Contrary to popular belief using e-cigs with pg does not stop you from getting the flu. I know this because I am just now recovering from the flu and I vape my head off daily. So yeah. Sorry but it's a myth.
Vaping pg does not stop the flu
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It sure is better than smoking while having the flew....don't forget to switch to menthol/mint while you have it.
I have had more colds and infections in the last 6 months than in the previous 2 years whilst I was heavily smoking.
Smoking KILLS everything. I'm glad I'm getting the odd cold ot throat infection!
Rusty
Smoking KILLS everything. I'm glad I'm getting the odd cold ot throat infection!
Rusty
Never had that much trouble with cold and sore throats---before and after..
Broncitus was a different matter----as a smoker, Advair and inhaler kept me breathing. As a vaporer, I no longer use Advair or the inhaler.
I can only use a little PG in my mix but didn't expect it to keep the flu bug away---that's why I got shots. Yeah, I got both flu shots.
Broncitus was a different matter----as a smoker, Advair and inhaler kept me breathing. As a vaporer, I no longer use Advair or the inhaler.
I can only use a little PG in my mix but didn't expect it to keep the flu bug away---that's why I got shots. Yeah, I got both flu shots.
Get better soon! My brother always joked that smoking created such a hostile environment that nothing could live in it. I'll be curious to see how I do through the cold and flu season with vaping instead of vaping.
I know it doesn't prevent the flu or colds, but Im not sure if its cause my lungs have started healing, but the cold's i've had since vaping have been about 80% weaker
If I remember correctly, the flu shot is only about 70% effective and that's only if the flu doesn't mutate. PG may not stop all the viral infections but it certainly can't hurt. I haven't even got a sniffle this year and that's unusual for me (knock on wood). Here's what Google has Propylene Glycol influenza - Google Search , I sincerely hope you feel better soon. My brother caught a bad one earlier this season and he said his throat was so raw he couldn't vape (I'm not sure how much he vapes as opposed to smoking).
I got a touch of something. Slight fever, sore throat, congestion, but it wasn't horrible where I was in bed and couldn't move or anything, and I vape PG constantly if I'm sitting down.
The problem is that the amounts we vape are to small to have a germicidal effect except MAYBE if it is confined in a small space. In the studies in the 40s they were pumping PG through the ventilation systems, distributing it throughout the atmosphere in greater quantities than any of us are exhaling. The PG acted on pathogens in the atmosphere before they were inhaled by people. Our little PVs don't put that much PG into the atmosphere, and I haven't seen any studies suggesting it would have a germicidal effect in our bodies.
And I had a bad flu the other week, too, so it sure didn't work for me, either.
And I had a bad flu the other week, too, so it sure didn't work for me, either.
I use to get a sinus and/or upper respiratory infection every fall and every spring - during the season change here in the Midwest. Since I started vaping over 6 months ago, I've avoided all of it (touch wood).
It may be that I've also changed other habits - drinking more water, not standing in sub-zero weather to smoke, etc... - but I still feel like the vapor itself has helped in some small way. Maybe just the fact that it is much more moist than the ol' analog smoke.
Whatever the real reason, I personally feel healthier now than I did as a smoker.
It may be that I've also changed other habits - drinking more water, not standing in sub-zero weather to smoke, etc... - but I still feel like the vapor itself has helped in some small way. Maybe just the fact that it is much more moist than the ol' analog smoke.
Whatever the real reason, I personally feel healthier now than I did as a smoker.
It may not help us from preventing us from getting sick ALL TOGETHER, although it may still help, or at least it might help with the severity of the sickness. I mean what some people may be describing as a bad flu might of put you on your death bed if it wasn't for vaping. At least thats what I'd like to think. lol
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Earlier this year, I worked in an office and EVERYONE was sick with a cold at one point or another, except ME! Even the people in the cubicles next to me, both sick as dogs, but I didn't get anything. Everytime I heard a cough or sneeze, I vaped. It could just be luck, but in the back of my mind I still think the PG vapour did help.
Before I started vaping I was getting bronchitis every couple of month but now that I vape instead of smoking I have not had bronchitis once in the last 8 months. My doctor is amazed. I have terrible lungs with COPD and a couple of years ago I was on a ventilator for 11 days with pneumoia with several other complications. The doctors didn't think I would live.After 3 weeks in the hospital and not smoking as soon as I was released I stopped and bought a pack of cigarettes. How stupid was that. Since I started vaping I can actually breathe again and have completely quit coughing. My family is amazed. They are still concerned about the effects of ecigs. I can't believe they still question me about the dangers of ecigs when they can see how much better I am. Some people you can't satisfy.
Smoking kills many things - unfortunately that includes the friendly bugs. When something does find a way to reproduce, it can go nuts because it's not competing with the usual flora of the lungs. Combined with the lungs' reduced ability to clean themselves the results can be very bad.
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