Beware of Lung Cancer Due to Vape
According to the Ministry of Health, about 80% of lung cancer cases are caused by smoking. Cigarettes contain 60 toxic substances that can cause cancer or kersinogenic.
Vape is a cigarette with a working system or electric-based combustion in which there is a liquid (liquid). Vape when inhaled will produce water vapor, instead of smoke as in conventional cigarettes.
The content contained in the vape
1.Prophylin Glycol
Components that are usually found in food and soft drinks. Potential dangers arise from inhaled vape vapors.
2. Vegetable Glycol
The component that helps the liquid to become smoke or what is called vaporization
3. Nicotine
Nicotine is generally found in different concentrations between 0-100 mg/ml in e-cigarettes
4. Carbon Compound
Like formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, and glycidol are substances found in aerosols or vape smoke.
The dangers caused by vaping
1. Damage the Lungs
Using vaping can expose the body to toxins and carbon compounds. These toxins can increase the risk of lung cancer
2. Damage the Heart
Liquid components that turn into smoke (vaporation) have the potential to damage the heart
3. Triggers Cancer
Vapor vapor is carcinogenic, which can trigger cancer
Lung cancer is a malignant tumor that is a condition in which cells grow uncontrollably, indefinitely and destroy normal tissue in the lungs originating from the airways or bronchial epithelium.
What are the symptoms of lung cancer?
Most of the symptoms of lung cancer occur in the lungs, but it is also possible to experience other symptoms in the body. Some may even have no symptoms or just feel tired in general. Some of the symptoms to be aware of include:
* Discomfort or pain in the chest
* Cough that doesn't go away or gets worse over time
* Breathing problems
* Wheezing
* Blood in phlegm (mucus coughed up from the lungs)
* Hoarseness
* Problems in swallowing
* Loss of appetite
* Losing weight
Lung cancer is indeed a cancer with a high stage and very dangerous. To prevent lung cancer, you should be aware of the early symptoms of lung cancer by consulting a Pulmonologist and Respiration Specialist at the hospital.
When to go to the doctor....?
If Friends of Hermina have the problems described above, you should consult a Pulmonologist and Respiratory Specialist dr. Kolanda Maria Septauli Sp. P at Hermina Hospital Bekasi