Concern: first internship in Argentina for "vaping" | Chronic

In the United States, deaths by "Vaping"In our country, a 30-year-old man is admitted to a private clinic in Avellaneda, a city of Buenos Aires, stable and out of danger, due to a lung injury related to the use Electronic cigarettes (EVALI).

In the United States, there are already 33 deaths confirmed by the electronic cigarette and at least 21 countries limit the sale, as in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, France, New Zealand, Portugal , Switzerland and Sweden. In Argentina, alarms are activated in the first case of an inpatient patient with a lung injury related to the use of electronic cigarettes (EVALI).

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Sources from the hospital clinic confirmed that, although they are aware of the case, the patient had not come in to be treated in this hospital and had even announced that he was in the hospital. he would be admitted to a private dispensary in the city of Avellaneda.

The young man is "Stabilized and out of danger", according to medical sources consulted. He presented a diagnosis of "Inflammation with pulmonary images that may be confused with alveolar proteinosis or lipoid pneumonia", ie a liquid inside the lungs, resulting from the frequent consumption of electronic cigarettes.

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In the United States, an outbreak of lung injury associated with the use of electronic cigarettes, called EVALI, began in July 2019. Data in this country on so-called e-cigs indicate an increase in the consumption of Only 75% in the last year among high school students.

Ana Putruele, head of pneumology at the hospitals of clinics, warned of the dangers of vaping: "There is one case, but there must be several more, because it is common to use these devices especially in young people." The doctor added that "Between the ages of 13 and 15, many cases of boys who are in the habit of inhaling are observed; they want to avoid cigarettes, they are tempted by the flavors offered by electronic cigarettes and end up with complicated lung diseases. "

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According to the statements of the Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Scott Gottileb, the use of electronic cigarette by young people increases in a widespread and constant way. In turn, he noted that these nicotine delivery devices are "To hook" to new generations of adolescents and claimed that "Everything is on the table" To stop this trend.

In fact, in recent days, it has been known that sales of electronic cigarettes have been growing at the slowest pace in more than a year and a half, despite the severe public health warnings about its consequences stemming from lung damage.