Mold?

[mooreted]

By the way, we're picking on the crazy person misleading you, not you.

Mold in your home or other environment can exacerbate upper respiratory problems but it doesn't "grow" in your lungs. I am sensitive to mold and it will send me into an asthma attack. Since I've been vaping I haven't had a single outbreak. I can't prove that vaping improved the situation, but my lungs are definitely more healthy.

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[alcarl]

Someone had told my wife this as well. She talked to her doctor and the doctors response was "if mold did grow in your lungs, it could be treated a lot easier than cancer could"

 

[tim fulp]

mold is possible if you clean old cartos in water and don't dry them out properly...I use canned air to blow from battery end to remove old e-juice and clean mine...it works for me.

 

[candik]

I hate to be the one to Tell you this.

But that Didn't come from Holding your PV Too Much.

Oh lordy! Second day in a row, coffee on the keyboard...

 

[VapinWolf]

The OP was told 'got mold in lungs' not mold 'growing' in lungs.
Why not look at it from a possibility standpoint. If I leave a glass of tea out long enough (ie: forgot it and someone pushed it out of their way, ends up behind something until discovered) mold grows in it.
I have never left my juice out or set that long, but if one did would mold start growing? Inside a dirty tank/clearo/etc?
Is it impossible? Would mold spores be atomized?

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[flintlock62]

If I had mold in my lungs, I would be checking my house for potential problems. I worked once in pest control. Many houses have a mold problem.

As far as mold growing in juice, I'm not convinced on that. VG & PG are both anti-bacterial.

The OP was told 'got mold in lungs' not mold 'growing' in lungs.
Why not look at it from a possibility standpoint. If I leave a glass of tea out long enough (ie: forgot it and someone pushed it out of their way, ends up behind something until discovered) mold grows in it.
I have never left my juice out or set that long, but if one did would mold start growing? Inside a dirty tank/clearo/etc?
Is it impossible? Would mold spores be atomized?

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[Nazri]

Some people just love to spread rumors. Sometimes i got mouth ulcers because of the vapor is too hot.

 

[Sdh]

CDC - Mold - General Information - Basic Facts

 

[cags]

when people start vaping and then have health issues the first thing people tend to do is blame vaping (or whatever new habit you start).
as someone said, if it were true we'd have numerous reports of it here

 

[Treetie]

I experimented with the advanced search function and could not find any posts going back a year where anyone has claimed that vaping can lead to mold in the lungs. In posts where the two terms were found, usually the discussion was how propylene glycol actually inhibits bacterial growth.

 

[fatttymagoo]

I had the kinda the same issue with a coworker. She tried telling me that all the chemicals in the juice would give me tumors and cigarettes were safer. When I explained that the ingredients were in products we ingest, such as inhalers, she just blew it off. Don't understand how she got her facts backwards.

 

[flintlock62]

When we have new presidents, some keep trying to blame the old one's.

when people start vaping and then have health issues the first thing people tend to do is blame vaping (or whatever new habit you start).
as someone said, if it were true we'd have numerous reports of it here

 

[flintlock62]

She should give up eating most foods in that case. Have her read the labels on almost everything one buys.

I had the kinda the same issue with a coworker. She tried telling me that all the chemicals in the juice would give me tumors and cigarettes were safer. When I explained that the ingredients were in products we ingest, such as inhalers, she just blew it off. Don't understand how she got her facts backwards.

 

[Sdh]

when people start vaping and then have health issues the first thing people tend to do is blame vaping (or whatever new habit you start).
as someone said, if it were true we'd have numerous reports of it here

So true! I don't think ecigs is the culprit as a primary exposure. Of course, if one is already exposed/lung compromised from mold/fungus it would be easy to blame a ecig. I rarely post in this type of thread.

I just did a google search on this subject. Most of the information about vaping/fungus is related to a topic that cannot be discussed here at ecf. It is caused by a powdery mildew from a actual plant. These folks hear/read about this....and translate it to e cigarettes....unreal.

 

[Talyon]

So if I've read all posts correctly then I can assume we do not get mold growing in our lungs from Vapeing. Whew.

Yet another thread where I thought I'd have to give up my new hobby. I gotta stop reading these, I get scared.

 

[knuckles78]

I actually grew a tail from vaping.

You too? I wonder how many others this has happened to, I thought I was the only one....

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[Talyon]

Oh great now I can grow a tail, but not hair on head I'm confused?

 

[psycheval]

When every person in the health industry I've talked to about Ecigs stops telling me they are way better than analogs then I might think about it. Misinformation and hard headed people that know it all when they know nothing about it are the biggest issues I've faced. I put information in their face and they can't deny it then. Remember the base components PG and VG are used in medications. Be careful with where you get your nic and flavors there is much less fear here than in an analog. All of us had no problem with using a known killer, fear here should be non-existent.

 

[egicn]

PG is anti bacterial so I really doubt that story. When it was cost effective PG was used in hospital ventilation systems to disinfect buildings. Also now used in certain lung operations and is a key ingredient in asthma inhalers.
I've also spoken to many Healthcare Professionals and although they gave me a heads up in regards to certain possible issues that may occur with vaping not one of them mentioned "mold" in the lungs"...Doctors, Dentists, Surgeons, Pharmacists, Dental Hygienists, Naturopaths, Smoking Cessation Experts...

Can you please tell me what you mean by other possible issues?

 

[egicn]

When we have new presidents, some keep trying to blame the old one's.

Love it! So true!!!