Government agencies announce the latest report on electronic tobacco-related lung disease with more than 50 dead, it is pointed out what is the cause
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In August 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 'Severe lung disease associated with e-cigarettes (EVALI) is increasing in the United States.' Following this, the CDC released a new report on EVALI on December 20, 2019, indicating that the number of EVALI patients has peaked and that the cause of EVALI is likely to be `` vitamin E acetate '' Has been officially announced.
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According to the CDC, the number of EVALI patients transported to the critical care unit has increased sharply since June 2019, and peaked in September 2019. Since then, the number of patients transported to the emergency room at EVALI has been declining, but more patients have been reported than in June 2019. As of December 17, 2019,
Looking at the map below, you can see that the number of patients is particularly high in Illinois, Texas, California, etc.
CDC also analyzed cases where patients admitted to EVALI were re-hospitalized after discharge or died after discharge. The study found that patients requiring readmission were more likely to have a history of chronic illness such as heart disease, respiratory disease, or diabetes than others. In addition, patients who died after discharge were more likely to be over 50 years old.
'It is important that physicians and healthcare professionals work with EVALI patients and provide follow-up care within 48 hours of discharge,' said
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In addition, the CDC mentions substances that cause EVALI. The CDC conducted a bronchoalveolar lavage test from 51 patients with EVALI that occurred in 16 states in the United States, in which saline was placed in part of the lungs and collected and analyzed. As a result, out of 51 EVALI patients, a substance called vitamin E acetate was confirmed in 48 of them. Vitamin E acetate was not detected in samples taken from healthy people.
Normally, vitamin E acetate is contained in ointments and medicines applied to the skin, but vitamin E acetate is used as an additive in liquids containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) , the active ingredient of marijuana (marijuana). It is said that there are many things. Because pure THC oil is expensive, vendors selling low-quality products are diluting THC oil with vitamin E acetate, whose safety has not been confirmed, to reduce product costs. Many of the patients who found vitamin E acetate in this study also found that they used THC-containing liquids.
Anne Schuchat, deputy director of the CDC, said that although not only vitamin E acetate could be identified as the cause of EVALI, the CDC is almost convinced that vitamin E acetate is the central substance causing EVALI. Is. 'From all the findings, including our research, we can conclude that the explosion of EVALI is due to the use of THC liquid products containing vitamin E acetate,' Schuchat asserted.
It is still unclear what systems vitamin E acetate causes EVALI, but this is not the first time that it has been pointed out that vitamin E acetate may be the cause of lung disease associated with e-cigarettes. As of September 2019, the harmfulness of liquids containing vitamin E acetate has been pointed out.
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