A new type of lung disease that is caused by vaping is increasingly being diagnosed among e-cigarette users. — Photos: TNS
Dr John E. Parker was working at a West Virginia hospital in the United States in 2015 when a 31-year-old female patient was admitted with acute respiratory problems.
A team of doctors ultimately suspected that her mysterious case of lipoid pneumonia might be related to vaping and weren’t sure they had seen anything like it before.
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