And just like that, the life she knew was engulfed in smoke.
A 23-year-old woman issued a surprising warning to vaping after her lungs collapsed and was taken to the hospital. Grace Brassel of, who elaborated on the horrifying story in
TikTok, woke up one morning with a pain in her ribs while she was vomiting blood. When she got an X-ray, her doctor was "surprised" to see one of Brassell's lungs collapsed.
Continuing her treatment, she pushed a "huge tube" into her lungs and "sucked out the liquid." She explained that this was the "most intolerable pain" she had ever endured.
In a clip taken in her hospital bed, she explains how her health emergency "may have killed" her.
Now, her warning — "Stop vaping" — 4 million views gathered.
After visiting the hospital, you might have thought you were out of the woods, but the recentclipon Wednesday night has a lung. After the collapse, it shows that Brassell has returned to the hospital again.
She posted the latest information on the post-operative Instagram story. And now she has a tube in her lungs and is resting in bed, which she says is "very painful".
Collapsed lungs, also known as pneumonia, occur when "air leaks into the space between the lungs and the chest wall," according to theMay York Clinic, pushing the lungs. It may be due to a chest injury, medical procedure, or lung disease, but it may not have a clear cause.
"It's so scary !!! I'm glad I got it. I hope I feel better soon, "says one user.
"Hmm, I feel better bb" and the model influences Powerful Remi Birder commented.
"A new horror has been unleashed," another said.
"It's wild for me. Smoking is finally" not cool "and then hit the Z generation with vaping," someone else pointed out.
Unfortunately, the situation in Brassel is not isolated. Young teens and adults across the country were reportedly hospitalized due to the habit of exhaling excessive steam.
Earlier this year, the 18-year-oldwas put into life support after waking up with cold-like symptoms. In fact, she endured vaping-related lung damage and pneumonia for four years. Even in 2019,multiple teenage caseswere hospitalized andwere placed in oxygen or higher, and they were recorded. Everything had one common pastime.
Vaping is also linked tohyperglycemia increase. Diabetesandincrease the risk of eating disorders among college students. According to
John Hopkins, vaping products are not only as addictive as traditional cigarettes, they are also not safe. Users may be exposed to less toxic chemicals than tobacco, but the long-term effects of arc chemicals are unknown as more serious cases of health complications emerge.
"You are all kinds of chemistry we have I haven't understood yet, it's probably not safe, " saysMichael Blaha, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins Sicca for the prevention of heart disease. Director of clinical research at Ron Center.
"My biggest concern about rising vaping is that people who haven't smoked otherwise, especially young people, are getting into the habit," he continued. rice field. "When converting from smoking cigarettes to vaping, that's one thing. Starting the use of nicotine with vaping is a completely different thing."
Banning or limiting the sale and use of electronic cigarettes Efforts have been made to do so, but the Food and Drug Administrationhas temporarily suspended the latest ban on Juuls.