There have been a lot of challenges that have found their way on social media in recent years. Some of them are difficult but relatively harmless and others can take a life.
Unfortunately, a family in Brazil is mourning the death of their son after he took part in an online challenge. That 14-year-old injected himself with a butterfly and died.
Davi Nunes Moreira, of Planalto, Brazil reportedly was in the hospital for seven days suffering from an agonizing ordeal that ended in his death. Originally, the story was that he told his father he suffered from an injury while playing.
As the symptoms got worse, he admitted to his father what he had done and went for treatment. Unfortunately, the treatment was too little, too late and his condition worsened until doctors were unable to save his life.
The civil police of Bahia have launched an official investigation into his death. At this time, no official cause of death has been determined but a spokesperson said that the autopsy results will help to clarify it.
It seems as if the team had crushed the butterfly and injected a solution that included the butterfly parts into his leg. For some reason or another, this is a social media craze and he decided to take part in it.
After he injected the butterfly into his body, he started limping and began vomiting. After he admitted that he injected that solution, they took him to the hospital and he was admitted.
He told the medics that he picked up the supplies from the chemist before mixing the dead butterfly in water and injecting the liquid into his leg. His father seems to have found the syringe under his pillow while cleaning the house.
The death of the teen, according to Dr. Luiz Fernando D. Relvastold may have been from ‘an embolism, an infection, or an allergic reaction.’
The doctor went on to say: “We don’t know how he prepared this mixture or the size of the fragments he managed to inject into the body.
“There may have been air left inside, which could lead to an embolism.”
Investigators feel that he may have gone into septic shock from the toxins. Professor Marcelo Duarte, a director at Sao Paulo University’s Zoology Museum said: “Butterflies have a complex biology, and the fluids present in their bodies have not been studied in depth in terms of their toxicity to humans.”