Many who suffer vaping-related lung damage will have long-term health problems lasting at least a year, a new study reports. A substantial proportion of patients continue to be wracked with breathing difficulty, brain fog andmood disordersa year after their initial diagnosis withEVALI (E-Cigarette...
" the department's medical director and state epidemiologist, Ruth Lynfield, M.D., said in the statement. "We are encouraging providers and parents to be on the lookout for vaping as a cause for unexplained breathing problems and
Viral and bacterial infections can increase your risk and lead to both short-term and long-term lung problems and lung damage. Viral and bacterial infections can lead to bronchitis and pneumonia. For example, difficult cases of influenza, coronavirus, or even the common cold in those with compro...
"It is still not clear the wide range of lung problems that can occur from vaping," says Michael Ong, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., Professor in Residence of Medicine & Health Policy and Management at UCLA, and Section Chief, Hospitalist Division, at VA Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles...
The research, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, shows health problems associated with e-cigarettes existed well before summer 2019 when vaping-associated pulmonary illness, or VAPI, was recognized by the medical community. This development suggests many more e-cigarette users...
Although popcorn lung is an incredibly rare disease, the early symptoms are similar to a common cold. Over a period of weeks or months, those symptoms progress and become more severe. Eventually the diseasecauses a variety of severe problemswith breathing and absorption of oxygen. Untreated, popc...
inflammation happens and the air sacs fill up with stuff. so this white stuff in this x-ray really is the injury caused by vaping. so this means there's fluid inside the air sacs. you can't move oxygen and carbon dioxide through fluid. they're gases. it makes it hard to breathe bec...
spitting or coughing blood, chest pain, hoarseness, or problems swallowing. Symptoms and signs of widespread (metastatic) disease can include headaches or seizures, bone pain, and weight loss. Read more about stage IV lung cancer with ALK rearrangement» From...
to treat very early spread to the brain (called micrometastasis) that is not yet detectable with CT or MRI scans and has not yet produced symptoms. This is known as prophylactic brain radiation. Brain radiation therapy can cause short-term memoryproblems, fatigue,nausea, and other side effects...
summer 2019 more than 2500 people in the US have been admitted to hospital with lung problems related to e-cigarette use, of whom 55 have died.2 The FDA said that it would ban fruit, candy, and mint flavoured pods that contain vaping liquids but not pods flavoured with tobacco or ...