The trend of "catching pens" among young people is booming, doctors are startled and warn of extreme danger

In recent days, social media has seen many videos following the trend of 'pen catching', attracting attention and attracting the participation of many students. However, doctors warn that this is an extremely dangerous act that can affect life.

Many new trends are blooming on the TikTok platform, just open this application and you will see the trending clips right away. Going beyond the framework of simple dance moves and toxic trends on this social network is increasing.

Recently, on the social network TikTok, many videos following the "pen catching" trend have appeared, most of whom are young people and quickly attracted many viewers. According to the images posted on social networks, the person performing the "pen catching" trend uses his hand to press hard on the carotid artery in the neck, after which the person performing the trend will fall into a state of drowsiness and must be stimulated to wake up.

According to the sharing, when performing this movement, it will give an immediate "high" feeling at that time, so there are many cases of doing it over and over again and attracting other people to participate.

Notably, after this video was posted, it attracted more than 3.5 million viewers and hundreds of thousands of interactions. Many young people also practice and imitate the action of "pen catching". However, many health experts say that this trend is really dangerous and needs to be stopped immediately.

Dr. Doan Du Manh, a member of the Vietnam Vascular Disease Association, said he was shocked when he saw these images, especially when they were done right in schools and many young people participated. According to Dr. Manh, this is a dangerous trend to health and life, anyone who is doing it should give it up immediately, anyone who is intending to try it should stop immediately, because this action can quickly endanger life.

Doctor Manh warned that to perform "pen capture", the performer will use his hands to insert into two blood vessels on both sides of the participant's neck with the hope of creating a "high" feeling for a short time, also known as a fake high. However, this is a toxic and dangerous challenge because using hands to squeeze into the veins can cause blood vessel blockage, even rupture, which is very dangerous.

Doctor Doan Du Manh analyzed that blood vessels are very soft, when you find the right vein and press it, the blood will stop flowing, that is why in some emergency cases, if you find the right vein and press it, the blood will stop flowing, avoiding blood loss that can be life-threatening. However, this only applies in medical emergencies, and must be done by a specialist. For normal people, blood vessels should absolutely not be compressed.

When using 2 fingers to press hard on the blood vessels in the neck, the blood vessels suddenly become blocked, the blood flow to the brain stops. This sudden lack of blood to the brain will cause people to fall into a coma. This is also the reason why many people feel faint and their friends have to slap them to wake them up. However, this is just a false feeling, very dangerous.

According to Dr. Manh, up to 80% of the blood that nourishes the brain is transported through the left and right carotid arteries in the neck. Pressing on the neck for a few seconds is not dangerous, but pressing on the carotid arteries for a long time can cause severe cerebral ischemia. Brain cells that are anemic for 5 minutes cannot recover. In addition, pressing on the blood vessels repeatedly can also cause vascular bruising, blood clots, and increase the risk of stroke.

"This toxic trend should not be practiced because it always carries the risk of stroke. Mild cases can cause fainting, more severe cases can cause hemiplegia or even endanger life. Everyone should absolutely not follow the "pen catching" trend. Schools and teachers, when seeing students doing this, need to explain the level of danger so that students stop doing it," said Dr. Manh.

Parents, teachers and schools need to increase supervision, reminders and education of students to avoid unfortunate consequences.

"Parents need to regularly monitor and talk to their children about dangerous trends on social networks, helping them understand the dangers and stay away from activities that are life-threatening.

Nowadays, social networks are full of harmful information that can affect health. Therefore, Dr. Manh recommends that people need to filter information and research carefully before believing in a trend on social networks.

Many users also noticed that on this social network, the number of informative videos is "inferior" to "junk" videos. The reason is that TikTokers often disregard everything, as long as the content is unique and, importantly, has many "views". On the viewer side, many people are easy-going and have a high tendency to imitate, causing bad content and toxic trends to be spread and spread more widely.

Therefore, to be a smart TikTok user, users should only consider this as a place for entertainment, the information on it is not completely safe and accurate, but need to consult many sources of information, need to check again before learning, "following the trend". Users should also change their usage habits to avoid abusing and "falling" into bad content.

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