Someone who eats a spoonful of ground cinnamon without water can wind up in the hospital and even have permanent lung damage. Trying to swallow dry cinnamon usually causes a person to gag, cough, or choke.
Some people who do the cinnamon challenge throw up or get a nosebleed. If it gets into your lungs, it stays there and can cause inflammation, thickening of lung tissue, and scarring. It can even cause pneumonia or a collapsed lung. Cinnamon also can trigger asthma flare-ups , making it hard to breathe. The unlucky ones end up in the hospital. Reviewed by: Kate M. Cronan, MD Date reviewed: May Note: All information on KidsHealth is for educational purposes only. 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.
In humans, inhaling cinnamon powder even once could at least cause an asthma attack, or uncontrollable spasms and narrowing of the bronchioles. While I haven't yet seen any reports of deaths associated with the Cinnamon Challenge, I would never attempt doing this because I have a history of asthma and try to steer away from anything that might trigger a fatal asthma attack.
In fact, I really don't care for non-fatal asthma attacks. You shouldn't either. This is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by clicking here. More From Forbes. Jul 31, , am EDT. Jul 24, , pm EDT.
Jul 10, , am EDT. Jul 9, , am EDT. Jul 7, , pm EDT. Jul 6, , pm EDT. For the apparently 20 or so people who've not yet seen one of the 51, videos of this done on YouTube, the cinnamon challenge is complex and conceptually nuanced. If I were to really strip it down to its most rudimentary elements: A person tries to swallow a spoonful of dry cinnamon and then feels terrible physically and emotionally. Actually, well, that's all it is. Some people are able to swallow the cinnamon without looking like they want to die.
Most are not. From my experience, those who get it down must be using something like McCormick convenience-store cinnamon, stale and weak. Fresh ground cinnamon, while I can't tell a difference in recipes, is immensely more volatile when coating your entire oropharynx.
After seeing a person try to eat a spoonful of cinnamon and then retch in agony, the apparently instinctual reaction is to want to try it yourself, as the 51, videos suggest. Judy Schaechter, and Dr. Cinnamon is ground tree bark, and it doesn't belong in anyone's lungs.
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