A man is the first boarding school in Argentina to use electronic cigarettes

The patient is stage of respiratory assistance in intensive care unit from a private clinic in the city of Buenos Aires, the site reported The nation. Only this weekend, he's fed back again.

According to the site, the man suffers from pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, that is to say an accumulation of proteins and lipids in the alveoli of the lungs.

The patient in question smoked cigarettes for 15 years, but seven months ago he began to vapot to completely quit the habit.

Far from fulfilling his mission, the man began to experience shortness of breath and difficulty breathing about three months ago. Eventually, he decided to be seen in a clinic in Buenos Aires.

"Whenever he whistled, he felt worse and worse, burning his chest."said Roxana Berenguer, a pulmonologist and bronchoscopist who treated him.

His patient explained that I was vaping with Liqua liquids (from Italy) which contains nicotine and aromas.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website states that 33 deaths of electronic cigarette users have already been registered in this country and about 1479 cases of pulmonary lesions by steam (as of October 15, 2019).