The US resident Maddie Nelson, 18, almost died after vaping for three years. To save the girl’s life, doctors had to inject her into a medical coma, Mirror reported. 

Maddie’s health gradually got worse and worse, but the American did not connect this with the vape. It all started with constant nausea, and then she had severe pain in the back, kidneys, and the temperature rose sharply.

When the girl could no longer breathe on her own, she was sent to intensive care. Later, Maddie's condition changed from severe to potentially fatal, and the doctors decided to introduce her into an artificial coma in order to gain time for treatment.

X-rays showed that her lungs were seriously damaged, and she was diagnosed with acute eosinophilic pneumonia: the fluid accumulated in her lungs became an ideal medium for bacterial growth and the onset of infection. According to doctors, the moisture level in the girl’s lungs increased precisely because of the vape.

Currently, Maddie has already been taken out of a coma: she breathes and eats on her own, and feels normal, but doctors cannot say for sure whether she can fully recover from the disease.