Ulcers from vaping?

[guitarmeetsjake]

Does anyone else get ulcers on their tongue from vaping? I've been vaping for about a week and noticed an ulcer or some sort of sores on each side of my tongue. This usually happens when I eat really salty or sour things, but I have done neither of these things. vaping is the only thing I can imagine it being caused from

 

[Sly9377]

If I am not mistaken it has to do with not smoking a cig & the toxins coming out of your body. Take a look here http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...hen-quitting-tobacco-changing-ecigarette.html

 

[shamrocknroll]

It could also be an allergy to something specific in the juice you are using. You may want to try a different juice or vendor. Ulcers on the tongue are a fairly serious food allergy symptom- what are you eating when you get them? You may want to cross reference the list of foods that give you ulcers with ingredients in the juices causing the ulcers.

 

[guitarmeetsjake]

Well, I stopped smoking about a month before I began vaping. Could it take that long for the toxins to come out of the body? Also, I never considered the allergy idea. I did drink two redbulls while vaping today, after which, I began to notice the sores appear on my tongue. Could have something to do with energy drink ingredients mixed with my e-liquid. Not too sure. I'll have to look into this further. I have a heartburn problem with the vaping that can be tolerated and avoided with antacids, but tongue sores are going to get VERY annoying if I can't figure out how to prevent them. I can't stand ulcers. I do have a very sensitive mouth, so I figured it could just be me trying to get used to nicotine vapors. I'm very sensitive to salts and acids or any kind of sweets. Nicotine is strong in liquid form like that, so could that be what's causing irritation?

 

[meems]

I don't think it's a toxins thing.. I have had it where on the inside of my mouth, under my bottom lip, the skin is..not really ulcered, but off..like I want to keep rubbing it with the tongue, like too much salt. I think it was the specific flavors I was using, because as I've switched, it stopped.

 

[shamrocknroll]

It's possible I suppose. Make sure you're drinking a TON of water- vaping will dry you out and that can cause the heartburn issues- plus Red Bulls (any caffeine) is a diuretic so you need to drink water to balance those out as well. My mom has a ton of food allergies, I got off relatively easy. But I'm allergic to the cherry flavorings they use in colas and I get the ulcers in my mouth/tongue like you're talking about-- and red bulls apparently use that same flavoring as well.
Worst case scenario, go a day where you drink nothing but water and vape along, see if you're still getting the ulcers. Keep all the food you eat to normal stuff in your diet. It should give you a pretty definitive yes/no. There's always the chance you're allergic to PG but not VG or vice/versa. It sucks to have to experiment, but at least you're not smoking! And carry some benadryl with you just in case something comes up that you're a lot more allergic to.

 

[base234]

You might want to try a couple of 100% VG sample juices. That's what worked for me. I'm all VG now.

 

[jj2]

Vaping 100% PG and some flavors will do it to me.
Experiment until you find what works for you.

 

[36tinybells]

+1 on the water! You are definitely going to have to experiment. I get those sores from corn ingredients- but never from vaping. Also, the benedryl that shamrocknroll suggested is a good idea- the things in the juice are in food and one day you could eat/drink a large quantity of whatever it is and it would be best to be prepared!

 

[Alac]

Well, I stopped smoking about a month before I began vaping. Could it take that long for the toxins to come out of the body? ..... I'm very sensitive to salts and acids or any kind of sweets. Nicotine is strong in liquid form like that, so could that be what's causing irritation?

Yes, it can take that long, thats what it took me, and if I remember others here have reported the same thing.

You can do a search here, there are a coupple or other threads about this.

The best advice I can give right now is B12 sublinguals.. take them to help the ulcers heal.

 

[Sandrita]

Hey as you stopped smoking a month before vaping then it probably isn't the toxins. I have got mouth ulcers in the past before and I think that was from letting people try my e cig, like friends for example with the same cartridge on.

 

[Arthur Hucksake]

Bleeding gums, Not an ulcer but a blister type thing on my gums and had one on my inside lip. Not had a smoke since the start of May so I don't buy that toxin thing.

Just some people get that unfortunately. Rather this than waking up at night struggling to breath like i've got a blanket held over my mouth or hacking my lungs up in the morning till im red in the face.

 

[Coil]

I'm no pro but from what I've been reading you prolly just need to stay hydrated man. If you are allergic to the mix in your juice try a straight up VG. I get bad heartburn from foods and beer, analogs too but it never came across to me that you could get it from Vaping!?!?

Wow... hopefully that doesn't happen to me too. I have got that "busted taste bud" feeling though from drinking arctic blue gatorade and thought it was from something else at the time. A week later had the same gatorade... re- traced my steps and never bought it again. Good luck and hope you find what's buggin your buds sir!

 

[fray]

What are you vaping? Cinnamon flavors give me mouth sores.

 

[WomanOfHeart]

This thread addresses mouth ulcers specifically. Hope this helps!

List of Symptoms When Making the Switch to Vaping

 

[guitarmeetsjake]

I don't think it's a toxins thing.. I have had it where on the inside of my mouth, under my bottom lip, the skin is..not really ulcered, but off..like I want to keep rubbing it with the tongue, like too much salt. I think it was the specific flavors I was using, because as I've switched, it stopped.

All these posts were very helpful, so thanks to everyone
This one really caught my attention, though. I'm having the EXACT same thing. I didn't know whether to call them ulcers or just irritated areas. Hopefully, mine will go away upon switching flavors as well

 

[guitarmeetsjake]

Hey as you stopped smoking a month before vaping then it probably isn't the toxins. I have got mouth ulcers in the past before and I think that was from letting people try my e cig, like friends for example with the same cartridge on.

I have done this as well. I've let a few smoker friends try mine at work, but these are the same friends I used to bum cigs off of back behind the warehouse when we took out the trash. Never had the problem with the cigs, but I suppose it is a possibility that I never considered . I did wash the cartridge that night, as I usually don't like sharing and was not planning on doing so. The irritated areas just came up yesterday and already seem to be nearly gone. Very odd.. I'm gonna have to stay on top of this one. So much that could have caused it from the looks of it

 

[meems]

ulcers are not contagious...unless you are talking cold sores & I don't think we are, so I really don't think it is a "sharing" issue.

 

[maureengill]

I found in the beginning that I'd get what I thought were sores on my tongue, but looking at them found that my taste buds were irritated and red in spots. I started using my tongue scraper and mouthwash a little more often. After a while this went away (I guess my mouth got used to it)...

 

[wdave]

Does anyone else get ulcers on their tongue from vaping? I've been vaping for about a week and noticed an ulcer or some sort of sores on each side of my tongue. This usually happens when I eat really salty or sour things, but I have done neither of these things. Vaping is the only thing I can imagine it being caused from

Stop buying junk carts/cartos with sharp edges. The JOYE 510 carto is smooth as silk. No problems since I switched to it.

HTH,
Dave