Is it just me? But can you vape when your sick?

[maf2k8]

Ok, I smoked analogs for years ( 14 ) and i admit, when i was sick i couldn't stand having a smoke, but if it was a cold or something of the sort i still smoked.

I noticed one thing ( and so did my buddy ) but whenever i am sick ( cold, chest cold, sore throat, etc ) vaping is like inhaling a bag of rocks into my lungs!

Now i DOUBT this is because my lungs haven't had smoke in 4 months and there clearing up, but when i am sick it kills! Like someone throwing a ton of bricks at my chest, sometimes burns, just awe-full!!

Is anyone else like this?

As i said, with analogs, i could manage it ( they tasted nasty normally, maybe a slight burn of the throat at times ) but when vaping its just a NO NO bottom line!

 

[sjohnson]

I've had colds and still vaped. In fact, though I'm not yet certain, it appears to me vaping has helped me a bit.

I almost always get a secondary bacterial URI/Lung infection on the tail end of a cold and end up on atibiotics. Not since I started vaping. In fact a couple of low-grade infections that have bothered me for years have cleared up. Coincidence or not, I'm glad of it.

 

[W Axl Rose]

It was that way for me too, but I had only been vaping for a week or so at the time. I couldn't touch my ecig until my cold was over.

 

[dgriego]

I am suffering from a cold now which has settled in my chest. I am still vaping although I have noticed the cough is a very dry one that makes it very hard to sleep. I am trying to only vape when I really need to in order to let this thing run its course.
I always have had the colds end up in the chest and always end up with a cough that lasts forever. I think it was a little worse on normal cigarettes than it is currently with vaping.

 

[MrNYFC]

I know what you mean...

Try vaping some menthol, you'll be saying Vicks who??

 

[jj2]

Right now my sinuses are acting up and I got a bit of a sore throat. When I'm like this, I have to vape VG. PG and flavors just agitate my problems.
I have to do this until things clear up---A bit blah, but better than nothing.

 

[Wheatfield]

I've just gotten over a minor cold that was primarily a throat irritation and vaping wasn't very pleasent. The good news was it only lasted about a week.

 

[Hellen A. Handbasket]

I had a head/chest cold at Thanksgiving. Vaped Menthol Eucalyptus. Ahhhh Really made my head feel better. Cold was gone much faster than when I smoked and I didn't get the usual bronchial infection or have to go to the Dr.!

 

[jj2]

Eucalyptus is hard for me to handle for some reason.
Of course, I haven't tried it since I started vaping.
Maybe if it was really mild---at least I could stop running around smelling like Vicks.

 

[ImYourSalt]

I noticed the same thing, maf2k8.

I use an 808 normally, and when i'm sick, i switch to something with less of a throat-hit, like my trusty 901.

 

[martha1014]

I currently have a sore throat, fever and aching all over. Usually when I get this I cough but since I quit smoking and started vaping 9 months ago I am not coughing. It usually settles in the chest but this time its not in my chest. I am not nearly as sick with this now that I no longer smoke. Right now I can't stand anything in my throat not even vaping.

 

[sbphotog]

I currently have a sore throat, fever and aching all over. Usually when I get this I cough but since I quit smoking and started vaping 9 months ago I am not coughing. It usually settles in the chest but this time its not in my chest. I am not nearly as sick with this now that I no longer smoke. Right now I can't stand anything in my throat not even vaping.

right there with ya Martha. My throat is even more irritated with every puff I take and I use mostly VG. I had to cut my nic level down even more to help combat the wickedly painful TH. It helps a little.......

 

[Blooper]

IK recently got out of the hospital after a 16 day stay. I attempted to vape but found that it made my lungs feel like they were constricting and also felt very heavy. I also tried a cig from a friend later that night and found there was no negative feeling on my lungs. I don't understand how cigs can feel fine and vaping causes discomfort.

As for sore throats and mild colds I have not had any issues vaping. With the sore throat I always drink tea with honey and never have issues vaping.

 

[Nestran]

Currently dealing with a cold (yeah, didn't dodge the fouth bullet) and I can vape just fine. I noticed this morning that I didn't think about it until after being up for 1/2 hour or so. That never happened as a smoker.

I will also say that my lungs, so far, are very clear even being sick, this also never happened as a smoker. I have a cough but it's pretty much thanks to post nasal drip and it is a clear dry cough. I do more "ehem" throat clearing than coughing.

 

[Bella Chic]

It was hard for me to vape when my throat was soar just last week but I still did it. My throat has hurt a few times since and I had gotten some VG juice and that didn't bother me as much as the PG so I'm guessing when I get sick the next time, if I just vape the VG juice it won't be as bad. But like I said I still vaped cause I just enjoy it way to much

 

[Kurt]

I just had a 4 day head/chest cold with considerable coughing. I could vape, but only unflavored juice, as any of the flavors I'm using now (coffee/toffee/vanilla/caramel) really irritated my lungs and caused lots of coughing. I had zero issues with vaping unflavored juice. In fact now I am getting back into flavors, but I'm preferring much lower %s than the 10-20% I was vaping before. I have actually come to the conclusion that perhaps some flavor compounds cause more lung irritation issues with me than I previously thought. Didn't try any mints or menthol while I was sick, as I didn't want any flavors at all.