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'Deadly' TikTok trend leaves schoolboy fighting for his life after swallowing magnets

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TikTok trend that left an 11-year-old boy fighting for his life has led to his family issuing a warning to other parents over just how deadly it can be.

Little Ellis Tripp is still in hospital hooked up to tubes and wires after following the trend which sees people swallowing magnets.His mother has described the situation as a "nightmare".

The schoolboy, who had been unwell for a week with stomach pains, was taken to hospital where doctors rushed him to surgery on Wednesday after doctors thought he might have been suffering from a burst appendix.

They were shocked to discover his appendix was fine, instead they discovered five tiny magnetic balls in his intestines and bowel.Incredibly, they discovered the fact after one of the magnets.

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