In Moscow, a 14-year-old teenager was admitted to the intensive care…
In Moscow, a 14-year-old teenager was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe toxic lung damage after two months of vaping. Bloody coughing and serious lung injury began in the teenager just after two months of using e-cigarettes.
Consensus
- The patient is a 14-year-old boy from Moscow.
- He was hospitalized due to high fever, dry cough, weakness, and worsening respiratory symptoms.
- Initial diagnosis considered viral infection or pneumonia, but imaging showed no abnormalities on fluorography.
- CT scan revealed the 'tree in kidneys' pattern, indicating lung damage.
- The patient developed hemoptysis (coughing up blood), resting dyspnea, and decreased oxygen saturation.
- He was transferred to intensive care and placed on oxygen therapy.
- After two months of regular vaping, he admitted using a vape device, which allowed doctors to diagnose acute toxic lung injury.
- Following one month of treatment, his condition stabilized enough for discharge.
- The patient was discharged with a referral for disability certification.
Points of divergence
- A 13-year-old boy died in Ussuriysk due to vaping, according to regional Ministry of Health data. — vm
Coverage (4 sources)
- Baza: A bloody cough began in a teenager after two months of vaping — Вечерняя Москва
- Teenager in Moscow awarded disability and lung damage due to vaping — РИАМО
- Moscow Teen Develops Bloody Cough and Lung Damage from Vaping — РИАМО
- 14-year-old boy develops bloody cough and severe lung damage after just two months of vaping — Baza