In the world of technology, news is spread much quicker thanks to various social media platforms. TikTok is one of the biggest social media platforms with new trends everyday.
One of the latest TikTok trends is the use of potato juice which influences are claiming to cure strep throats.
Strep throat is a bacterial infection that caused public health scares in the UK and US over the course of winter after a deadly resurgence.
The bacterial infection called strep throat can make your throat feel sore and scratchy. Strep throat accounts for only a small portion of sore throats.
According to Mayo Clinic if strep throat is untreated, strep throat can cause complications, such as kidney inflammation or rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever can lead to painful and inflamed joints, a specific type of rash, or heart valve damage.
Strep throat is most common in children, but it affects people of all ages.
Doctors are warning against ‘dangerous’ claims made by influencers on TikTok that raw potato juice has the power to cure strep throat.
According to the Daily Mail, if one does not take antibiotics, which allows the bacteria to spread to other parts of the body this can cause a range of complications including acute rheumatic fever and scarlet fever.
The publication also reported that a blogger and author Allie Casazza claimed to her 12,200 followers on TikTok that she had cured her 14-year-old daughter’s “super bad strep” homeopathically.
The video reached hundreds of thousands of views before it was deleted.
The blogger stated to her followers that she gave her daughter a juiced potato to drink and claimed the infection was “completely gone within two hours.”
“If you juice a potato and drink the juice, it kills strep right away,” she said in the video.
Another video on TikTok even suggested which varieties of potatoes were best to use depending on if you lived in the US or UK.
But doctors, nurses and pediatricians debunked this method stating that Allie’s daughter’s infection could have gone away on its own.
Dr Iddy Mughal, known as Dr Idz on TikTok, said it was ‘one of the most dangerous videos’ he had ever been sent.
He warned in a video: “Do not treat your child with potato juice if they have severe throat symptoms.”
“If a potato juice seems to ease the sore throat, symptom relief does not mean the bacterial infection is dead, said the Dr.”
“If your child has strep throat, get it treated quickly and properly.”
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