AP, DETROIT, MichiganA Michigan teenager was the recipient of what could be the first double lung transplant on a person whose lungs were severely damaged from vaping, health officials said on Tuesday. Physicians at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, described to reporters the procedure that saved the 17-year-old’s life and pleaded for the public to understand the dangers of vaping. He was transferred to Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit and taken on Oct. 3 to Henry Ford Hospital, where the transplant was performed on Oct. 15. The double lung transplant is believed to be the first performed on a patient due to vaping. An “enormous amount of inflammation and scarring” was found on the teenager’s lungs, said Hassan Nemeh, surgical director of thoracic organ transplant at the hospital.

Source: Taipei Times November 13, 2019 15:59 UTC