Do n’t snort a prophylactic .
It should go without saying , yet here we are again . In the late waving of Internet “ challenges ” , teens have taken to take a hit condoms . It involve breathe in an unwrapped condom , huff it through your nose , and draw it out through your pharynx .
Condom snorting is not to be confused with theotherlatexchallenge a few age back where YouTubers drop a weewee - filled safe on their heads . Posts of teens take a hit the rubber glove go back as far as last October , but the condom snort devilment recently gained popularity after one YouTuberreportedlysnorted the latex prophylactic while listening to Taylor Swift .
The trend comes after some kids slurped downtide podsand others guzzle spoons full ofcinnamon . Similarly , thecondom challengeis not just weird but also unsafe .
For starter , the nose allows us to breathe . If you lug it with something ( including a condom ) , it could have some serious ramifications . The nozzle connects to the back of the oral cavity , and line then moves through the windpipe to fill the lungs . If something is push up your nose , there ’s a theory it could finish up blocking the windpipe . Due to these potentially fatal results , schooling in Texas have even taken measures to inform parents of the challenge .
" As graphic as it is , we have to show parents because teens are break online see for challenge and animate them , " Stephen Enriquez , a country education specialist , say alocal television station .
Inhaling a dearest glove present a choking hazard . If it ’s snort , there ’s a chance it could get stupefy in your nose or throat andblockyour respiration .
Before the safety challenge was even a affair , doctors wrote a paper on one27 - year - old womanwho accidentally swallowed a condom . They discovered this after four months of “ trials of antibiotic ” did n’t cure her “ dogged cough , sputum and fever ” . During oral sex , the safe move down her trachea and into her lungs , blocking one of the air duct that finally leave in pneumonia and the collapsing of her lung . Then there ’s this26 - year - old womanwho developed appendicitis after accidentally ingesting a condom two weeks earlier .
But both of those were accidents . These kids are doing it on function .
Condoms arereally goodfor a good deal of other uses , include preventing unintended pregnancy , protecting against STIs and STDs , and even spicing up your sex life . But snorting them was never one of their intended uses , even if it ’s most probable you’llpoopit out if it ’s accidentally swallowed .
What we ’re render to say is this : just do n’t do it .
