Vaping is inhaling a vapor created by an electronic cigarette or some other device.
Initially, vaping was intended to be a substitute for cigarette smoking,
however, we've found over time that vaping products have been altered so that
you can inhale other substances such as marijuana products, CBD oil and other
other things that kids want, and adults want to inhale. We find that you know
people who vape have something called
popcorn lung or a bronchiolitis
obliterans where the small little airways at the end of their lungs are getting
inflamed. What we're also finding is that if you buy adulterated products,
products that are not sold in a store, but from the street vendor or you're trying to
alter either the vaping device or the vaping cartridge, then you expose
yourself to having other contaminates put in like some chemicals like
diethylene, nickel, and other oils that somehow don't get burned off in the
process, and these pose another risk to you in terms of developing inflammation
in your lungs which can lead to either having a breathing tube put in some
cases needing cardiopulmonary bypass or ECMO support to actually stay alive and
you know these are happening in kids you
know - people in their 20s who have their
whole lives ahead of them. And once you
have this your lungs are never the same
and you're never the same, being put on a
machine to keep you alive for so long.
So these are real dangers and we're kind of seeing the dangers of vaping coming up front
as opposed to the dangers of cigarette smoking which have later on in your life.
If you are vaping and you notice that you are short of breath
you just don't feel like yourself, you're feeling dizzy, you're feeling winded, you
really should see a medical professional
you know and be evaluated. If you can
catch it early you may be able to prevent some of the inflammation before
it spreads elsewhere.
RWJBarnabas Health
Let's be healthy together.
Initially, vaping was intended to be a substitute for cigarette smoking,
however, we've found over time that vaping products have been altered so that
you can inhale other substances such as marijuana products, CBD oil and other
other things that kids want, and adults want to inhale. We find that you know
people who vape have something called
popcorn lung or a bronchiolitis
obliterans where the small little airways at the end of their lungs are getting
inflamed. What we're also finding is that if you buy adulterated products,
products that are not sold in a store, but from the street vendor or you're trying to
alter either the vaping device or the vaping cartridge, then you expose
yourself to having other contaminates put in like some chemicals like
diethylene, nickel, and other oils that somehow don't get burned off in the
process, and these pose another risk to you in terms of developing inflammation
in your lungs which can lead to either having a breathing tube put in some
cases needing cardiopulmonary bypass or ECMO support to actually stay alive and
you know these are happening in kids you
know - people in their 20s who have their
whole lives ahead of them. And once you
have this your lungs are never the same
and you're never the same, being put on a
machine to keep you alive for so long.
So these are real dangers and we're kind of seeing the dangers of vaping coming up front
as opposed to the dangers of cigarette smoking which have later on in your life.
If you are vaping and you notice that you are short of breath
you just don't feel like yourself, you're feeling dizzy, you're feeling winded, you
really should see a medical professional
you know and be evaluated. If you can
catch it early you may be able to prevent some of the inflammation before
it spreads elsewhere.
RWJBarnabas Health
Let's be healthy together.
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