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A young man was hospitalized after performing one of the challenges of The Squid Game
"The Squid Game" is one of the best-known series of the moment, it is currently the most watched series on the entire Netflix platform, since it has an excellent plot and a wide variety of deadly challenges that attract the attention of the public., especially the youngest.
At the time the famous series came out, many people started to perform the challenges regarding this famous Korean series. Challenges very similar to those that appeared in the scenes, many young people upload them to TikTok.
The young Aiden Higgie was hospitalized because he suffered from severe third degree burns, his skin was completely irritated, and he needed intensive care immediately.
Luckily, he is already receiving intensive care and treatment to cure this terrible problem.
How did this accident happen?
Aiden Higgie is a young man who likes to watch series, one of his favorite series is "The Squid Game" so at one point he decided to do one of the challenges that TikTokers used to do, the well-known cookie challenge.
It should be noted that, to carry out this challenge, you must make a candy and make patterns with geometric figures. Then, when the candy cools, it will have a too solid structure, the objective of the challenge is to detach the figure without breaking it a bit.
However, to make this candy we must burn the sugar in a cauldron, this procedure can be extremely dangerous. Then the young man began to make the mixture of sugar, bicarbonate and water to be able to make his cookie and proceed with the challenge.
When he went to cook the mixture, he used a pot that was not suitable to put in the microwave.
Then, young Aiden began to heat the mixture to a fairly low temperature, but the pot could not bear it, the moment the boy took out the cup it caused a strong explosion that ended up burning him.
Schools banned Halloween costumes inspired by "The Squid Game"
As well as being a global and undisputed success, and a poignant series that exists apart from everything else, The Squid Game has also raised concerns about its impact on younger viewers.
The brutal content of the series has even led some schools to boycott the Halloween outfits that have been inspired by the Korean series. The creation has sparked controversy after a 14-year-old boy was hospitalized in Australia after emulating one of the games in the series.
The Daily Mail reported what happened to the young Aiden Higgie, who suffered severe burns to his leg after trying to do the TikTok caused by The Squid Game.
Higgie's mother expresses her words about what happened
At the time all this happened they interviewed the young man's mother to get better details about the mishap that happened.
The young man's mother was quite scared and in great pain because her son had to undergo hospitalization and his body is now full of burns.
However, he mentioned how the accident happened while he was in the hospital for the interview.
"The moment everything happened he looked really terrible, he had terrible burns all over his skin because the sugar and plastic together caused a huge explosion on Aiden's skin, and then it fell from his knee to his ankles" The mother mentioned.
The boy suffered severe lethal burns to his hands and more serious injuries to his leg, including nerve damage. The patient will need to wear a tension band for one year and may require a skin bond.
Higgie is the third child to be admitted to Westmead Children's Hospital for these equivalent reasons. For this reason, the center has warned of the risk of imitating this game.
"The combination of candy is sticky and hot. If the combination is spilled or served while it is still hot, the delayed contact time causes deep and serious consumption," said Dr. Erik La Hei, head of the consumption unit of the establishment.
