She started vaping as a teenager, five years later a woman sees her lungs punctured and fears for her life

Une jeune femme de 20 ans craint pour sa vie après avoir vapoter pendant 5 ans. (illustration) MAXPPP – Nicolas Kovarik

A young American woman aged just 20 experienced serious health problems with her lungs after vaping for several years. Its future is now threatened.

A consumption which will perhaps be fatal to him. Her name is Karlee Ozkurt, she is American and is only 20 years old. This young woman from the state of Wisconsin told Sun that she started vaping at the age of 15 years with his friends. But a few years later, this electronic cigarette addict encountered enormous health problems.

"I may never live to be 40 or 50"

Due to her addiction and high nicotine consumption, namely one carton per day (which is equivalent to almost a pack of cigarettes per day), Karlee explains that her right lung is failing. is deteriorated. "Suddenly, I felt like I had stretched a muscle in my back. About an hour later, I started panting", she said.

After going to the hospital, her organ sank by 50%. This usually happens when the lung is punctured and can no longer inflate properly. If stopping vaping then becomes essential, the young woman did not succeed and started again several times.

Nearly 12 months later, due to a simple cold, his lungs collapsed again, reports the media Blick. "They said my lung collapse was spontaneous, but vaping definitely didn't help", she testifies. Karlee had to have surgery. One of the scans shows that his lungs are full of scars, believed to have been caused by e-cigarette use.

If she has now completely stopped vaping, her future seems compromised. "I may never live to be 40 or 50, and all because of a habit I picked up for five years under pressure from my friends. I have friends who are a year or two younger than me. I would like to tell them: never start. It’s not cool, it’s just stupid", she whispers.