Doctors warn against viral potato juice cure for strep throat Pixabay \/ TikTokHealth experts are warning against a viral TikTok trend that claims raw potato juice can cure strep throat. TikTok is home to a wide variety of viral fads and trends, many of which aim to improve users\u2019 health in unconventional ways. Last year, for example, TikTok was abuzz with a drink called the \u2018internal shower,\u2019 which saw users combine chia seeds with lemon juice to relieve constipation. However, nutritionists claimed that there was no guarantee this concoction would cause any relief. Now, another health fad is taking over the site \u2014 and doctors are urging users to seek medical attention, instead. Experts urge TikTokers against using potato juice for strep throat If you\u2019ve been browsing TikTok lately, you may have come across a health \u2018hack\u2019 that claims drinking potato juice can cure strep throat. Strep throat is caused by bacteria, resulting in a sore throat, fever, and swollen tonsils, among other symptoms. While a trip to the doctor is usually recommended to cure the infection with antibiotics, a few TikTokers are claiming that they put their strep throat on pause with potato juice. For example, one TikToker urged netizens to drink 6-8 ounces of raw potato juice a day to clear up their strep throat, saying the method was a \u2018natural remedy\u2019 that could relieve symptoms in \u20182-3 days.\u2019 Yet another claimed that her daughter\u2019s strep throat was gone \u201cwithin two hours\u201d after using the potato juice remedy \u2014 but doctors are saying otherwise. TikToker and medical doctor \u2018Dr. Idz\u2019 is hitting back at this latest health trend, calling it \u201cone of the most dangerous\u201d health fads he\u2019s seen online. \u201cDo not treat your child with potato juice if they have severe throat symptoms,\u201d Dr. Idz advised. \u201cIf a potato juice seems to ease the sore throat, symptom relief does not mean the bacterial infection is dead.\u201d \u201cIf your child has strep throat, get it treated quickly and properly. Don\u2019t listen to these quacks online.\u201d This is just the latest health trend coming under fire from professionals after TikTokers started marinating their chicken breasts in NyQuil last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Doctors warn against viral potato juice cure for strep throat Pixabay \/ TikTokHealth experts are warning against a viral TikTok trend that claims raw potato juice can cure strep throat. TikTok is home to a wide variety of viral fads and trends, many of which aim to improve users\u2019 health in unconventional ways. Last year, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}