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Podcast: The Straits Times Podcasts
Episode: The ex-vaper who had to ‘wash’ his lungs multiple times: Here's his story
Description: Many people switch from smoking to vaping for different reasons. For Mr Muhammad Dandiar Rosli, he saw vaping as a cheaper alternative to smoking, so he decided to give it a try. But it nearly cost him his life. Just a month after he started vaping in 2020, he ended up in hospital after feeling breathless and coughing up thick, yellow phlegm. He thought he had contracted Covid-19, but a bronchoscopy revealed that he had pulmonary alveolar proteinosis – a rare lung disease where the air sacs are clogged with protein and fatty material, making br...