'Don't take up vaping - I couldn't breathe and ended up with a severe lung infection'
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A man said he "couldn't breathe at all" when walking up the stairs and developed a severe lung infection after vaping for four years. David Becker started vaping at the age of 22 while trying to kick his smoking habit, as he assumed e-cigarettes were healthier for him. However, not long after he began vaping, the 30-year-old said his illnesses "began mounting up in waves" and he was "coughing constantly".
David, from Leeds, said he thought his cough was caused by a cold or allergy, but it progressively worsened, until he ended up in hospital. He told The Mirror: "My experience with vaping began when I was 22. I'd been trying to kick my smoking habit at the time, and vaping seemed the better option. It was cool, easy, and better than smoking cigarettes. For the next four years I vaped, convinced that I'd made a healthier decision.".
But David, who works as a tutor for UKWritings.com, added: "The ills began mounting up in waves. Initially, I was coughing constantly, thinking it was simply a cold or allergy. Eventually, though, it got worse. Then it got to the point where I couldn't breathe at all when walking up a flight of stairs.".
He revealed that one day, the difficulty breathing became "so severe" that he ended up in hospital. He was diagnosed with a severe lung infection and doctors suggested that vaping was the likely cause, David said. The tutor explained that recovering from the infection was "difficult" as he had to take medication, avoid vaping completely, and rebuild his lung health through breathing and moderate exercise. David said the acute symptoms have now passed, however he still feels that his lung capacity is lower than it used to be before he took up vaping.
