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Vaping-associated pulmonary injury (VAPI), [4] also known as vaping-associated lung injury (VALI) [1] or e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (E/VALI), [2] [a] is an umbrella term, [15] [16] used to describe lung diseases associated with the use of vaping products that can be severe and life-threatening. [3]
Severe pain in the side, lung collapse, "black spots" on the lungs in a patient using about half a Juul mint pod a day for about 18 months. [114] Chest and back pain from recurrent pneumothoraces (air in the chest outside of the lungs) [115] Trouble breathing, necessitating a ventilator and medically induced coma. [116]
Concerns exist that vaping can be harmful by exposing users to toxic levels of nicotine. [13] Pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and the elderly are more sensitive to nicotine than other individuals. [73] Nicotine is proven to be a carcinogen in mice and has been linked to cancer in humans. [248]
A recent study found that smoking an e-cigarette decreased the amount of oxygen being taken in by the lungs, ... vaping, like smoking, has an immediate negative effect on the user’s blood flow ...
Popcorn Lung is a debilitating and irreversible respiratory disease which causes "scarring in tiny air sacs in the lungs that lead to excessive coughing and shortness of breath" similar to that ...
Symptoms of the illness include coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, fatigue, nausea and vomiting.
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of lung infection that occurs in people who are on mechanical ventilation breathing machines in hospitals. As such, VAP typically affects critically ill persons that are in an intensive care unit (ICU) and have been on a mechanical ventilator for at least 48 hours.
More deaths are expected from vaping-related lung illnesses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. More deaths expected from vaping lung illnesses, CDC says Skip to main ...