Where does E-liquid go..sounds weird I know :)

[Way2Gone]

When we vaporize eliquid into our lungs, where does it go? Does it completely evaporate? To make this question clearer, If and when I vape a whole 10 ML bottle of liquid, I will not ever have to cough any of this up due to gunk I guess you could say, from the eliquid, on my lungs? I know that just after quitting ciggerettes you are going to cough up the gunk from the ciggs, which is understandable. But, for a non smoker, who has never smoked, would they cough up gunk to after so many ML's of lung inhaling e liquid? Like coughing it all back up.. the phlegmyness that is?

Hope that makes since. Thanks.

 

[spaceballsrules]

Whatever isn't expelled in the vapor upon exhalation is absorbed by the body. PG, VG, and flavorings are all food additives, so the body is happy to take them in.

 

[Mr.Mills]

Whatever isn't expelled in the vapor upon exhalation is absorbed by the body. PG, VG, and flavorings are all food additives, so the body is happy to take them in.

that's amazing i never thought of it like that.

 

[Way2Gone]

Whatever isn't expelled in the vapor upon exhalation is absorbed by the body. PG, VG, and flavorings are all food additives, so the body is happy to take them in.

Do we cough up the stuff that gets absorbed into our lungs?

 

[humpstyles]

Do we cough up the stuff that gets absorbed into our lungs?

Well, it goes into our lungs in the form of vapor; the lining of the throat and lungs absorb the nicotine, VG, PG, etc, then you exhale the remnants. You won't necessarily be coughing up anything (like the tar that blackened your lungs in cigarettes).

Think how when you inhale, the longer you hold in the vapor, the less you exhale out of your mouth.

 

[cvedrick]

I used to cough all the time, yellow fingers too, the night before I saw my first EGO system, I woke up 3 separate times just to lie in bed coughing for 10 minutes before I could go back to sleep.

In the nine months since making the switch, the only coughing I remember was when I had a respiratory infection shortly after the onset of cold weather and that was not anything like what I remember when I was still smoking.

Funny, I remember doing it but these days I dont seem to have shortness of breath, cough, etc. Only bad thing is I am now a bit more susceptible to hayfever....

 

[Elizabeth Baldwin]

Your lungs absorb everything just as it does oxygen. Most is expelled through exhaling.

 

[Way2Gone]

Well, it goes into our lungs in the form of vapor; the lining of the throat and lungs absorb the nicotine, VG, PG, etc, then you exhale the remnants. You won't necessarily be coughing up anything (like the tar that blackened your lungs in cigarettes).

Think how when you inhale, the longer you hold in the vapor, the less you exhale out of your mouth.

Ok, well here is my story, maybe you can help me break this down to what the problem is?..

First off, I only smoked for 6 1/2 years. I gradually moved up from a half pack a day in the beginning to around a pack when i finally was at the stopping point..So once stopping smoking, I know the good ole' saying is that we cough up all of that crud stuck in our lungs.. (Does the vapor enhance the crud in our lungs to break up)? The reason I ask is, Everytime I take a vape I start coughing, I have tried different nicotine strenghs, but I "don't think" it is the nicotine. I think it is honestly the vapor breaking up all the stuff on my lungs...OR...Its the PG and VG and whatever else that is in the juice that is getting chuck up out of my lungs when I cough... I don't know which one to believe that is doing it though. I would really hope this is just me just recently quitting ciggerettes and transitioning over to an ecig and the vapor breaking up the gunk...but I don't know what to believe..Yes, It could easily be the nicotine...although I am very skeptical on if the nicotine is doing this because I have dropped my nic levels all the way down to 6 mg and I am still getting tons of coughing.. I am really thinking this is just the transition and again I hope I am right..

Now since I am only 23 and didn't smoke that long, the phlegm that I am coughing up is pretty much clear maybe a tad bit of yellow, not really what I would call bad at all though... Since I only smoked for 6 1/2 years going on 7 years, this again, is why I am skeptical of why I am coughing this much and chucking stuff up.

I should have put this in the begginning, but I am just now starting to get over a sinus cold..(You are probably going to bash me for just now inserting this information in the post, I am sorry!). The sinus cold I have been going thru has made me chuck up all kinds of mucusy type stuff out of my nose and sneeze and cough... But the stuff I have been coughing up out of my mouth has definately been out of my lungs because I can feel my lungs chuck something off of them everytime I get a cough like said.

That is quite a bit of information, but maybe you can help me figure out where I am at with all of the info I gave you.

Thanks everyone for reading and being concerned for me.

 

[humpstyles]

Firstly, I would never bash anyone on this sight unless they actually deserved it, and you're merely seeking help. Nothing to be ashamed of there. Take a look at this little infogram:



It's not spot-on precise, but it definitely is accurate enough to point out the major benefits of stopping smoking and the duration it takes from that last cigarette. The lungs are going to take around 3 months of no cigs to really get all that tar and crud out and be able to auto-replace themselves. There is a good chance that if you are stopping cigarettes cold turkey and switching abruptly over to vaping, that your lungs will still remain agitated while they are repairing themselves. In essence, you're probably right.

The other path I could see this going is depending on the PG/VG ratio, you could potentially have some allergies to one of them, or you could just be vaping too high of PG which is responsible for the throat hit of the vapor.



::EDIT:: That picture says "In 3 months your lung functions begin to improve" and "In 12 weeks your lungs regain the ability to clean themselves".

 

[Botomline]

You seem concerned that your body is ridding itself of the crap that accumulated in your lungs from smoking is being caused or enhanced by the vaping. Your body will start getting rid of that once you stop putting smoke into your lungs even if you don't vape. I don't know if vaping changes the timetable at all, but not to worry. It's a good thing and will stop once you clear out all that previous crap.

 

[rabernet]

Have you tried mouth hits instead of lung hits?

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[Sugar_and_Spice]

Believe it or not, both allergies and sinus infections tend to drip down the back of the throat causing us to cough them out and thinking its from the lungs. I know, have had allergies all my life along with some sinus infections.

OTOH--not all pg/vg are created equal. Try some different vendor liquids, you may see a difference. I know I did.

 

[Way2Gone]

Have you tried mouth hits instead of lung hits?

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Yes, sometimes I don't cough right after the hit, sometimes it might be 20 minutes, but I will all of a sudden have some massive coughing..

 

[Way2Gone]

Believe it or not, both allergies and sinus infections tend to drip down the back of the throat causing us to cough them out and thinking its from the lungs. I know, have had allergies all my life along with some sinus infections.

OTOH--not all pg/vg are created equal. Try some different vendor liquids, you may see a difference. I know I did.

Would too high of a nicotine level be spiking my coughing and sinuses due to overduing too much nicotine? Because I tend to chain vape sometimes quite badly.

Yeah, I having been trying alot of different liquids from higher PG blends, to higher VG blends, dropping nicotine levels, everything. But if I keep having coughing troubles forever it is definately going to make me antsy on where to go from there. I definately won't go back to smoking as many cigs as I did smoke a day, but if I have to substitute a couple i might have to. Because I tend to love to chain vape, I can't help it, its how I like to vape... but I will get some bad cough attacks sometimes even after not chain vaping. Just out of the blue. Like I said I hope its just my sinuses and quitting the smokes...and maybe even the PG..because I do get a cough out of a couple bad throat kicks from my higher PG blends, but still, i dunno. I am trying my best.

 

[Way2Gone]

Well, it goes into our lungs in the form of vapor; the lining of the throat and lungs absorb the nicotine, VG, PG, etc, then you exhale the remnants. You won't necessarily be coughing up anything (like the tar that blackened your lungs in cigarettes).

Think how when you inhale, the longer you hold in the vapor, the less you exhale out of your mouth.

To start off thank you for the other post and the diagram about the body and quitting smoking. I will be taking a look at it. Now, for the quoted post above. When talking about the vapor that gets absorbed into our lungs..like the PG, the VG and nicotine...probably more the PG and VG because there isn't nearly any amount of nicotine in comparison in the bottle compared to the PG and VG ratios in the bottle..Where does this absorbtion go though?? Its just hard to believe that VG being as thick as it is and PG is another thing but still, you would think we would be coughing up this stuff.. I just can't understand how the vapor that does get absorbed "wouldn't" cause hacking the stuff back up? You know what I am saying? Especially if we are just talking about VG on its own for example, the stuff is as thick as honey you know?

 

[Coelli]

I started vaping after 14 years of not smoking, so my lungs were clean as a whistle when I started. I get a little bit of throat clearing, but never any coughing unless I have been sick.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Would too high of a nicotine level be spiking my coughing and sinuses due to overduing too much nicotine? Because I tend to chain vape sometimes quite badly.

Yeah, I having been trying alot of different liquids from higher PG blends, to higher VG blends, dropping nicotine levels, everything. But if I keep having coughing troubles forever it is definately going to make me antsy on where to go from there. I definately won't go back to smoking as many cigs as I did smoke a day, but if I have to substitute a couple i might have to. Because I tend to love to chain vape, I can't help it, its how I like to vape... but I will get some bad cough attacks sometimes even after not chain vaping. Just out of the blue. Like I said I hope its just my sinuses and quitting the smokes...and maybe even the PG..because I do get a cough out of a couple bad throat kicks from my higher PG blends, but still, i dunno. I am trying my best.

Well, if if makes you feel any better, I sometimes do the same thing.
and I have been vaping for 3 1/2 yrs. But its from allergies, not vaping. Coughing when not vaping, as I do also, is probably due to other things like allergies and sinus. Have you gone to the dr to see if your sinus infection needs an antibiotic? Maybe that's the best course of action at this point.
There are plenty of studies that have been done and are being done on the vapor of ecigs. Click on the join CASAA link in my signature. You don't have to join if you don't want to, but they have results of plenty of studies that have been peer reviewed and published. Anyway, CASAA is free to join if you want to. If you have any trouble locating the links at CASAA, come back and I will find them for you.

I hope you feel better.

 

[wllmc]

for me i remember I got sick for no reason when i switched from cigs to vaping. i remember it gave me a real runny nose and coughed for about a month and my sinus were real plugged up and didn't feel great in general . i think it happened because i quit cigs that were dry and hot and changed to a cool wet vape. I dont know tho. not a scientist or maybe i just got a cold lol. anyways went away and glad it stuck with it, been 6 months and zero cigs.

 

[wvducklady]

First of all Congrats on quiting smoking! When I quit smoking cigarettes completely I coughed a lot for a week or two. Then coughed on and off for a couple weeks. I smoked for about 8 years. when I first quit smoking I would take coughing spells, and sometimes wake up in the middle of the night coughing.
Your coughing is probably due to your lungs clearing out all of the cigarette tar or your sinus infection you had or both. To help you stop worrying you could go to the doctor and get it checked out. I am a worry wart so I know how it feels to worry about something. If it is due to your sinus infection do mouth hits instead of lung hits. Alot of the time I do mouth hits and let the vapor out through my nose or mouth. You get a great taste of the flavor this way too. You will still get the nicotine this way also!
I do not know what PG/VG ratio you use. I use a 70PG/30VG or 60PG/40VG 6mg of nicotine. Both ratios give good vapor. I am sure you know this but PG carries the flavor and VG gives you more vapor. If you have a PG allergy there are vendors who have 100%VG eliquids. Good luck! Keep us updated on how you are doing!

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