Chest Infections - informal poll

[Toronnah]

Given that both PG and VG have anti-bacterial properties, have you noticed you get fewer chest infections?


Note: I really don't want this to be a discussion on health. Just a head count based on your own perceptions

 

[radeljack]

Given that both PG and VG have anti-bacterial properties, have you noticed you get fewer chest infections?


Note: I really don't want this to be a discussion on health. Just a head count based on your own perceptions

Dont get them since I quit smoking, don't know if it has anything to do with the vg &pg tho.

 

[Sarah Kemp]

Actually yes, I was getting tonsilitis about 3 times a year... since vaping havent had a single episode..

 

[ambientech]

I have asthma and normally I would get bronchitis every time I got a cold. Since quitting I got a cold and kicked it in 5 day's instead of the normal 7 day's then bronchitis for another 10 day's. I cant say it was because of the pg but it seems like it was. vaping isn't all good news for me though. It bothers my asthma much more than smoking ever did......

 

[Jammin]

I would imagine that even if zero anti-bacterial properties many would see an improvement in chest infections due to quitting analogs alone. Chest infections decreased for me, but again I attributed that to no more analog smoke.

 

[Tookiedoo]

Only been a few weeks so far, but my wife and daughter have both had colds. I, however,(the only vapor in the house) have remained cold free!

 

[Iffy]

Three weeks ago I had a three day head cold; snapped right out of it. Before vaping, it would have settled in my chest and lasted for at least two miserable weeks.

 

[tj99959]

Anyone have a knock on wood smiley I can borrow?

No one in my household has had so much as the sniffles since I started vaping, so I would say that the bacteria level in my house is significantly reduced because of vaping.

 

[txtumbleweed]

This is my third winter of vaping and I haven't had a single cold. I take care of my grandkids some everyday and they have had lots of colds that I've been exposed to.

 

[440BB]

Definite improvement for me. I had a cold for the first time and didn't end up with bronchitis or an inflamed lung - nice!

 

[Semiretired]

I have not really noticed colds or not colds yet - been vaping for 5+ months, but I do know I have not used allergy medicine in awhile - the natural drying factors of the PG seem to be keeping it under control for me - another bonus in the check book...

 

[KeysBum]

Before vaping, it would have settled in my chest and lasted for at least two miserable weeks.

Same here. I would end up with bronchitis twice a year. 10 months of vaping and I havn't even had a cold. I thinks it's not smoking, but pg might be a factor.

 

[CES]

i had one cold right after i switched over...then it was two years before i got sick again. Neither turned into bronchitis- but every cold i'd had for the previous 30 years went to my lungs.

 

[jericoriver]

I'm finishing my third winter since I started vaping. No colds or flue at all. Prior to that I was usually layed up at least two weeks or more per winter. Sometimes several times per season.

 

[fray]

I used to get bronchitis twice a year or more. Since I started vaping and quit smoking I have not had bronchitis. In fact I have only been sick twice this last year. once was the flu and once was food poisoning.

 

[Serianna]

In the near year I have been vaping I have not gotten pneumonia once. When I smoked analogs I got pneumonia every 3 to 4 months. My doc credits it directly to vaping, because when I had quit smoking in the past I still got it every 5 months or so.

 

[steliosak]

Been vaping since September . Have yet to catch a cold or flu.

 

[Scottitude]

Since I started vaping & gave up the combustibles I've had no colds, chest congestion, or sinus infections. Sinuses (or sinusi?) would give me fits at least once a month but that's in the past now.
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[mostlyclassics]

My wife brought home the Mother of All Colds which has been going around the Chicagoland area this winter and gave it to me. It was the first respiratory problem I'd had since starting to vape. I came down with it ten days after she started showing symptoms, so I'm pretty sure it was The Cold instead of some other respiratory infection.

Five days after I came down with the symptoms, I was fine: no more symptoms. By contrast, it's been close to a month now, and my wife is still sneezing and hacking.

 

[Semiretired]

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