This 18-Year Old Vaper Went Viral For Sharing Her Story On Social Media

An 18-year-old American student shared her terrible story on social media. She had been vaping for 3 years when she found herself in the hospital last July, suffering from a serious lung disease.

Electronic Cigarette User Shared Her Ordeal On Social Media
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Electronic Cigarette User Shared Her Ordeal On Social Media

Already suspected of being the cause of more than 200 cases of ‘severe’ lung disease detected in the summer of 2019 in the United States, electronic cigarettes are now at the heart of a new controversy in the United States.

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‘I had such a high fever that my brain was no longer functioning normally’

In a Facebook post published on August 4th, Maddie Nelson, an 18-year-old student from Utah, explained how she believes that vaping has put her health at risk. Last July, the young woman went to the emergency room, complaining of severe lower back pain, chronic fatigue, fever and difficulty breathing.

Three years after dropping ‘classic’ cigarettes for their electronic counterpart, she realised that her condition was deteriorating rapidly, despite her hospitalisation. ‘My temperature was so high that my brain was no longer functioning at all. I thought I was going to stay for one night in the hospital but I stayed four nights. And this was just the beginning,’ she told the local Fox 13 channel.

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A very scary week for my fam and even longer for my sis is finally coming to an end. Maddie has always been a strong and confident fighter, I knew she would pull through. We just woke her up today, and she is doing amazing. Thank you all for the support and love, I am so grateful to have such amazing people around me. & huge thank you to the nurses and doctors at @timpanogoshospital 🙏🏼 So good to see those blue eyes again, I love you so much sis. 💛💛💛

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The doctors then placed the young woman in an induced coma in order to perform further tests. And the diagnosis was quickly made: Maddie's lungs were severely affected, she was suffering from acute eosinophilic pneumonia. A disease that could be a consequence of Maddie's intensive vaping according to doctors, who have no way of formally stating this.

You win some, you learn some.👌🏼

Posted by Maddie Nelson on Friday, July 19, 2019

Since coming out of the coma, Maddie is not out of the woods yet, and she wanted to share her story through a long post that you can see a little higher, accompanied by the hashtag #stopthevape, to encourage her acquaintances to drop electronic cigarettes, reports the New York Post.

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