Fri Jan 3rd, 2020
Staff report
Categories: Health
Tags: (CDC), Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, e-cigarettes, Health, San Juan Basin Public Health, Vaping, young adults
As of December 10, 2019, cases of vaping associated lung injury are up to 2,409, with 31 hospitalizations and 7 deaths.
The following is a statement from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Colorado has an unusually high rate of teen and young adult nicotine vaping. Colorado clinicians, school-based health centers, campus health centers, parents, and people who vape should be aware that this outbreak is occurring and be on the lookout for symptoms.
Symptoms include:
People who vape and currently have a lung illness or may have had one in the past three months should contact their doctor or local health department. Vaping products contain more than just harmless water vapor. The agents causing this illness could possibly be pesticide contamination, residual solvent contamination, additives with unknown inhalation effects, or heavy metals contamination inhaled from vaping products.
Health care providers, school-based health centers, and campus health centers should:
Parents should:
Youth and young adults who vape should:
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2019/p1220-cases-EVALI.html
One confirmed case, one suspected case of sudden and severe lung illness tied to vaping