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cinnamon challenge

2013 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Note: the part about her trying it for the 4th time is what made this close. My assumption is she is not sterile and therefore this may rule her out for now but...I think she may be someone to keep your eye on as a future honoree:

An Ypsilanti, Mich., teen who was hospitalized for a collapsed lung after trying the cinnamon challenge heartily supports the new advice and started her own website telling teens to "just say no" to the fad, according to the Associated Press.

Dejah Reed, 16, said she took the challenge four times -- the final time was in February last year with a friend who didn't want to try it alone.

"I was laughing very hard, and I coughed it out, and I inhaled it into my lungs," she said. "I couldn't breathe."

Her father, Fred Reed, said he arrived home soon after to find Dejah "a pale bluish color. It was very terrifying. I threw her over my shoulder" and drove to a nearby emergency room.

Dejah was hospitalized for four days and went home with an inhaler and said she still has to use it when she gets short of breath from running or talking too fast. Her dad said she'd never had asthma or breathing problems before.

Dejah said she'd read about the challenge on Facebook and other social networking sites and "thought it would be cool" to try.

Now she knows "it's not cool and it's dangerous."

Submitted on 04/22/2013

Submitted by: Jerry
Reference: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/docs_warn_teens_cinnamon_chall.html

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Candi said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
Dunno. It's rather stupid, alright, (and Google supports that), but it doesn't really say 'Darwin' to me. The borderline age involved is also iffy to me. Let's see what the other moderators have to say. Thanks Jerry, and submit again!


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
I'm with Candi on this. I've heard of this goofy challenge plenty of times but I was unaware that it could lead to a collapsed lung like this. My guess is that it was only a partial collapsed lung, so she likely wasn't in any immediate danger either. Given all that and the age, as Candi pointed out, and this just doesn't do it for me either. Thanks just the same, Jerry.


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