Girl Gets Chlamydia in her Lungs from Vaping
TikTok user @germanshepardfanaccount went viral on the platform after telling people she contracted Chlamydia in her lungs after smoking a contaminated vape cartridge.
The video has almost 2 million views. In it, the girl plays the popular “put a finger down” game. She says, “So, put a finger down if, um, in October you got super, super sick with pneumonia and you tried to tell everybody in your family that you felt like it was something more than that…Um, you tried to tell the doctors and the hospitals that it was something more than that — you suffered with a fever for almost 13 days. Nobody believed you, they just kept testing you for COVID, testing you for antibodies, testing you for hepatitis, literally anything — everything was negative. Finally, it comes back that you have chlamydia in your lungs from vaping and smoking a bad cart.”
She offered more information in the comments of the video, saying that her condition got worse because she was smoking nicotine and her recovery took longer because her lungs were compromised from vaping.
She revealed that the bacteria in her lungs came directly from the cartridge, which was a Salt Nicotine vape.
The girl is not the only one who has suffered negative consequences from vaping. Many TikTok users shared similar stories in the comments.
One user said, “This happened to my brother !! He was in the icu for 3 weeks!! His lungs almost collapsed!! That’s why they need to legalize it everywhere !”
Dr. Luis Chug is board certified for Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.
According to Dr. Chug, “the Chlamydia family contains a total of 11 species, 3 of which can infect humans: C. Pneumoniae, C. Trachomatis and C. Psittaci. The only ones that can cause infection in the lungs in adults are C. Pneumoniae and C. Psittaci — the latter is less common and from birds.”
Chlamydia Pneumoniae, or C. Pneumoniae, is chlamydia in the lungs.
“The C. Trachomatis is the most common bacterial cause of sexually transmitted genital infections, or STDs. It does not cause lung infection, but it has been detected in the throat using special tests,” Dr. Chug said.
There is not sufficient evidence on how common contracting this type of chlamydia from a vape cartridge is.
“I would say if you’re going to vape, only purchase your pens and cartridges from a reputable source — and don’t share your pen with anyone else, especially now during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Dr. Chud advises.
Dr. Chug also said that people who have respiratory complications from vaping will likely suffer from asthma exacerbation, bacterial pneumonia, or EVALI, a new lung disease caused by vaping.
“EVALI is thought to be caused by the additives used in vape cartridges — THC, vitamin E acetate, etc. The symptoms include shortness of breath, cough, chest pain, fever, and gastrointestinal symptoms. It shares a similar presentation to bacterial pneumonias and is sometimes difficult to differentiate, so antibiotics are initiated promptly until a bacterial pneumonia has been excluded,” Dr. Chug explained.
Dr. Chug also explained that vaping is not necessarily a healthier option if you’re trying to quit tobacco. “The limited available clinical trials suggest that e-cigarrettes may be effective as smoking cessation aids, but more trials are needed to evaluate the safety and efficacy. It is advised that you discontinue both conventional cigarettes and e-cigarettes in order to avoid whatever longer-term risk may be associated with e-cigarettes compared to available pharmacotherapies — therapy using pharmaceutical drugs — to quit smoking. No e-cigarette has been approved by the FDA, so smokers who are willing to quit smoking should be encouraged to use FDA-approved medications for smoking cessation,” he said.
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