Doctors announced on Thursday that they may have discovered the first case of \u201cpopcorn lung\u201d caused by vaping.<\/p>\n
While the US and Canada reels from the mysterious vaping lung illness called VAPI or EVALI \u2014 which has killed dozens and hospitalized thousands \u2014 this latest case study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/em><\/u><\/a> suggests that (1) VAPI and popcorn lung are two different conditions and (2) there are additional dangers from vaping that the public and health officials should consider.<\/p>\n The popcorn lung case involves an unidentified 17-year-old male in Canada, who the report\u2019s authors wrote vaped for only five months before developing symptoms. The teen said he ordered most of his vape products online and would often add THC to the oils, commonly known as \u201cvape juices.\u201d<\/p>\n Initially, the teen\u2019s symptoms began with a sharp cough. His condition quickly deteriorated, and once he got to a hospital, doctors put him on an ECMO machine, which pumps blood into the body via an artificial lung. Through imaging tests, doctors found that his bronchioles \u2014 the tiny tubes deep in our lungs that handle air flow \u2014 were severely inflamed and damaged. The teen has since been released from the hospital and is recovering at home, Live Science<\/em><\/u><\/a> reported.<\/p>\n