Swollen Glands - Sore Neck etc.

[yardik]

Hey all,

I'm a devoted lurker and have learned all about DIY and PVs from you guys - but almost never chimed in. For the past two weeks or so - I've had horribly swollen glands. I can't figure out what (if anything) this has to do with vaping. It's just seemed to come up all of a sudden. I have a terribly sore neck too.

I have tried a few different ejuices over the last little while and I"m not sure - but Alien Visions Gorilla juice might be the culprit - but I'm not sure. I suspect it could be a PG allergy, but I think AV GJ is a entirely VG juice. I've also recently ordered some 36mg 100% VG from RTS. I'm going to try vaping unflavored PG for a couple days and then switch to unflavored VG and see if either case resolves. Hopefully I don't have an odd flavor allergy.

Anyone else have odd problems like this?

Cheers,
-Yard

 

[sze5003]

It could be a PG allergy, have you always vaped pg juices? Or it could be you are allergic to some flavor. If you stopped cigs recently, swollen glands and sore throat is common. Sounds like an allergic reaction to me though.

 

[Nikinic]

i had the same issue when I first started vaping. I quit smoking the same day and after about the fifth or sixth day my glands were swollen and my neck was hurting. It almost felt like I had strep throat. I am not sure what made it go away as I changed two things at that time. I started drinking even more water than I had before and I lowered my nic level because I noticed the 2.4 was too high for me. With in two to three days I felt a lot better. I do not know if I was experiencing issues from withdrawals of the analogs or if it was dehydration or too much nic.
I just vaped through it and decided that I would give it time to go away and if it did not then I would look into allergies. I hope it clears up for you soon. It can be frustrating to feel bad when you are trying so hard to feel better.

 

[yardik]

Wow. Ok so I won't do that again.

Tried vaping 100% VG and I'm pretty damn sure I uncovered a latent VG allergy. I feel like ....

So, I get unflavored VG (36mg) and cut it with 50% no-nic unflavored VG (USP) - vape it for about 4 hours at my usual rate (maybe 0.5ml total). Immediate heavyness in my chest, plus a sketchy 'hot faced' feeling and discomfort. Figured it was just nicotine OD or something (though at 18mg i can't see why) so I left it and didn't vape any over night.

I wake up the next day feeling even worse, nasty cough, fuzzy feeling, basically gross all around. Feels like I managed to contract a flu bug or something. Wtf? Glands are as swollen as ever. Ugh. Anyway, I mixed up a batch of 100% PG now and cut it with 25% distilled water and some vodka. Anything to keep me off the analogs. I'll see how quickly this feeling goes away.

Maybe it's the flu - or maybe not.

As an FYI this isn't cig withdrawal, as I've been analog free for over 3 months now due to ecigs.

Cheers,
Yard

 

[NaturesEncore]

I would advise you to get to a doctor, and let them know about vaping. It could be a latent allergy, but I wouldn't chance it. Swollen glands, especially in the neck, coupled with a sore or stiff neck could be very serious. If you begin running a fever, please get to the ER.

 

[Maestro]

It should be pointed out that diluting 36mg liquid 50% does not bring it down to 18mg. It brings it down to about 24mg. To bring it down to 18mg, you'd have to dilute it 100%.

 

[yardik]

It should be pointed out that diluting 36mg liquid 50% does not bring it down to 18mg. It brings it down to about 24mg. To bring it down to 18mg, you'd have to dilute it 100%.

Oops yeah. What I meant was 50% 36mg and 50% no-nic liquid. i.e. 2ml of 36mg and 2ml of straight PG, vodka, water, whatever.

Cheers,
Yard

 

[AzPlumber]

I'm a little confused why you would cut (thin) the PG with water and vodka but you are able to use the VG products without thinning them.

 

[yardik]

I'm a little confused why you would cut (thin) the PG with water and vodka but you are able to use the VG products without thinning them.

Hey Az,

I have 0 nic VG floating around, but no 0 nic PG - so I had to dilute the PG to reduce the nic levels.. I don't vape 36mg, usually around 14-18mg.


As an update to everyone - I'm still in extremely rough shape - still not sure if it's an allergy or the flu.. if it is an allergy, I would have assumed the reaction would have subsided after stopping the VG.. so I'm thinking I *somehow* managed to catch the flu the same day I started vaping 100% VG. Weakness, fatigue, soreness .. I've got it all. Happily the nasty cough I had is gone now. Anyway - I'm going to try to get out to a doctor today - once I have the energy to hop in the car.

Doubtful this is due to vaping at all, unless I'm having a reaction to both PG and VG.. who knows.

Cheers,
Yard

 

[AzPlumber]

Makes sense now that you explain what your doing, just seemed odd that you could vape 100% VG without thinning a bit. Maybe the VG you have is already thinned a bit, I know some vendors do pre-thin their VG & VG nic.

 

[yardik]

Feeling much better today - still vaping. Doc is doing some blood work, but he's pretty damn sure it's not due to vaping. He was pretty clear that an allergy wouldn't cause the symptoms I was having and is leaning more towards a nasty virus that just took awhile to go nuclear.

I went back to 80/20 mix PG/VG, which seems to work the best for me.

Cheers all!