A 17-year-old traveled 250 miles with a bloody mouth, broken teeth and a hole in his jaw, from a small town in Nevada to a pediatric hospital in Utah. What he told doctors shocked them: He was vaping when his e-cigarette exploded in his face.
The 17-year-old traveled 250 miles with a bloody mouth, broken teeth and a hole in his jaw, trekking from a small town in Nevada to a pediatric hospital in Utah with his mother. There, doctors rushed him into surgery, working to reconstruct and repair shattered bone.
What he told doctors shocked them: The boy was vaping when, without warning, his e-cigarette exploded in his face. The freak accident, described in a case study published Wednesday, is just one of thousands in recent years."People need to know before they buy these devices that there's a possibility they're going to blow up in your pocket, in your face," said Dr. Katie Russell, the trauma medical director at Primary Children's Hospital who first treated the boy.
The FDA also launched a website titled"Tips to Help Avoid 'Vape' Battery Explosions," but Russell, who treated the Nevada teenager, believes many users aren't even aware that e-cigarettes can explode -- meaning they don't seek out resources on battery safety."A pack of cigarettes says this can kill you," Russell said. While e-cigarettes warn that nicotine is addictive, they seem to offer little information on battery risk, she said.
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