Fitness fanatic, 20, who vapes ‘constantly from morning to night’ has had a part of his beforehand ‘healthy’ lung chopped off after it collapsed and disturbing footage revealed it was stuffed with black spots

A health fanatic needed to minimize off a part of his beforehand “healthy” lung at simply 20 years outdated after horrifying images revealed it was stuffed with black spots – which he blames on his behavior of vaping from morning to nighttime.

Sean Tobin first began vaping in 2018 and claimed to get by means of one 5,000 puffs per week disposable vape on the top of his behavior.

The 20-year-old claims the vape “never left his hand” for 5 years and that he would use it continuously from morning to nighttime, along with sometimes smoking marijuana and THC oil.

However, issues took a flip for the more severe when Sean felt a stabbing ache in his again on July 20 whereas working in Tilton, New Hampshire.

The apprentice electrician initially puzzled if he had pneumonia, however quickly rushed to a close-by emergency room to have his vitals checked, because the ache worsened over the course of the day.

The vaper claims he was terrified when docs confirmed that the X-ray confirmed his proper lung had collapsed.

Sean was transported to Concord Hospital, Concord, New Hampshire, the place docs made an incision between his ribs and inserted a chest tube in an try to power out the trapped air that was crushing his lungs and chest.

After the lung did not heal naturally after two days, Sean underwent a grueling surgical procedure by which surgeons minimize off a small portion of the highest of his lung and stitched it again collectively.

The affected organ was then glued to his chest wall to forestall it from collapsing once more.

Disturbing images taken with an endoscope previous to surgical procedure present the floor of Sean’s lung lined in black spots, which he claims are carbon deposits brought on by heavy vaping over the previous 5 years.

The traumatized affected person claims docs had been capable of affirm that vaping was possible the reason for the collapsed lung, saying seeing footage of the affected organ was extraordinarily “scary.”

Sean claims the situation got here as a shock as he has all the time been wholesome – he visits the fitness center as much as seven occasions per week and even trains in combined martial arts.

The health fanatic believes he “shouldn’t have started vaping” as a result of he was “so healthy” earlier than – and is now indignant with himself for damaging his personal lungs.

Sean, from Manchester, New Hampshire, mentioned, “I started vaping when I was 15 and the vape never let go of my hand. It was very, very common.

“When I got into the van (for work on July 20), I felt like I pulled a muscle in my back. The tension there was pretty bad.

“I went to the hospital and they X-rayed my lungs. The radiologist read my report and they told me I had a collapsed lung.

“It was really scary because I felt like I had done it to myself. It was years where I just didn’t treat my lungs the way they should be treated.

“After they put the chest tube in my chest, it was two days later and the hole in my lung wasn’t closing, so they decided to do surgery.

“They sanded my chest wall with medical grade sandpaper. They had to make it gooey and tacky so it would stick together.

“Now my lung is glued to my chest wall so it can’t collapse again.

“They put a camera in my chest cavity before surgery and I saw what they said were carbon deposits in the lungs.

“It was scary to watch. As soon as I saw it, I got very angry with myself. I was very sad and thought ‘f*ck I did this to my own lung’.

“My cardio was so good. I was so healthy and I shouldn’t have started vaping.

“I was just very angry with myself and struggling. I had permanently damaged my lungs and I was here because I had done this to my lungs.”

Sean was launched from hospital on July 27 and is now awaiting a month-long restoration interval earlier than he can take pleasure in a standard life once more.

Although Sean claims docs mentioned he’ll possible make a full restoration, the affected person admits he’s not sure of the long-term results.

The 20-year-old claims he watched movies of fellow vapers whose lungs had collapsed and thought it could by no means occur to him as he was in ‘really good shape’.

Sean mentioned, “Now I have to take it really easy for a month and I can’t lift anything that weighs more than 20 pounds.

“I train very consistently for MMA, and that’s my whole life. My job is also physically demanding, so I can’t work either. I just have to sit still, and that sucks.

“I don’t know what long-term effects I’ll have from this, or if my other lung will be okay.

“They told me to make a full recovery, and although I lost part of my lung, it wasn’t much.

“I can never smoke or vape again. It’s a big risk if I do that.

“I am an MMA fighter and was very afraid that I wouldn’t be able to train for that anymore. I am very passionate about it and want to make a living from it one day.

“I was working out and running and had better cardio than anyone else in my gym. I’m in really good shape, and it still happened to me.

“I remember seeing TikTok videos of a guy with a collapsed lung from vaping, and I was like, ‘That’s not going to happen to me. This guy’s a bum, and I’m not’. And then it happened to me.

“You never think anything is going to happen to you until it happens to you.”

Millions of individuals at the moment are vaping worldwide, and prior to now yr quite a lot of instances of lung collapse in younger folks have been reported that sufferers say are associated to vaping.