There has to be something that occurs in the lungs that increases the volume of air exhaled. From the first time I saw someone vaping the entire physics seemed wrong. I believe the lungs undergo pressure from the vap-machine that the cell walls cannot withstand.
That is pure speculation based on observation. The entire event of inhaling and exhaling when vaping seems disproportionate. I think lung tissue is to delicate to hold up to it. Vaping seems more of a mechanical process whereby smoking is a passive process from the standpoint of physics.
Medical investigations are used to looking for chemical changes to the lung tissue with cigarettes. While the vaping fluid has to be investigated, there is a chance the actual vaping mechanism is the culprit. Like I said, it is pure speculation on my part from observations in regard to the volume of air intake and volume of air and vapor exhaling. It could possibly be a combination of the vaping fluid and vaping mechanism.
State and federal health officials (click here) are investigating almost 100 cases of mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping and e-cigarette use in 14 states in the US, many of them involving teens and young adults. A large number of those stricken ill have been hospitalised, with some in intensive care and on ventilators.
At least 31 cases have been confirmed as of Friday, state officials said, and dozens more are under investigation. Medical authorities say it is unclear whether patients will fully recover.
Officials are warning clinicians and the public to be on alert for what they describe as a severe and potentially dangerous lung injury. Symptoms include difficulty breathing, shortness of breath or chest pain before hospitalisation. Health officials said patients have also reported fever, cough, vomiting and diarrhea.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that officials are working with health departments in at least five states with confirmed cases - California, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin - to determine the cause of the condition after "a cluster of pulmonary illnesses linked to e-cigarette use" was reported among adolescents and young adults in recent weeks. In a call Friday with state health authorities, CDC officials said they were probing 94 possible cases in 14 states....
