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A woman who vaped for less than a year is now battling a deadly lung disease at just 35 years old.
Lucy Turchin, 35, from , has dropped out of her masters degree and cancelled her wedding because her illness has become so severe she requires hospital treatment every week.
She now rarely goes outside due to the debilitating pain from hypersensitivity pneumonitis, which causes severe inflammation in the lung tissue.
The former student has spent $30,000US ($45,000AUD) on treatments to get better and fears for the worst.
‘I hardly ever leave my house because of the risks of exposure to smoke and vape fumes while out in public,’ she told Daily Mail Australia.
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Lucy Turchin, 35, from Washington State, vaped for five months before she noticed an effect on her lungs.She’s now been forced to drop out of her master degree and cancel her wedding after being diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis causes severe inflammation in the lung tissue.’I would do anything to go back in time and have made a different choice. I cry a lot and wonder why this happened to me,’ Lucy says
‘This is all terrifying to me. I am traumatised and have a lot of fear.
‘I would do anything to go back in time and click here have made a different choice.I cry a lot and wonder why this happened to me.
‘The world seemed to be at my fingertips before this.’
To help her give up cigarettes, Lucy started vaping aged 31, but after just five months of tobacco and cannabis e-cigarettes she noticed an effect on her lungs.
She now struggles to catch her breath has a ‘chemical burn feeling’ in her lungs and constantly feels like her lungs are swollen.
‘It’s feels like there is a cloud inside them.’
Doctors have ruled out cigarettes as a cause of her hypersensitivity as the problems with her lungs started soon after she started vaping.
She saw a slight improvement when she stopped vaping, but her pain flared up again when she took up the habit seven months later.
At first, she was misdiagnosed with asthma and anxiety as her X-rays were clear and her oxygen levels were normal.
Doctors have ruled out cigarettes as a cause of her hypersensitivity as the problems with her lungs started soon after she started vaping
Lucy does ice baths every day to help with her pain and sensitivity
But after three years of pain being dismissed by doctors she was hospitalised and given a high resolution CT scan.
The scan showed bronchial thickening, which means the passages to her lungs were getting smaller as well as white spots on her lungs and scar tissue.
Things quickly became worse and Lucy had to cancel her wedding and drop out of university.
‘My life is dedicated to healing.Nothing else matters. I live in constant pain and depression,’ she said.