"I think that people have been doing this as long as people have probably been around," said Dr. Fred Perkins, of LeBonheur Children's Medical Center. "The fact of the matter is that most of the time you get away with it."

"The after effect could be anything from essentially no damage, all the way to a persistent vegetative state," said Dr. Perkins.

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