WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least three people have died from a mysterious lung disease that doctors believe may have been caused by blood vaporization, the CDC said on Friday, a growing public health concern that has puzzled US and state officials.
A new patient has died in Indiana, in addition to previously reported deaths in Illinois and Oregon, Eliana Arias, deputy director of the noncommunicable diseases department at the Center for Disease Control, told reporters by telephone. She said officials were investigating Rabaa's death.
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The CDC urges people to avoid using electronic cigarettes amid an outbreak.
"So we have a reason, and while this investigation continues, we recommend that individuals consider not using electronic cigarettes," said Dana Mini-Delman, who oversees the CDC's response. "Since there is more information, and we can narrow down the range of specific e-cigarette products, we intend to review this."
Federal health officials are reviewing 450 possible cases of dissolution across 33 states, including the 215 previously reported, Manny Dalman said. It is unclear what exactly causes the disease, officials said on Friday. Until they have more information, the CDC urges consumers not to buy electronic cigarette products from the street or add any unintended materials from the manufacturer, the agency said.
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Many patients who contracted the disease said they had been exposed to THC, a high-marijuana compound. Some people reported the use of both THC and electronic cigarettes, while a smaller group reported using only nicotine, according to Mini-Delman.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York officials said on Thursday they were narrowing their focus on vitamin E acetate.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) analyzes more than 120 samples for a wide range of substances, including nicotine, THC, other cannabis, cutting agents, opioids, toxins and toxins, Mitch Zeller, director of the Center for Tobacco and Drug Product Management, said on the call. . He said laboratory tests showed a "combination of results", and no single substance or compound, including vitamin E acetate, was shown in all the samples tested.
Doctors published detailed reports of the cases they treated in the New England Journal of Medicine on Friday in the hope of identifying the disease and helping other doctors identify it.
Patients in many cases experienced progressive symptoms, including difficulty breathing, shortness of breath and chest pain before they were hospitalized. Some people report vomiting, diarrhea or other symptoms such as fever or fatigue.
Dr. Dixie Harris, a pneumologist at Intermont Health Care in Salt Lake City, who worked on 24 cases in Utah, said X-ray images of patients typically show shadows similar to those seen in patients with viral pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome. .
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This prompted her to perform bronchoscopy on the first few patients. Doctors found no injuries. Then they considered it might be related to vaping. All Harris patients said they had evaporated. Use some nicotine. Some cannabis are used, including THC or CBD. Others used both, making it more difficult for doctors to identify the culprit.
She said: "My position in general, as a doctor in the lung, I do not want anyone to put anything in their lungs." "But I think there is something going on and there is one thing in common that makes all these lungs react."
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