Doctors warn about vaping risk after British teenager suffers 'catastrophic' illness

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Ewan Fisher, 19, was treated for the condition at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and ended up on life support.

Dr Jayesh Mahendra Bhatt, a consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine at at the hospital trust, treated Mr Fisher."I know at least one colleague who has seen a similar case."Scientists are becoming increasingly divided over whether vaping causes harm to human health.

Doctors said in the new study that Mr Fisher, a previous smoker, was admitted to hospital following a week of fever.Mr Fisher's condition deteriorated rapidly and he developed respiratory failure.His condition became critical ten days later and he developed severe muscle weakness, requiring a long period of rehabilitation.The teenager told medics"he had recently started to use e-cigarettes fairly frequently, using two different liquids, purchased over the counter".

The doctors said:"There are two important lessons here. The first is always to consider a reaction to e-cigarettes in someone presenting with an atypical respiratory illness. The second is that we consider e-cigarettes as 'much safer than tobacco' at our peril."

 

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Sad.. Anything nicotine is just garbage. Worthless drug anyhow.. What does it do?

Don’t smoke ! Everybody knows smoking is bad for you even a 16 year old but they ignore all the advice and the warning signs because they’re 16 and they don’t care ! And CORBYN WANTS TO GIVE THEM A VOTE ! Now that’s madness !

Maybe same as incidents in USA...Fake THC which contains acetone.... Inhalation of acetone is fatal...Vaping is not the issue here.. The issue is, the ingredients in the liquid..-IMO

You are just trolling now... The Ecigbox will put together a full thread this week explaining why Sky News and other media reports of this a extremely bizarre Deaths from Cigarettes today - Around 260 Deaths from ecigarettes or vape with eliquid - 0

Why was he vaping at 16? Vape pens are meant solely for people who are trying to quit smoking. They’re not meant to be used by non-smokers. It makes as much sense as non-smokers using nicotine patches because they think they look cool.

My sincere thoughts go out to this person who had an allergic reaction. Thank you skynews for the 'heads up' regarding the potential danger. Can you do me a favour and send over a link to any news story which highlights the 263 UK people who die each day from smoking? Cheers

vaping needs to regulated better or this will become a epidemic

So what you ACTUALLY saying. Is that it's not vaping that cause this but the fact he was ALLERGIC to a product in one of his liquids. This is a highly misleading headline sky. Ofcom

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People are mixing their own vape with all sorts of drugs. Vape juice in this country is now regulated. As long as it’s bought from a reputable retailer, is as safe as your going to get. Yes, it’s better not to vape, BUT it’s a LOT less harmful than smoking.

Their body their choice

Weird, eh? Who’d ever think breathing in smoke could be so harmful?

Worse than cigarettes

Seeing people continue to vape even as news that's it's dangerous, is all over the place, is a prime example of natural selection at work.

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