Vaping Addict Left On Life Support With Deadly Lung Condition

34-year-old Amanda Stelzer was vaping the equivalent of 50 cirgattes a day and ended up in the hospital with a severe lung condition. It is reported, Stelzer took up this habit in 2015 and developed an addiction to the point that she was getting through eight cartridges of vape fluid a week.

She got hospitalised after suffering from serious problems with her breathing and was put on life support for 8 days.

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Doctors couldn't figure out what went wrong with Amanda's health and it was only when her mother told nurses that she was a heavy vaper that they decided to do a scan of her chest and get an idea of how serious her condition was.

In the end, she was diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome, a potentially lethal affliction which results in a person's lungs failing to provide enough oxygen to properly nourish the body.

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Doctors diagnossed her disease due to vaping and told her that it will take her almost 6 months for her lungs to heals.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome, also known as wet lung, can kill a person by not providing enough oxygen for the body to work properly, potentially leading to organ failure and death.

During her recovery, doctors warned Amanda that she could not be around cigarette or vape smoke for months at a time.

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She said: "I was crying because I was in so much pain. I was so scared.

"The last thing I remember is someone handing me a form and basically saying I needed to sign this if I wanted to live - that was the consent form to be put on life support."

"I was lucky that owned my car at the time and my insurance covered my treatment, but I still got into a lot of debt. It was depressing. I was happy to be alive but I was sad that I couldn't work and I couldn't be around family and friends without a mask."

Amanda is sharing her experience publicly to help others avoid the situation, warning that 'it seems harmless until it isn't'.

While they might be a healthier option when compared to smoking cigarettes, vaping is still harmful to your health and vaping in such huge quantities as Amanda did is certainly not good for you.

Flavoured vapes are also there in the market and they carry an equally higher risk, with the chemicals in cinnamon, vanilla and honey vapes more likely to inflame the lungs.

Meanwhile, some studies have warned that a chronic vaping habit can be just as bad for you as smoking actual cigarettes.