuis van Praag na magneetfilmpjes op TikTok

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Five children end up in Prague hospital after magnetic videos on TikTok

A Prague hospital said Friday it was treating five children who had swallowed magnets following a "piercing challenge" they had found on TikTok.

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Five Czech kids in hospital over TikTok 'piercing challenge'

It's a challenge from TikTok, but it can have very unpleasant consequences. Doctors from the Prague hospital in Motola warn against children using magnets to imitate tongue piercings. The hospital has already treated five children who subsequently swallowed the magnets. Two of them still have to undergo emergency surgery.

Je to výzva z TikToku, ale může mít velmi nepříjemné následky. Lékaři z pražské nemocnice v Motole varují před tím, aby děti pomocí magnetů napodobovaly piercing v jazyku. Nemocnice už ošetřovala pět dětí, které následně magnety spolkly. Dvě z nich ještě musí podstoupit akutní operaci.

Výzva z TikToku nefunguje, varují lékaři z Motola. Děti kvůli ní spolkly magnety

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The challenge from TikTok doesn't work, Motolo doctors warn. Children swallowed magnets because of her

They wanted to go with the trends and join a piercing challenge on social media. However, after swallowing small magnets, five children were hospitalized at the Motol University Hospital due to impending serious problems. Magnets can combine in the body and seriously damage some organs.

Chtěly jít s trendy a zapojit se do piercingové výzvy na sociálních sítích. Pětice dětí ale skončila po spolknutí drobných magnetků hospitalizována ve Fakultní nemocnici Motol kvůli hrozícím vážným problémům. Magnetky se mohou v těle spojit a vážně poškodit některé orgány.

V Motole leží několik dětí, které zkoušely piercing z magnetek a spolkly je. Musí teď na operaci

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There are several children lying in Motola who tried magnet piercings and swallowed them. He has to have surgery now

Ziekenhuis Praag behandelt kinderen na magneetfilmpjes op TikTok

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Prague hospital treats children after magnetic videos on TikTok

A Prague hospital said Friday it was treating five children who had swallowed magnets following a “piercing challenge” they had found on TikTok. The children placed sphere-shaped magnets at the tip of their tongues to imitate piercing and then swallowed them by accident, the Prague-Motol hospital said in a statement. “One patient was lucky enough to excrete the magnets easily, but other patients remain in hospital and two are likely to undergo a…

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Stock photo. A hospital in Prague has reported treating five children who accidentally swallowed magnets while attempting a TikTok “piercing challenge.” The challenge, which the children discovered on the social media platform, involves placing small, sphere-shaped magnets on the tip of the tongue to imitate a tongue piercing. According to Prague-Motol Hospital, the children unintentionally swallowed the magnets, leading to varying degrees of me…

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Czech hospital warns of TikTok 'piercing challenge' after children swallow magnets - Daily Telegraph NZ

Prague - Doctors at Prague's Motol University Hospital treated five children who swallowed ball magnets. Apparently, they were inspired by the social network TikTok and wanted to imitate a tongue piercing with a magnet. The hospital informed about it on the website, saying that two of them will have to undergo emergency surgery.

Praha - Lékaři pražské Fakultní nemocnice Motol ošetřovali pět dětí, které spolkly kuličkové magnety. Zřejmě se inspirovaly sociální sítí TikTok a chtěly magnetem napodobit piercing v jazyku. Nemocnice o tom informovala na webu s tím, že dvě z nich budou muset podstoupit akutní operaci.

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