respiratory symptoms. gi symptoms, fever, weight loss and so many people getting sick and hospitalized as a result of this. it s an ongoing medical investigation. at first, you had all these people getting ill. what do they have in common? they seemed to have vaped. now within the vape, what is it about the vaping? something in particular that could be causing a problem? well in the state of new york, they ve been zeroing in on the substance known as vitamin e acetate. something you can take by mouth as a supplement. usually fine. people rub it on their skin. usually fine. but if you vaporize it, turn it into all these other compounds, absorb it into your lungs then the compounds congeal programs back into an oil, could that be cause iing the problem? they don t know for sure, but what the investigators are focusing on. so far, the vitamin e substance has only been found in thc or
in the state of new york they ve been zeroing in on vitamin e acetate. vitamin e. something taken by the mouth as a supplement. usually fine. people rub it on their skin, usually fine. but if you vaporize it, turn it into these other compounds, absorb it into your lungs and then the compounds recongeal back into oil, could that be causing a problem? they don t know for sure but that s what investigators are starting to focus on. so far, the substance, vitamin e substance is only found in thc, and not the plume. cdc had this to say as well, until a definitive cause is known, people should consider not using e-cigarettes. it s a pretty extraordinary statement to just say, hey, look, we don t know for sure what s going on. people are getting sick. it s likely associated with the vaping. for the time being, maybe it s
they tested those samples, they found something known as vitamin e acetate. right? that s a supplement people are familiar with. you can ingest it, take it as a pill. you can put it on your skin. the concern seems to be when you heat this you vaporize it. it decomposes into maybe other chemicals. gets into your lungs. then because it s a grease oily-like substance, it may start to recongeal in the lungs. it s a tough image to consider, but that s where the investigation is sort of headed. these are the symptoms. you see them on the screen. most people are not getting sick and ending up in the icu but they do develop sometimes significant symptoms. they re often young, healthy people. when they get persistent symptoms like that, it is unusual. the fed is involved now. they ve got to figure out what to do about this. this is a very unregulated area. and it s not the first issue we ve seen with vaping. thanks very much. thank you.
fever, sick enough to actually be hospitalized, as you mentioned. at least three associated deaths. they when they go back and look at these folks and say what are they all share in common, that s when they found the association with vaping and that s when they start to zero in on the substances that people are actually vaping. ha is it within the vape that s causing this? but keep in mind it s pretty frightening, right? so you ve not had a medical problem or any kind of medical illness up to this point. you vape and you develop these severe symptoms that s leading to what your seeing there. ha is this chemical? it s called vitamin e acetate. it s vitamin e. it s something that people can take as a supplement and rub on their skin and in those ways it s completely safe. the concern here, brooke, it s kind of an oily, greasy substance. if you vaporize vitamin e and it vap pore raised all of these compounds, you get it into your
called vitamin e acetate. you don t need to remember the name as much this is nutritional supplement vitamin e, something people take by mouth, can even rub on their skin. what investigators are concerned about is this appears to have shown up in many of the products tested so far. and when you vape it, vaporize it, inhale it into the lungs the concern is it s almost like a grease-like substance, it sort of liquefies and maybe solidifies once again in the lungs. it s quite an image to sort of think about, but that s what they think could be causing this. this is an ongoing investigation, and it s complicated. many states, many patients can t figure out kplaekt what they were vaping and all these different substances which is the one that s common here between all these patients that got sick. they found this in newark state in several of the samples and now the feds are starting to get