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An Arkansas teenager was left critically ill after his vaping addiction caused such severe dehydration his urine turned black.
Jake Melton, 15, was rushed to the ER earlier this month after developing extreme dizziness, nausea and bloodshot eyes that made him look like he was 'high on drugs'.
He arrived at school earlier in the day feeling 'like everything in my body was hurting', and visited the school nurse who suggested his mother, Melony Sample, take him straight to the ER.
At the hospital, he fell unconscious, triggering alarm among doctors who carried out a barrage of urgent tests.
Results showed Jake was suffering extreme dehydration and at risk of kidney damage — which doctors said was a direct result of the vape he was using constantly throughout the day.
Despite remaining unconscious for more than 30 hours and his mother pleading with the teen to quit, Jake said he is 'addicted' and has no plans to stop his deadly habit.
Jake passed out at the hospital and remained unconscious for more than 30 hours due to his excessive vaping
The teen's mother is warning parents to watch out for their children wearing hoodies as she believes it's a sign 'they're most likely vaping,' using the garment to hide the e-cig
Nicotine, present in some vapes, has long been known to dehydrate the body, mostly due to its impact on your body's intricate balance of fluid and salt.
E-cigarettes also contain liquid with propylene glycol, a substance that attracts and retains water molecules in the body, meaning when you vape, the substance consumes the water from the body and prevents it from being absorbed, leading to dehydration.
Melony believes her son's dehydration was exacerbated by his job.
The teen works part-time laying rocks and Melony said he overexerted himself while excessively smoking while he was working because he was 'hitting the vape' instead of eating and drinking.
The mom-of-three was unaware her son was smoking the equivalent of five cigarettes a day and had also started using menthol nicotine pods, which have been linked to higher numbers of toxic microparticles.
Melony said: '[The vaping] literally dehydrated him so bad that he ended up in the hospital. His urine was blackened.
'I think he was vaping a lot but he wasn't supposed to be doing it like that. I found that out because he pulled out the vape while we were out. I now know he was vaping at school and wasn't supposed to be. I thought it was under control.
'Especially if you're working, vaping will amp you up and make you feel like you can do more than you can and you'll over push yourself and dehydrate quicker.
'Then instead of taking a drink, they'll hit their nicotine. Instead of eating, they'll hit their vape. Then they lose control. They don't know what they're doing.'
Jake arrived at school earlier in the day feeling 'like everything in my body was hurting', and visited the school nurse who suggested his mother, Melony Sample, take him straight to the ER
Melony Sample feared her son would die and has vowed that 'every vape I've seen or will see in the future will be broke and trashed'
Jake says he
