A teenager was nearly killed by a new kind of vaping-related injury dubbed `popcorn lung` just months after taking up e-cigarettes. The 17-year-old, from Ontario, Canada, was taken to hospital last year with a severe cough, fever and shortness of breath. He was misdiagnosed with pneumonia, a lung infection, and sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. But the unidentified teenager returned five days later, still gasping for breath, with fatigue and nausea. Doctors learned that in the five months prior, he had started vaping heavily every day using a mix of flavoured e-cigarette oils bought online. A 17-year-old from Ontario, Canada, was nearly killed by a...
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