“I have seen children as young as seven and eight years old vaping which is just horrendous.”
A North Belfast mum has opened up about how her young daughter was recently admitted to ICU and put in an induced coma after she had been vaping.
“Her cough was no different from any other time and she used her inhaler and nebuliser throughout the Sunday night into Monday morning.” “She was on oxygen and was linked up to all sorts of machines. There were medical staff all around her assessing her and they said she needed to go to ICU as she was deteriorating very quickly.”
“I had to try and keep it together for them, but I was out of my mind with worry. I never thought something like this would happen to us, you never do.” “They then tried to bring Sarah out of the induced coma again the next day and started removing tubes, reducing her sedation, taking her off the ventilator and slowly brought her back round. At that stage I had some hope Sarah would be ok, but I was preparing myself that she might be in hospital for weeks or even months.
Thankfully Sarah is now recovering at home but the effects of what happened to her will unfortunately be long-term. “Sarah has been left very lethargic. She is usually full of energy, constantly talking and on the go but she is still recovering and isn’t back to her usual self yet. “The long-term health implications are unknown - just as they once were with tobacco. We have launched our vaping awareness campaign in response to the misunderstandings around the potential health risks associated with vaping and the huge increase in the number of teenagers using vapes.”
“People could go on to develop serious health conditions as a result of their vaping, which can also exacerbate existing conditions like asthma.
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