A: Vaping can make a person sick. We're hearing a lot about vaping-related illness right now.
Symptoms of vaping-related illness are very similar to symptoms that we see with illnesses such as pneumonia, cold, and flu.
Symptoms could be a cough, shortness of breath, potentially difficulty breathing as well as nausea and vomiting.
These symptoms can happen over a couple of days or they can appear quickly.
A: The short-term effect of vaping is lung injury that leads to more infections, like what we’re seeing with vaping-related illness.
The long-term effects are a little less known. Doctors are confident that within 10 years or so, they will be able to say that vaping leads to cancer.
A:We don't know what will happen to our lungs when people vape for 20 years because we haven't seen somebody do it for that long yet, but what we know right now is it can make it harder for the lungs to fight off infection.
We also know that it can break down cells and release free radicals which have been known to lead to cancer.
So, we don't know that it causes cancer, but with more and more time, we will probably find that to be the case.
The contents of this website are for information purposes only and not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not rely on the information provided for medical decision making and should direct all questions regarding medical matters to their physician or other health care provider. Use of this information does not create an express or implied physician-patient relationship.