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About LinkBacksI'd definitely see a dentist asap. No one knows that much about the effects of e-cigs but your gums are important. Make sure it's not a gum disease.
I'd definitely see a dentist asap. No one knows that much about the effects of e-cigs but your gums are important. Make sure it's not a gum disease.
Yes, I know about gums being important. They are the things that keep teeth in the mouth. I did say I probably needed to go to a dentist. It probably is some kind of gum disease, which has perhaps been masked by smoking.
I would like to know if anyone else has had this problem.
It seems no one really knows about a lot of the side effects is what I was trying to get at. I know my mouth has gotten tender. No one has answered my cough problem. I wish you luck. I wasn't clear in my answer.
SuziQ have you read this thread?
These damn cuts in my mouth..
ladybug51, I hope we have some members that can help you out on your question. I don't recall off hand if we have any members with COPD.
I know people have posted that their asthma has gotten better but not sure if COPD has been discussed in detail.
Yes on bleeding gums, which I've noted in posts before. Not sure if it's e-smoking connected, since I also use snus and dissolvable tobacco. But the combination is making a mess of my mouth! I've got to make some changes.
My major concern is pain in right shoulder/arm area. Again, I don't think e-smoking did it, but it did begin after I began e-smoking. I started e-smoking in January and the pain began about four months later. Getting progressively worse. No, I don't want to spend money insurance won't cover to go see a specialist, which is what my GP said to do.
P.S. I lost the cigarette cough -- but not all coughs. Still cough after lying down in bed each night. Still sometimes cough on inhalation of high-nic stuff. I've been e-smoking 11 months. Cough is worsening, not getting better, every month.
Last edited by TropicalBob; 12-14-2008 at 04:00 AM. Reason: add ps
yes Suzi...everytime i brush my teeth now im spitting blood...Originally Posted by SuziQ
it never happened before i started esmoking...i dont believe that its a coincidence...
i wonder if this is a common occurrence amongst esmokers...or if the amount we vape has some bearing on its appearance...or on its severity if it does appear...or is it just coincidental-which personally i doubt...
in fact i wonder whats causing it,and how...
a poll on this phenomenon might be interesting...
dnakr: yes, I did read that thread, but I think that is talking about mouth ulcers.
TB: I did do a search on bleeding gums before writing, but there wasn't a great deal on it.
Thankfully, I seem to have lost the 'smoker's cough' that I had after being a fairly dedicated smoker for 30 solid years. I am sorry it isn't the same for you and you still cough. Don't know how you are going to fix that. I hope you aren't in the same boat as ladybugs51. I am sure I have read somewhere on here about someone else having shoulder pain (unless you have said this before, but I don't think it was you).
Mr Darcy: hoorah! I knew there would be someone else. In fact, there might be a lot of others. I wouldn't know how to go about starting a poll on it.
I seem to remember my dentist saying once, that smoking reduces the circulation in the gums and that is why smokers have rubbish teeth (obviously, not a quote). I think it probably does mask gingivitis if that is the case. Perhaps our circulation is improving and now the gum problems are showing. I hate the dentist and I will try to fix it with eludril or cordysol mouthwash for a week or so and see what happens then.
Last edited by SuziQ; 12-14-2008 at 08:12 AM.
TB: I found the post about shoulder/back aching
I was going to ask this same question. I try to take good care of my teeth but right after I started vaping, one day a tooth on my upper right back area started to bleed when I was flossing. I was a bit shocked because I can't even recall the last time my teeth bled. I waited to see if it was going to be an ongoing problem.
The next morning when I flossed, that tooth did not bleed but the same tooth on the opposite side did! Again I was surprised. Again I waited to see if it was going to continue but the next morning, no bleeding...and no bleeding since.
I should mention that the day I started esmoking, I was having a problem with my sinuses and the beginning of a cold...but I vaped anyway. I ended up getting sicker with that cold than I have ever been in my life....terrible sinus headaches, sweats and muscle aches. I lived on 3 advil and 2 sudafed throughout the day. I even missed 2 days of work (plus sick over the weekend) which hasn't happened to me since sometime in the '80s! I swear that intensity was due to the vaping.
But everything went away and I feel better now than I ever have....haven't had even the slightest cold, sinus or tooth problem since. I still smoke analogs some and have still been spitting some stuff up but my "smoking cough" is gone.
I do sometimes wonder what long term effects we might see but I'm not really worried about it....it beats smoking. But that's why I am hesitant to add anything else to "the mix"....additional flavorings, oils, etc. I just spent 36 years filling my lungs with a lot of junk. I know I have to use the PG to do this but I'm not adding anything else til I have a better idea of the safety of its inhalation.
I think a poll would be a good idea, along with an idea of how long the person has been vaping. Maybe we can all expect to see more problems down the road. Who knows?
Lu
Maybe an additional poll as well to attempt to consolidate a list of all the reported side effects, and gauge their prevalence. It would have to be pretty clever to include things like esmoking history, etc so maybe just a list of symptoms people can confirm or deny...
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