A woman in her 20s has been diagnosed with Popcorn Lung after excessive vaping.
Doctors have indicated that Abby (20) may need an oxygen mask in 10 years time, after becoming so addicted to her vape she used to fall asleep holding it.
Despite having never smoked a cigarette, she started using disposable vapes to appear cool around a year and a half ago, Hull Live reported.
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She used to get through one disposable vape per day, equal to 140 cigarettes a week.
After procuring a bad cough, Abby was taken into resus and was given oxygen, x-rays and medication, and subsequently diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans - better known as 'popcorn lung'.
This is a build-up of scar tissue in the lungs, which blocks air flow.
Abby has said she is eager to quit vaping, or end up with an oxygen mask at 30.
She said: "Before I started vaping I'd never tried a cigarette. When I started it was a trend that was going around - everyone had a disposable vape. You get addicted without realising. I was going through one vape a day without fail for about a year and a half, which is the equivalent of 20 cigarettes per vape."
She detailed that she used to puchase two vapes at £9 at a nearby corner shop, indulging in a variety of sweet flavours.
"The doctor said that it's really common for young people that use disposable vapes."
She was sent home from the hospital after a few hours.
Now much improved, she still takes eight steroids at the start of each day and will be for some time.
Abby said: "When the doctor said it was caused by vaping I was quite shocked because all my friends vape, everyone from 18 to 25, a lot of people always carry a disposable vape around.
"So for it to happen to me and not anyone else I know, I was a bit like 'what?' I think you kind of look past the dangers. I think it shocked a lot of people, my best friend threw her vape away as soon as I went into hospital.
"I think a lot of people think that it's not going to happen to them. Vaping is really not worth it."
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