SGH is the only hospital in Singapore that performs the whole lung lavage treatment to treat pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE – A medical procedure performed only three times in the last eight years in Singapore was used on the same patient twice after he developed a rare condition, which doctors suspect may be linked to his use of electronic cigarettes or vaporisers.
“It felt like I was hit by a bus . My whole body was aching for four or five days after the procedure,” said Daniel, 36.Dr Melvin Tay, a senior consultant at the department of respiratory and critical care medicine at SGH, said that during the recovery period, a patient may experience chronic fatigue.
Instead of reducing his nicotine cravings, he ended up smoking and vaping simultaneously. Before long, he was experiencing spells of dry coughs and body aches. He was intubated in Changi General Hospital for two weeks, before being transferred to an intensive care unit at SGH. “When Daniel presented, we thought it was a form of Evali, but it has never been really reported in the literature because pulmonary alveolar proteinosis is a very rare condition,” he added.
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