A GP has issued a warning after children have been reported swallowing magnets following a popular TikTok craze. Irwell Medical Practice, based in Bacup, said it had received reports last year that children were ingesting magnets by accident while attempting to replicate an online trend.
While reports later ‘slowed down’, the general practitioner has said it has started to receive reports of a similar nature once again. Read more: Mum's warning over kids drinking hand sanitiser to 'get drunk' on Metrolink Last month, a 12-year-old girl in Liverpool was sent to hospital after swallowing magnetic balls, reported the Liverpool Echo.
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