My friend has really bad asthma and wants to switch to vaping. Will switching to vaping help her asthma? She is up to using her nebulizer 3 times a day. I'm still pretty new to vaping, and I don't have asthma, so I'm clueless. And I don't want to string her along about how much better it is (I know the no carcinogen and no stink is way better, but in the way of the asthma part...) if it's not going to help her breathing. And I don't want to her to spend $100 in start-up stuff (for her and her bf) if it won't help her breathing. Even if her breathing didn't improve (it needs to!), I'd want her to switch because of all of the other benefits, but I don't want to give her false hope. Educate me, please?
Asthma and Vaping. Anyone with asthma vape?
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Look, wether it improves her breathing or not, if I were you I'd rather have her inhaling vapor than combusting solids AKA SMOKE...
Just my two cents...
Just my two cents...
Agreed. I just don't want her to be disappointed and figure, "Whatever, I still can't breathe, may as well go back to analogs." I feel like that's setting her up for a let down. But if I can tell her, it won't help as much as you think, but it can help you wean yourself off of everything and it's so much better in so many other ways, she may give it a shot and be happy with it.
I see where your coming from, but again, even if it doesnt improve her breathing she's lessening her risk for cancer, all with awesome flavors and cool gadgets. Even if her breathing stayed exactly the same I don't see a reason why she shouldn't TRY vaping its a healthy alternative that could extend her life by years...
Look at it this way: If it doesn't improve her breathing, its like trying to get a friend who DOESN'T have asthma on to vaping. Which people do all the time. You run the risk of having your friend not like it and lose money but hey, you're introducing something good to them and she has no right to be mad at you and has the same reasons to go back to analogs as any other normal person, and so many normal people dont! (Hell, look at the size of this forum!)
I'd say let her have at it, theres nothing to lose but money that can be re made, and so much more to gain.
I have asthma also but not as bad as her. Since I have been vaping I don't have to use my inhaler at night anymore. No more rattling in my chest.
My sister hasn't had to use her nebulizer since she switched to vaping. Her night time wheezing has stopped. Of course your friends mileage may vary but vaping has to be a lot better for her than smoking.
PS: In fact tashababy is the sister I was telling you about. I didn't realize that she was here. Hi Sis.
PS: In fact tashababy is the sister I was telling you about. I didn't realize that she was here. Hi Sis.
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It's a pretty safe bet that her lungs will improve when she gives up cigarettes. That is what is going to make her feel better. The fact that to give up cigarettes, she may need to vape, well, that seems ancillary to me.
People have different triggers for their asthma. Sometimes it's allergic, like from cat dander or ragweed, sometimes it's triggered from excercise. My asthma got a worse for a bit when I started vaping, or it was because I stopped smoking. It worried me because I really loved vaping but I was using my rescue inhaler more. Eventually that went away and now even though I chain vape it's better then when I smoked.
I really don't know why my asthma got worse at first, maybe adjusting to the different throat hit or, like I said, maybe from just the quitting smoking. Either way my lung function is a lot better now just like it is for non-asthmatics who stop smoking.
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I really don't know why my asthma got worse at first, maybe adjusting to the different throat hit or, like I said, maybe from just the quitting smoking. Either way my lung function is a lot better now just like it is for non-asthmatics who stop smoking.
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I have a friend that quit smoking to improve asthma conditions, (did not vape at all this was way before I knew of vaping) and it got really bad for like a week and a half then improved.
I have asthma, but not as bad as your friend.
Had a constant cough since I was tiny. Would wake up in the middle of the night a lot, sometimes barely able to catch my breath. Doing anything athletic gave me that terrible burn in my chest.
Well, I ended up stumbling across e cigs, and thought I'd give them a go.
After a week of use, my lungs felt clearer. I didn't really need my "emergency inhaler" as much. I can move around without feeling like I'm going to die, heh. No more psychotic coughing/gasping fits.
Basically, I can breathe much better now. And I'm pretty sure your friend would feel better, because while she would be getting nicotine, she won't be getting all the tar and carcinogens that really screw with your lungs.
But, I am not a Doctor.
Had a constant cough since I was tiny. Would wake up in the middle of the night a lot, sometimes barely able to catch my breath. Doing anything athletic gave me that terrible burn in my chest.
Well, I ended up stumbling across e cigs, and thought I'd give them a go.
After a week of use, my lungs felt clearer. I didn't really need my "emergency inhaler" as much. I can move around without feeling like I'm going to die, heh. No more psychotic coughing/gasping fits.
Basically, I can breathe much better now. And I'm pretty sure your friend would feel better, because while she would be getting nicotine, she won't be getting all the tar and carcinogens that really screw with your lungs.
But, I am not a Doctor.
I have read a lot of stories on this forum about people who have had their asthma condition improve drastically.
So consider this a bump, in hopes that more of them see your thread.
On the other hand, you can also use the Advanced Search function to search for "asthma" threads.
You should get a lot of results that way.
So consider this a bump, in hopes that more of them see your thread.
On the other hand, you can also use the Advanced Search function to search for "asthma" threads.
You should get a lot of results that way.
I have asthma as well. Even though it's not as bad as your friends sounds like, since I started vaping, I don't need to use my inhaler at night, my lungs feel clearer, I don't have the coughing fits, I almost never wheeze anymore, and I don't have that morning "cough the flem up" fit which helps too.
Funny part is, I wasn't even trying to QUIT smoking. I just wanted to taper down so the wheezing and coughing wouldn't be so bad.
Tell your friend to do it, and give it a few weeks. She'll be glad she did.
Funny part is, I wasn't even trying to QUIT smoking. I just wanted to taper down so the wheezing and coughing wouldn't be so bad.
Tell your friend to do it, and give it a few weeks. She'll be glad she did.
Had asthma (mainly due to cat allergies and I have 2 ) but smoking exacerbated it. I was on the nebulizer twice a day. Now I rarely use it and just have deal with the aaaahhchoo every now and then
Had asthma (mainly due to cat allergies and I have 2 ) but smoking exacerbated it. I was on the nebulizer twice a day. Now I rarely use it and just have deal with the aaaahhchoo every now and then
Lol. With cat's for me it isn't aaachooo every now and then; it's now and again.. and again.. and again.
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It is dimly possible that your asthmatic friend is one of the small percentage of the population who is actually benefitted from nicotine.
When I was very young, I had severe asthma, so bad that my parents were considering relocating from Chicago to Arizona or somewhere dry simply to save my life. And, when I was five, the family got moved by my father's company to Genoa, Italy. In Genoa, I was exposed to all sorts of filth and grime plus lots of crud in the air (Genoa is the Gary, Indiana, of Italy).
I got somewhat better in the first few months we were in Genoa. But what really improved my breathing was when I was taken to an Italian pediatrician. Bear in mind, this doctor was about 60 at the time, which meant he got his medical training, etc., at around the turn of the century (nineteenth into twentieth, not the recent one). In post-World War II Italy, the standard of care was to teach the child how to inhale tobacco cigarettes. (They call it the "practice" of medicine because they haven't got it quite right yet.) So, at age five, I smoked my first cigarettes under the supervision of an MD.
Needless to say, my parents were aghast, and I got a new, more modern, doctor pronto. But the relief of that cigarette was magical -- I can still remember it, sixty years later. Ever since then, I made a point of keeping close to smoking adults whenever I could, and I could feel some relief.
And, whenever I tried to quit smoking as an adult, within days, my asthma would get much worse. Patches and nicorette gum never helped: apparently, I had to have the nicotine in some sort of aerosol form. When I switched to vaping, I had no problem other than "Quitter's Flu," which just felt like a cold.
As an adult, I've never used an inhaler, but I'd always had a problem with exercise- and cold-induced asthma. That seems to have gone away after two years of vaping. For the first time in my life, I can tote heavy things and do work in the cold without practically collapsing from coughing fits.
When I was very young, I had severe asthma, so bad that my parents were considering relocating from Chicago to Arizona or somewhere dry simply to save my life. And, when I was five, the family got moved by my father's company to Genoa, Italy. In Genoa, I was exposed to all sorts of filth and grime plus lots of crud in the air (Genoa is the Gary, Indiana, of Italy).
I got somewhat better in the first few months we were in Genoa. But what really improved my breathing was when I was taken to an Italian pediatrician. Bear in mind, this doctor was about 60 at the time, which meant he got his medical training, etc., at around the turn of the century (nineteenth into twentieth, not the recent one). In post-World War II Italy, the standard of care was to teach the child how to inhale tobacco cigarettes. (They call it the "practice" of medicine because they haven't got it quite right yet.) So, at age five, I smoked my first cigarettes under the supervision of an MD.
Needless to say, my parents were aghast, and I got a new, more modern, doctor pronto. But the relief of that cigarette was magical -- I can still remember it, sixty years later. Ever since then, I made a point of keeping close to smoking adults whenever I could, and I could feel some relief.
And, whenever I tried to quit smoking as an adult, within days, my asthma would get much worse. Patches and nicorette gum never helped: apparently, I had to have the nicotine in some sort of aerosol form. When I switched to vaping, I had no problem other than "Quitter's Flu," which just felt like a cold.
As an adult, I've never used an inhaler, but I'd always had a problem with exercise- and cold-induced asthma. That seems to have gone away after two years of vaping. For the first time in my life, I can tote heavy things and do work in the cold without practically collapsing from coughing fits.
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I don't have asthma, but daughter and hubby do. Their pulmonologist said NICOTINE will help open up the lungs, and if he could get his asthma patients who smoke to switch to vaping, he would be happy. It's the 40kabillion other things in cigs that are bad for you, not the nicotine.
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