Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, linked VAPI to vitamin E. A number of VAPI cases are not, however, linked to the vitamin. VAPI is also referred to as EVALI, or e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury. "The sudden uptick in symptoms and...
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...
A person who has had lung cancer is more likely to develop a second lung cancer than the average person is to develop a first lung cancer. There is currently not enough evidence to determine whether vaping, or the use of e-cigs, causes lung cancer. Vaping is known to introduce chemicals ...
carbon dioxide is removed from the bloodstream and oxygen enters the bloodstream. The right lung has three lobes, while the left lung has two lobes and a small structure called the lingula that is the equivalent of the middle lobe on the right. The major airways...
Cancerof the lung, like allcancers, results from an abnormality in the body's basic unit of life, the cell. Normally, the body maintains a system of checks and balances on cell growth so that cells divide to produce new cells only when new cells are needed. Disruption of this system of...
Asthmais a chroniclung diseasethat makes it hard to breathe. The problem can cause symptoms that range from mild to severe. In some severe cases, symptoms can threaten your life. Asthma symptoms trigger swelling in the airways that carry air in and out of your lungs. This causes them to ...
The use of e-cigarettes (vaping) Is bronchitis contagious? While the condition isn't contagious, you can spread the viruses and bacteria that cause bronchitis to other people. For example, if a flu virus has caused your bronchitis, others may also get the flu from you, but they won't ha...
In addition, several other forms of rash (like full body hives) are increasingly being reported. Severity of COVID How Bad Is COVID? The good news throughout the pandemic has been that more than 80% of people with COVID haven’t experienced an initial onset of serious illness or ...
So, just what is this illness? The novel coronavirus is a new disease strain in a family of viruses called “coronaviruses,” which were discovered in the late 1960s. They cause everything from mild to severe upper-respiratory tract illnesses (plus a range of other documented symptoms) and...
Being a patient in an intensive care unit of a hospital, particularly if on ventilator support Malnutrition Cigarette smoking or electronic cigarette use (vaping) SLIDESHOW Respiratory Illnesses: 13 Types of Lung Infections See Slideshow What are the symptoms of pneumonia? Symptoms and signs of pneu...