Adam sleeping in the intensive care unit. It is possible that his lungs might suffer permanent damage from his acute vaping-related lung disease. — TNS
Adam Hergenreder started vaping about two years ago (2017) at age 16. The mint and mango flavours were his favourites. Now Adam, of Gurnee, Illinois, United States, is hospitalised and unable to breathe without a steady flow of oxygen through tubes affixed to his nostrils.
Doctors have told the 18-year-old that images of his lungs from a chest x-ray look like those of a man in his 70s. His lungs may never be the same again and vaping is likely to blame.
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