Vaping and CT Scan Results

[Jimmiec]

I have been in a smokers program where I get a lung CT scan every year.

For the last 13 CT scans nothing abnormal was detected. That’s one per year for 13 years.

Between my last scan and this years CT Scan I began vaping for approximately 10 months. (I don’t smoke cigarettes any longer and haven’t for many, many years.)

This years scan detected Atelectasis for the first time ever. The radiologist suggested another scan in 6 months instead of a year to monitor progress.

Atelectasis - Symptoms and causes

 

[bombastinator]

Link didn’t work for me so I googled it and got this:
Atelectasis - Symptoms and causes

That sounds serious.

 

[Letitia]

Are you assuming it's related to vaping?

 

[Jimmiec]

Are you assuming it's related to vaping?

No but I am concerned because Vaping is the only logical variable in all the years I've been getting CT Scans.
I'm thinking cause and effect....so Vaping is suspious and concerns me as perhaps the cause.

 

[kross8]

No but I am concerned because Vaping is the only logical variable in all the years I've been getting CT Scans.
I'm thinking cause and effect....so Vaping is suspious and concerns me as perhaps the cause.

Millions of people have been vaping for over a decade without that problem,, you vape for 10 months. I think something else has impacted you,, ie physical or environmental. But if you believe vaping caused your problem,, then you should quit vaping.

 

[Jimmiec]

I certainly hope it's not Vaping...

 

[puffon]

(I don’t smoke cigarettes any longer and haven’t for many, many years.)

Why did you start vaping?

 

[Letitia]

No but I am concerned because Vaping is the only logical variable in all the years I've been getting CT Scans.
I'm thinking cause and effect....so Vaping is suspious and concerns me as perhaps the cause.

Guess it's possible that vaping could aggravate a preexisting condition or perhaps a rare side effect. Personally I'd quit vaping at least until the next ct scan and see if it clears up. You already know that you can stay away from smoking.

 

[Letitia]

Why did you start vaping?

We have a few here that quit smoking years before picking up vaping. For some the urge to smoke rears it's ugly head from time to time or they just plain miss the habit. Some start for the health benefits of nic, some to curb an appetite for sweets. More than one valid reason to start vaping imo.

 

[Blitzdonlife]

I have been in a smokers program where I get a lung CT scan every year.

For the last 13 CT scans nothing abnormal was detected. That’s one per year for 13 years.

Between my last scan and this years CT Scan I began vaping for approximately 10 months. (I don’t smoke cigarettes any longer and haven’t for many, many years.)

This years scan detected Atelectasis for the first time ever. The radiologist suggested another scan in 6 months instead of a year to monitor progress.

Atelectasis - Symptoms and causes

Keep up with that, I agree with @bombastinator, that sounds serious.

 

[Blitzdonlife]

Not breathing sucks, try to avoid it.

 

[Jimmiec]

Why did you start vaping?

To discontinue the use of tobacco but keep the nicotine...healthier

 

[Letitia]

To discontinue the use of tobacco but keep the nicotine...healthier

Thought you quit using tobacco years ago. Did you take up dipping after quitting cigarettes?

 

[puffon]

To discontinue the use of tobacco but keep the nicotine...healthier

If my Dr. told me I had a complete or partial collapse of the entire lung or area (lobe) of the lung, I'd stop vaping and not wait 6 months for the next scan.

 

[Jimmiec]

Thought you quit using tobacco years ago. Did you take up dipping after quitting cigarettes?

No, I Vape a nicotine e-liquid from a reputable source with lab certificates (no diacetyl). No fancy/exotic flavorings.

 

[Letitia]

No, I Vape a nicotine e-liquid from a reputable source with lab certificates (no diacetyl). No fancy/exotic flavorings.

Your post clearly states you quit cigs years ago and have only been vaping 10 months. Math isn't adding up here.

 

[Tabac man]

Maybe he started vaping to stop himself going back on the stinkies.

 

[Jimmiec]

Your post clearly states you quit cigs years ago and have only been vaping 10 months. Math isn't adding up here.

Cigs (tobacco) to nicotine alternatives (gum, patches,etc) to vaping.

 

[beckah54]

I have been in a smokers program where I get a lung CT scan every year.

For the last 13 CT scans nothing abnormal was detected. That’s one per year for 13 years.

Between my last scan and this years CT Scan I began vaping for approximately 10 months. (I don’t smoke cigarettes any longer and haven’t for many, many years.)

This years scan detected Atelectasis for the first time ever. The radiologist suggested another scan in 6 months instead of a year to monitor progress.

Atelectasis - Symptoms and causes

Had you noticed any shortness of breath or other symptoms before your recent scan? Does your doctor advice a course of treatment for you?

Wishing you the best and hope this condition was not caused by vaping. I have not had a chest x-ray for a lot of years but I am going to tell my PCP that I want one. I have been vaping for over 10 years, smoked tobacco for 43 years before that, so I’m sure the state of my lungs is not the best.

 

[Vapntime]

I also have this, just recently confirmed by CT, 7 years of vaping, unflavoured for 5 years. Lungs were healthy before I started to vape. I had not smoked for 10 years before vaping and had no issues.

Shortness of breath was main consistent symptom (see next post)