{"id":21273,"date":"2019-09-11T14:09:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=21273"},"modified":"2019-09-11T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T14:09:56","slug":"puzzling-lung-illness-causes-6th-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/puzzling-lung-illness-causes-6th-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Puzzling lung illness causes 6th death"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 10, Kansas health officials revealed the emergence of a death related to an outbreak of a <\/b>severe lung illness<\/b><\/a> in the state.\u00a0<\/b>
\nExpressly, it may be linked to e-cigarettes usage or vaping.This revelation can be classified as the sixth one to have emerged in the United States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kansas resident succumbs to lung illness<\/b><\/h2>\n

Notably, the Kansas resident who died was at least fifty (50) years and had previously witnessed various health issues. This information was revealed in a news release by health officials as they were puzzled by the lung illness.\u00a0<\/b>
\nExplicitly, it was asserted that the victim depicted symptoms that deteriorated fast. Nevertheless, the Kansas health officials stated that they were not sure of what the patient had used.\u00a0<\/span>
\nInvestigations carried out have not linked any particular e-cigarette product or vaping to the <\/b>cases instigating the deaths<\/b><\/a>.\u00a0<\/b>
\nIt has, however, been stipulated that many patients have reported to utilizing e-cigarettes or vaping comprising of liquids with cannabinoid products. They include THC, an active marijuana ingredient that makes someone high.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lung illness death worrying<\/b><\/h2>\n

The incident in Kansas becomes the fourth (4th) one to occur in an older or middle-aged person. Conversely, county officials in Los Angeles and Minnesota recently reported similar deaths of older individuals.\u00a0<\/b>
\nExpressly, the case in Minnesota involved a patient aged more than sixty-five (65) years who had been admitted with a serious lung injury.\u00a0<\/span>
\nIn Oregon, health officials stipulated that the death of a middle-aged person was caused by a similar lung illness, whereby respiratory difficulties were witnessed. It was asserted that the victim had utilized an e-cigarette comprising of marijuana oil from a certain legal dispensary in late July.\u00a0<\/span>
\nThe puzzling lung illness had made health practitioners worried. As a result, they have decided to carry out thorough scrutiny of e-cigarette contaminants.\u00a0<\/b>
\nReports show that <\/span>Vaping deaths, which was caused by a healthier alternative to smoking, are now a cause of concern<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>
\nSince 2018, parents and school health department heads across the country have been worrying for their kids and students for their newfound love for vaping.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On September 10, Kansas health officials revealed the emergence of a death related to an outbreak of a severe lung illness in the state.\u00a0 Expressly, it may be linked to e-cigarettes usage or vaping.This revelation can be classified as the sixth one to have emerged in the United States.\u00a0 Kansas resident succumbs to lung illness […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":21274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}