SPOTLIGHT
WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
STORIES ABOUT VAPING
LUNG INJURIES HAVE
THE DAMAGES OF
E-CIGARETTE USE.
I'M HERE WITH DR. LO
TO GET THE LATEST ON
VAPING.
THIS IS A MORE RECENT
OCCURRENCE.
WHAT DO WE KNOW RIGHT
NOW ABOUT THE HEALTH
PROBLEMS?
IS THIS VAPING IS JUST
NOW FROM AN OUTBREAK,
NOW BECOMING AN EPIDEMIC
NATIONWIDE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S
PREVENTIBLE, SOMETHING
THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY
DOING TO OURSELF.
MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT
VAPING IS ACTUALLY A WAY
TO TRANSITION FROM BEING
A NICOTINE ADDICTION
SMOKING CIGARETTE NOW TO
VAPING, TRANSITION TO
YOU NOT HAVING TO BE A
SMOKER ANYMORE.
ON THE OTHER HAND,
YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE
ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN
DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY
SAY THIS IS REALLY AN
EXCITING WAY TO BE ABLE
TO GET INTO THE PEER AND
BE ABLE TO SMOKE.
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS
THESE ARE ACTUALLY
INJURY THAT CAN BE
PREVENTIBLE.
VAPING IS A CREATION OF
A VERY HOT MATERIAL THAT
YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING
INSIDE THE LUNG AND YOU
DO THIS ALL DAY LONG.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT
I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF ARE
DOING 300 TO 600 PULLS
OF THESE A DAY.
DR. LO, CAN YOU
ACTUALLY SHOW US SOME
IMAGES THAT ILLUSTRATE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
SOMEONE VAPES?
SURE.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT WE
HAVE.
WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE
OF A PATIENT THAT WOULD
HAVE THIS VAPING INJURY.
THIS PART RIGHT HERE IS
THE RIGHT LUNG.
THIS IS THE LEFT LUNG.
THIS IS THE HEART.
WHAT YOU NORMALLY WOULD
SEE IN A LUNG IS ALL OF
THE AIR THAT IS BLACK IN
COLOR.
YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS
PARTICULAR CHEST X-RAY
IN THIS PATIENT WITH A
VAPING INJURY.
THEY HAD A LOT OF WHITE
PART THAT IS
INFILTRATION OF SOME
KIND OF INFLAMMATORY
PROCESS.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON BOTH
SIDES HERE, VERY
DIFFERENT WHAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT NORMALLY SEEN IN
A NORMAL CHEST X-RAY.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE NOW IS
A CAT SCAN.
THIS IS COMPUTERIZED CAT
SCAN.
THIS IS THE FRONT PART
OF THE CHEST.
THE RIGHT LUNG, THE LEFT
LUNG.
YOU CAN SEE THE AIR IS
BLACK WHEN YOU DO THE
CAT SCAN, SO THIS IS A
PRETTY NORMAL LOOKING
PART OF THE CAT SCAN OF
THE CHEST BUT AS YOU CAN
SEE THAT AS WE GO
FURTHER DOWN ON THE
MORE WHITE PART HERE
REPRESENTING THE DAMAGE
FROM THE VAPING INJURY.
IT CAN FOOL YOU TO LOOK
CAN SEE MOST OF THE TIME
PNEUMONIA DOESN'T GO ALL
OVER THE PLACE.
HOW ABOUT THE
PATIENCE YOU'RE SEEING
IS?
WHAT IS THE PROGNOSIS.
THEY ARE REALLY
RESPONDED VERY WELL BUT
THERE ARE REPORTED CASES
OF PEOPLE BEING ON
MECHANICAL VENTILATION
WHERE THEY ARE FULLY
SUPPORTED BY HELPING
THEM BREATHE WITH A
MACHINE.
ALL MY PATIENT ACTUALLY
LEFT THE HOSPITAL VERY
WELL.
WE CRAVE THEM BRONX L
DIE ATER.
WE DO GIVE THEM
ANTIBIOTIC ACCORDING TO
THE WHAT THE CDC
GUIDELINE
RECOMMENDATION.
WE GIVE THEM BRONCO
DILATOR, ANTI-BIOTIC
OXYGEN, BREATHING
EXERCISE AND THEN SOME
OF THE CASES I ACTUALLY
HAD TO GIVE THEM SOME
STEROID.
BUT ALL THESE RIGHT NOW
ARE STILL OUT THERE.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT THE PARAMETERS.
THE CDC HAS ACTUALLY PUT
OUT THE GUIDELINE
EXACTLY WHAT ALL OF US
AS LUNG SPECIALISTS AND
ALL DOCTORS SHOULD BE
FOLLOWING.
AND YOU CAN LOOK THAT
UP.
DR. LO, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
HERE AT ADVENTIST HEALTH
BUSINESS OF GETTING
PEOPLE OFF SMOKING AND
E-CIGARETTES AND WE
TALKED TO AN EXPERT
ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO.
MANY PEOPLE DECIDE
THEY WANT TO QUIT VAPING
IT'S REALLY EFFECTING
THEIR LIFE, WHETHER IT'S
THEIR RELATIONSHIPS OR
THEIR FINANCES AND MANY
PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY
ARE JUST BEING A SLAVE
TO VAPING.
THEY ARE CONSTANTLY
VAPING.
THEN THEY DECIDE THIS
HAS TO BE A CHANGE FOR
THEM BECAUSE IT'S GOING
TO AFFECT THEIR FAMILY.
THEY WANT TO BE THERE
FOR THEIR FAMILY.
I HAVE THE STORY OF A
MOM WHO SHE QUIT VAPING.
SHE WAS SO HAPPY BECAUSE
SHE WAS ABLE TO SAVE,
SHE WAS ABLE TO TAKE HER
KIDS TO DISNEY LAND.
DIDN'T REALIZE VAPING
WAS SO DANGEROUS SO THEY
FELT THE CONSEQUENCES OF
THAT, WHETHER IT'S A
COLLAPSED LUNG OR SOME
OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESS
THAT THEY HAD AND THEY
WANT TO LIVE A BETTER
LIFE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DR. LO.
OF COURSE WE'LL POST
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO
KNOW ABOUT THIS AND KEEP
FOLLOWING UPDATES ON
THIS AND POST EVERYTHING
ON KHON2.COM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY
ALARMING TO SEE THE
ACTUAL IMAGES THERE,
WHAT THIS DOES TO THE
LUNG AND THE FACT THAT
IT'S BECOME A THING FOR
KIDS IN SCHOOL.
THEY POST THEMSELVES
VAPING AND SHARE IT WITH
THEIR FRIENDS AND
EVERYTHING.
SO REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY
ARE DOING HERE IN FRONT
OF THE MEDICAL EXPERTS
AT CASTLE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
THERE'S DIFFERENT
FLAVORS THAT YOU CAN
GET.
JUST BE AWARE OF WHAT