Applying Critical Thinking & Common Sense in Identifying Health Issues & Vaping

[WinNuke95]

Something that really infuriates me is how people are so quick to diagnose their health ailment as some sort of complication related to vaping. While this might not be a guilt-free habit, lets do some critical thinking:

There are innumerable differences and variables from person to person that figuring out someone's symptom (on a FORUM by people unqualified to do so) is perhaps the dumbest idea ever thought of...and it's AMAZING that people think health issues are so black and white. Put this into perspective:

The LD50 of a product means Lethal Dose for 50% of the tested population. This means if you give x amount of a substance to 100 people, 50 of them will die. What does that tell you about the differences in our bodies?

Now consider the following:

• Diet
• Exercise regimen (if any at all!)
• Genetics
• Alcohol Consumption
• Previous health conditions

vaping may be a contributing factor for some health risks, but so are cheeseburgers. Let's be realistic--our water has fluoride, our air has hydrocarbons, our food has hormones, our bodies are pumped full of pharmaceuticals and people are sitting here saying "holy shxx, it's gotta be vape."

Try and consider the fact, for just a second, that your body is not going to benefit from vaping any more than it will from sitting on the couch eating potato chips.

While getting to the gym two or three times a week and eating healthier foods isn't the solution for everyone--living a sedentary life and eating garbage should be a much higher concern than vaping.

Damn these cavities! I've gotta quit vaping!

 

[JENerationX]

I think some of the problem at least for noobs is that you're also dealing with cigarette cessation symptoms at the time you start vaping. It's hard to know what's due to the cessation and what's caused by vaping.

As long as a symptom is something that isn't going to kill me, I'll vape through it until I figure out what it is.

 

[~Sue~Feb2012]

Sorry to hear that it infuriates you when some people are so quick to diagnose their health ailment as some sort of complication related to vaping. I am usually concerned for them, and a few I have been amused with, when reading those types of threads on this forum. I suppose it's possible that some people just like to start a thread with a particular topic just to get some people riled up for the fun of it or whatever their reasons. Most people, however, probably have a genuine question and know that a lot of caring and knowledgeable people on this forum will respond and help them sort it out.
This thread that you started here, for example, sounds like it is aimed at someone? Is there a thread about sitting around eating garbage? I'd like to read that one LOL
There are so many thousands of threads to read. This is a great ecig forum! Many of the threads are entertaining and enlightening!
It does, however, take some time to weed through the flaming and bashing. Sigh.