More than 150 people have gone to hospitals across the U.S. the last two months with severe lung problems after using e-cigarettes
The cases have occurred in 16 states over the past two months, with many of the injured rushing to emergency rooms with difficulty breathing and other symptoms. No deaths have been reported, but some patients were so ill they spent days in intensive-care units on mechanical ventilators, the health authorities said.
“Investigators have not identified any specific product or compound that is linked to all cases,” the CDC said in a statement. The Food and Drug Administration said it is testing e-cigarette products that the patients used. The new cases indicate there is much to be learned, and suggest that there can be severe consequences to vaping, particularly using products that are unlabeled or whose contents aren’t known, tobacco researchers said.
The patients suffered coughs, fevers, chills and shortness of breath, said Tom Haupt, the department’s respiratory disease epidemiologist. Some lost up to 30 pounds the month before they were hospitalized, he said. Most of the patients were hospitalized, with a few requiring mechanical ventilation in intensive care, Mr. Haupt said. It isn’t yet clear whether any sustained permanent lung damage, he said.
The Kings County Department of Public Health, in rural central California, said it identified eight patients between ages 18 and 60 who developed lung illness after vaping products with CBD oils they had bought from unlicensed vendors.
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