A Pennsylvania teenager has been placed in a medically induced coma and might have to undergo a lung transplant. Doctors and his family believe e-cigarettes are to blame.
A Pennsylvania teenager has been placed in a medically induced coma due to an unidentified respiratory disease doctors believe may be connected to his vaping.Boclair, 19, was brought to the doctor in Broomall two weeks ago with coughing fits and was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where the staff was unable to determine exactly what was causing them.WTXF-TV
The X-ray revealed that Kevin had double pneumonia, which was treated with antibiotics. When that didn't resolve his symptoms, which continued to worsen, Kevin was placed into a heart-lung machine to supplement his respiratory functions.her son has asthma, but lays he blame on his use of e-cigarettes."[The doctors] know it's vaping," she said."This is even new to the doctors. They told me outright, you know, we're treating all the things he had.
reports, as was the August death of a man in Illinois. In both cases, doctors were unable to identify the actual disease that was causing their lungs to fail.issued an advisory warning consumers of the unknown health hazards of vaping.
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