bronchitis and vaping

[Dyanne]

Ahhh, thank you all for your input. I'm still reading through it all but someone asked why I started vaping if I was never a smoker. It's okay, I get that question a lot. I started after a particularly stressful time in my life, with one awful thing happening after another. I've been running on burnout for a few months now. I wanted a cigarette so bad one evening, but growing up with chain smoking in the house parents, I didn't REALLY want to start smoking, as a single MOM of three little ones there's no way I was going to do that... My other idea was wanting a drink, but again, my parents were alcoholics and drinking has never been appealing to me... I remembered seeing a couple co-workers vape, and decided I'd pick up one of those cheap cartridge ecigs at the local dari-mart. It was nice, very soothing after a bichin day. Then a few days later I bought my first starter vape pen set with the eliquids and all
Honestly I look forward to my breaks at work, and actually take advantage of my breaks instead of skipping them and being a workoholic... and coming home to vape, oh that's the best!

I used to exercise an hour a day after work as a stress relief but I dunno, this year has just been awful on me. My depression is in full swing and I've been checking in monthly with my psychiatrist but nothing seems to be helping, yet... I'm hanging in there.

The bronchitis was just a cherry on the sundae in comparison to the rest of this year. I'm so thrilled the year is almost over. Hope this wasn't too Debbie downer.
I'm taking a break from vaping until it gets better, but I don't think I'm ready to give it up. It's one of those coping mechanisms that seems to keep my head above water, so to speak. If that makes sense?

Sounds like you definitely chose the lesser of all evils for stress relief! I hope you feel better soon


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[AndriaD]

If it's the first time you've had bronchitis it is probably viral and you caught it from someone somewhere, like the common cold. Chronic bronchitis is often found in cigarette smokers and is associated with COPD after years of lung irritation, and you would have several bouts of bronchitis before it was diagnosed as chronic. So, no. You most likely did not get bronchitis from vaping. There's people out there who still think you catch the common cold from going outside without enough jackets on.

That's because if you're cold, your body has to work so hard just to keep you warm, it doesn't have much energy left over to fight intruding microbes. So, while getting cold doesn't "give" you a cold, it can contribute to a weakened immune system.

Andria

EDIT: which is not to say I'm not firnly on your side about not getting a cold from being cold.. I must reiterate that about 25 times per winter to my husband. Actually, overheating one's home contributes far more to colds, because it dries the air and thus the sinuses, and if any microscopic cracks open in the dry tissue, viruses have an easy in-door.

 

[Amraann]

Ahhh, thank you all for your input. I'm still reading through it all but someone asked why I started vaping if I was never a smoker. It's okay, I get that question a lot. I started after a particularly stressful time in my life, with one awful thing happening after another. I've been running on burnout for a few months now. I wanted a cigarette so bad one evening, but growing up with chain smoking in the house parents, I didn't REALLY want to start smoking, as a single MOM of three little ones there's no way I was going to do that... My other idea was wanting a drink, but again, my parents were alcoholics and drinking has never been appealing to me... I remembered seeing a couple co-workers vape, and decided I'd pick up one of those cheap cartridge ecigs at the local dari-mart. It was nice, very soothing after a bichin day. Then a few days later I bought my first starter vape pen set with the eliquids and all
Honestly I look forward to my breaks at work, and actually take advantage of my breaks instead of skipping them and being a workoholic... and coming home to vape, oh that's the best!

I used to exercise an hour a day after work as a stress relief but I dunno, this year has just been awful on me. My depression is in full swing and I've been checking in monthly with my psychiatrist but nothing seems to be helping, yet... I'm hanging in there.

The bronchitis was just a cherry on the sundae in comparison to the rest of this year. I'm so thrilled the year is almost over. Hope this wasn't too Debbie downer.
I'm taking a break from vaping until it gets better, but I don't think I'm ready to give it up. It's one of those coping mechanisms that seems to keep my head above water, so to speak. If that makes sense?

I think that it could be likely due to the all the stress you have been under you may have just worn yourself down nd thus became more suseptble to getting sick.

That is not to say that vaping did not contribute to it. Some people are senstive to certain ingredients.

 

[wakslob]

I got a unregulated fuhatten mod. I was using cartos on my vamo v5 which i didnt have a problem but this rda is killing me!!! Tight lungs, instant weezing. harsh harsh hits and hardly any clounds.

 

[Miss Ra88it]

That's because if you're cold, your body has to work so hard just to keep you warm, it doesn't have much energy left over to fight intruding microbes. So, while getting cold doesn't "give" you a cold, it can contribute to a weakened immune system.

Andria

EDIT: which is not to say I'm not firnly on your side about not getting a cold from being cold.. I must reiterate that about 25 times per winter to my husband. Actually, overheating one's home contributes far more to colds, because it dries the air and thus the sinuses, and if any microscopic cracks open in the dry tissue, viruses have an easy in-door.

Yeah, there's lots of factors that can influence someone immune system, including stress and bad nutrition. You still can't get a cold unless you come into contact with a cold virus.

 

[opm2008]

Third day vaping and still in the process of discovery. Being a 30 year smoker, I am hoping vaping will be a way out. This thread has provided great info. Thanks all for sharing.

 

[Avie]

I have been vaping for 3 months now since Oct 4th and feels that i breath better, taste better and ahahaha smell better since I have stopped cigarettes totally.

I hope you will get better and stay positive.

The saying goes - the problems that you face are there because you can handle it. Be strong and positive and the solution will be there as there is always light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[opm2008]

2 weeks into this and its been a roller-coaster. From leaking atty to running out of juice. The pack of cigs I bought lasted 13 days, not bad for a pack a day habit.

Yes, all the attributes of being a smoker is now clearer that I started vaping. The foul aftertaste of cig, the smell on the clothes and the smell I bring to a closed room of non-smokers. I think I will push on to kick the analog habit.

Oh, and making my own nic free juice, the kick that comes with having the daily puff is phenomenal! That alone is reason enough to push on

 

[RosaJ]

Stress from problems that don't seem to end, caring and raising 3 little ones, all of these things will cause your immune system to be compromised.

You mentioned that there was a time when it was so overwhelming, you wanted a cigarette, are you an ex-smoker? That's neither here nor there, I'm just curious.

You can catch all sorts of things from people, and especially from little ones who bring them home from school. Make sure you wash your hands often, use the wipes that stores offer to clean the shopping carts, and make sure the little ones wash their hands too when they come home from school or from playing with other kids.

I smoked for more than 40 years and towards the end, I was developing bronchitis every year. I quit smoking 3 years ago with vaping and I haven't had a cold/respiratory illness since then.

Try to not inhale into your lungs, just draw the vapor into your mouth and exhale through your nose instead. You'll still taste the flavors and will absorb the nicotine more efficiently if you're vaping nicotine ejuice.

Good luck to you and don't lose faith. Everything in this life is temporary, that is a lesson we old "farts" have learned through the years. Things will get better, I promise. Sometimes something that seems to us to be the worst thing that can happen causes us to make changes that need to be made.

 

[TimeLordSavant]

About a week into my "switch" from smoking to vaping I got pretty sick mostly in the chest, but with fever and clamminess too. At first I was thinking it was the liquid sitting in my lungs from the vape residue or something. I started to rethink my idea to vape. But it went away after a few days and I haven't had a problem since. That was 5mos ago. I pretty much in belief it was withdrawal symptoms. I mean, I was vaping at 24mg at the time, so maybe the other crap in cigs were causing withdrawals? I'm not a doc. I do feel that vaping is a bit heavier in the lungs - like when you sit in a sauna and breathe all that moisture in. If you weren't a smoker - it could just be the change of adding something into your lungs. As a smoker I used to get strep throat every couple of years, but never had bronchitis. I don't know... just adding my experience.

Also, when I saw my doc for my yearly physical a month after I switched, he said he was proud of me from quitting, offered me patches and gum, then said if vaping is working then he didn't see a problem with it since it wasn't smoke. He actually encouraged me to continue vaping...lol.

 

[Maiar]

I'm kind of a bronchitis expert as I used to get it at least twice a year like clockwork. I say used to though, because since vaping I haven't gotten the Christmas bronchitis I always seemed to get right around the holidays nor the one during the summer months. Now the thing to remember about bronchitis is that if you irritate the area then it can become infected and inflammed. And that's all it really is. It's usually a viral infection (meaning treatment options are symptom based only) and it usually occurs when you're already sick with a cold or the flu because those things irritate the bronchi.
Now. I've seen heavy smokers get it bad. And I've seen people who have never smoked get it just as bad. So to pin it solely on vaping seems a bit of a stretch even though I imagine if you are a high powered vaper that you could cause the initial irritation that leads to it. But hey, unless you live in a clean room at the hospital it's not possible to not irritate your throat and lungs sometimes just by being outside. Some people get bronchitis once in awhile, it happens. And it's uncomfortable and sometimes painful as hell, but unless it becomes chronic (3 months or more) then it will go away in short order and you may not ever get it again. You may have a phlegmy cough for a couple weeks after you feel better too. That's also normal. Just make sure you take care of yourself when sick, stay hydrated, make sure you're eating and take Advil or Aleve to relieve the swelling that's causing the cough.

 

[opm2008]

Going through the thread (more carefully than I originally did before I posted a reply), I now realize that the OP is going through a rough patch (may I call it that??). I am so sorry to hear that coupled with the life situation, you are now feeling physically unwell. Not sure if by coincidence around the time you started vaping. That's a bummer.

Anyway, I hope things have slowly begun to change (perhaps not assessing if what ever is different is either good or bad, and just IS may remove some of the anxiety you mentioned). Being stressed (mind/body/soul) drastically reduces your immunity. Thinking about the stress increases the stress levels up to a point when a sense of helplessness may creep in (sadness/ depressive moods).

Nonetheless, you did highlight that Vaping was one of the things you discovered and really enjoyed and looked forward to. Seems like we should all keep doing more of that (finding what makes us happy but of course not in a counter intuitively self destructive way) . So in short, if the seniors here could guide, a lighter more refreshing e-juice, lower on nic, perhaps even pure VG ( perhaps the chemical PG does irritate your condition).

More importantly, you are not alone! Do keep us posted,

 

[aphex27]

I assume smoking is much worse than vaping regarding bronchitis.