Help! Tight lungs and shallow breath

[Anonymous2000]

I have been exclusively vaping for a week and a half. One of the reasons I decided to switch was that my lungs were killing me on analog. Now, when I wake up I can breath easy and my lungs don't hurt. The second I take my first hit from my PV, my lungs tighten up and I cannot breath as deep.

Can someone let me know what this could possibly be or what I could do to avoid this? I don't want to go back to analog!

 

[tigerlily]

What kind of juice are you using?

 

[edotman]

Only thing I can think is that either it's the juice or possibly the heat of the vapour causing your lungs to close up, although I have asthma and the first puff of a cigarette in the morning would make me completely wheezy, I'm thinking that maybe the human body just doesnt like anything but air in the lungs for the first few hours of the morning!

 

[loxmythe]

You may have a pg allergy. Try using 100% vg juice and see if it helps.

 

[frosting]

I had asthma as well when I smoked, but it was a mild case that seems to now been gone since I've been vaping. If you also have asthma during your transition consider a puff of your inhaler before your morning go at your PV for now? May be a helpful idea to consider before you can get your hands on different juice. It may be a PG sensitivity. It may also just be a sensitivity to that particular vendor. Your body also may still be adjusting to vaping. If it gets really bad, take a break from your new toy for now!

 

[Anonymous2000]

I'm vaping diyflavorshack.com 12mg Cookie. It's 50/50 pg/vg.

Can you get 100% vg juice?

 

[Beans]

You can get 100% VG in many places, but I'm wondering if your juice might have some cinnamon flavoring in it? It took me a few months to figure out that cinnamon gives me a very similar reaction. I'd try plain PG, plain VG until you figure out what is causing the reaction. I hope you start feeling better soon.

 

[ChinMullet]

Try another juice. There have been a couple of juices that do this to me (out of dozens), despite having save PG/VG ratio as my other juices.

 

[wyattc08]

This actually happened to me as well, but it went away the longer i vaped.

 

[Forkeh]

Could be an allergy to pv or vg. What kind of juice do you use? Or perhaps....do you happen to have asthma?

 

[zonezilla]

i have asthma and if i vape alot i have trouble breathing but for me it takes way more than two or three puffs to have breathing issues try vg juice instead of pg juice like suggested

 

[ByeByeCoffinNails]

I'm asthmatic and going into a sauna gives me a similar response. It's the heat that gets me. Vaping actually makes me physically warm/flushed. I usually have some very cold water near me when I'm vaping at home and sit by a heavy duty fan.

Many allergies have skin responses too like hives. If you have a sudden rash or skin itching happen when you have the response (or within an hour of the response), I'd say the chance of allergy is 100%.

It may be PG related- but remember all flavoured eliquids have flavouring agents/colourings that some people have sensitivity to. Asthmatics tend to have a hyperallergenic immune system (ie prone to allergic reactions). As others have mentioned, try different liquids and if in any doubt, try to avoid the brightly coloured ones.

Best of luck and I hope you feel better soon.

 

[oshiet]

I also experienced slight tightness in my lungs for the first month of vaping. It's been 2 months now, and the tightness has gone away progressively.
Also cut down from 50/50 to 80VG/20PG which might have helped. My EGO really doesn't like 100% VG, so I'm still resorting to PG to thin it out.

 

[Chopper71]

I get that way when my PG ratio is more then 60%.I don't have that problem with 100% VG but that's just me.

 

[AlteredEgo]

Keep us posted Anonymous2000 and tell us if using a VG helped at all!

 

[Anonymous2000]

Will do! I have reached out to a vendor to see if I could get a small sample of PG & Nicotine and VG & Nicotine. I don't want to get a lot because I may be allergic to one of them Have not heard back yet but will post again when I learn more.

 

[Lisa66]

I agree with Beans (above) about the cinnamon. Does the Cookie have cinnamon in it? I get exactly what you describe if I vape anything with cinnamon in it.

 

[Caridwen]

I get that heaviness when I have too much VG, like above 50%. VG is a lot thicker. But try both see which one works for you.

Good luck.

 

[lilith555]

This same thing happened to me to the point i was really freaked out. I changed pg/vg levels and discovered that i could not vape really dark juices. It lasted for about a week but now I feel amazing.

Check this out http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/253138-allergic-reaction.html

 

[jimbill]

Give it a couple of days and if you don't see a improvement then please go and see a doctor!.I also had chest pain and shallow breathing and turns out had copd so please get checked out.