Today, health officials from the CDCgov said there could be as many as 450 cases in 33 states. There are still a lot of unknowns, but the CDC advises anyone who vapes to consider stopping.
. And unfortunately these diseases are usually challenging to treat and often require measures like mechanical ventilation, Dr. Neptune explains.
But another issue—one that’s “probably the most critical in trying to pull the whole situation together,” Dr. Neptune says—is knowing whether or not any other major organs are affected. If they are, that would suggest a more systemic issue, like an infection possibly due to some sort of contamination rather than just an injury to the lungs.
Considering how challenging it is to pinpoint the specific role that vaping may have played in these illnesses , it’s worth wondering if maybe there’s something else that these patients have in common that’s more directly the cause of their symptoms. And none of the experts we spoke to were surprised to see these cases. “We’re looking at a series of cases that were to some extent entirely predictable,” Dr. Neptune says.
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