Ron Ford
A 20-year-old TikTok celeb suffered a heart attack after she tries the ‘dry scoop challenge”.
The trend was seen to gather massive online attention across the social media platform and also at the same time was incredibly dangerous.
Briatney Portillo tried the challenge on April, where she swallowed a mouthful of pre-workout protein powder.
Even before she started her weight session she was sweating heavily, things turned serious soon after. Briatney said:
‘I started weightlifting and my chest felt slightly heavy and hurting a bit. ‘I ignored it because I assumed it was anxiety or a panic attack and continued with my workout.
‘I went home and felt nauseous and had a headache. I took a shower but still felt nauseous with a headache and couldn’t eat dinner.
‘I still decided to go to work, but at work the symptoms of heavy chest and chest pain came back but more intense.
‘In the locker room I was sweating profusely again and my head was hurting. ‘The pain went to my back and my left arm. ‘That’s when I knew it wasn’t anxiety and was maybe a heart attack.’
Later the CT scans revealed that she suffered a small heart attack and she had a sensitivity to caffeine.