张老邪叨哔叨：
最近各种投机商盯上了小年轻们跟风的电子烟，好在上层及时出手勒令电商撤掉电子烟。老邪觉得吧...... 如果是为了戒烟呢，你觉得以盈利为目的的电子烟厂家会真的愿意让你把它当做一次性消费品而能够戒断不上瘾？如果是为了装酷呢，除了老老实实勤勤恳恳健身，虐出人鱼线马甲线鲨鱼线和炸裂的肱二肱三背阔肌臀大肌，其他的，emmm 都是给自己埋雷，给别人当笑料的zz做法罢鸟。闲话少叙，一起来看看美中学生和年轻人因为电子烟而造成的伤亡数据吧~
Teenager Who Vaped Received Double Lung Transplant
A photo of a patient being transported is displayed while medical staff at Henry Ford Hospital answer questions during a news conference in Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.
Health officials in the United States reported last week on what they believe could be a medical first.
Officials said doctors performed what could be the first double lung transplant on a person whose lungs were severely damaged from vaping. The operation reportedly saved the life of a teenager from the state of Michigan.
The young man was admitted in early September to a Detroit-area hospital with what appeared to be pneumonia, a common lung infection. The teen was later sent to Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. On October 3, he was transported to Henry Ford Hospital, where the transplant was performed 12 days later.
Hassan Nemeh is surgical director of thoracic organ transplant at Henry Ford Hospital. He told The Associated Press that the damage done to the teenager’s lungs from vaping could not be undone. He warned parents to think about that and to tell their children to do so as well.
Health officials did not release the patient’s name. But they did say he is expected to recover. They also did not say what product the teenager vaped or how long he vaped.
The hospital released a statement written by the teen’s family. It said, “We asked Henry Ford doctors to share that the horrific life-threatening effects of vaping are very real! Our family could never have imagined being at the center of the largest adolescent public health crisis to face our country in decades.”
More than 2,000 Americans who vape have gotten sick since March. Many of them are teenagers and young adults. At least 40 people have died.
Recently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a discovery into what might be causing people who vape to become sick. They identified the chemical compound vitamin E acetate as a “very strong culprit.”
Researchers found the chemical compound in fluid taken from the lungs of 29 patients. In other studies, Vitamin E acetate was found in liquid from electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices.
Many who got sick said they had vaped liquids that contain THC, the part of marijuana that creates what is known as a “high.” Many of those patients said they received the liquids from friends or bought them unlawfully.
E-cigarettes and other vaping devices heat a liquid into a gas or vapor. Most products contain nicotine, but THC vaping has been growing more common.
Dr. Lisa Allenspach is a lung specialist and medical director of Henry Ford’s Lung Transplant Program. She told The AP, “Vaping-related injuries are all too common these days. Our adolescents are faced with a crisis.”
She added that vaping products should not be used in any way.
Dr. Nemeh said the 17-year-old patient’s case does not open any new ethical considerations about transplants for people who severely damage their own lungs by vaping.
He added, “We hope sharing this patient’s story prevents anyone else from experiencing a vaping injury that would require a transplant.”
I’m Jonathan Evans.
Words in This Story
culprit – n. a person who has committed a crime or done something wrong
vaping – n. the action or practice of inhaling and exhaling the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device
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