Pretty much bed bound and completely unmotivated to do anything and always blame it on the head/face/ear pain. I am now experiencing a lot of phelm in my throat, after Using an e cig for 2years, the same brand and the same flavor. One time I woke up frustrated and anxious. I gave my body a week to clear out the chemicals. I love vaping. headache. Hard to believe thats the soonest they could see me, considering I have hives all over my chest, stomach, sides, under my armpits and on my under my upper portion of my arms. Then along with this I started getting painful raised bumps on my scalp .. all over my scalp and down my neck. Glad I found this post. By the way, which department in Marlboro do you work for? I had this problem at first. Apply wet compresses, which can help dry blisters and relieve itching. She feels sharp pains as if shes being stabbed in the head. Online ahead of print. Change the metal studs and rivets on your jeans and buckles on your belts or buy a No-Nickel belt that's guaranteed nickel-free. Overall, it depends on whether you want quantity or . In total I smoked e-cigs for a year, and It has taken me 2 years to clear my mind and my skin. I dont regret my decision to quit vaping and i didnt even consider going back to smoking. I kinda also wasted about 3 years vaping and among headaches and muscle pain had pretty much no motivation to do anything during that time. General Category. Why only american? I have been hive and rash free taking nothing , but my magnesium! I stopped smoking and started vapping and within 1 month I was covered in hives from head to toe. Just for information purposes, I stopped smoking 18 days ago and have been using TJuice liquid called Red Astaire which actually I really enjoy. Way less withdrawl. Todays news accelerated ones beliefs thay there hasnt been sufficient testing. Though my symptoms arent as severe as some peoples, Im suffering with very itchy skin; arms, legs, front and back of torso. I tired an ecig (one drag back in 09 and got strep like symptoms. rashes hives eyebrow swelling It is t easy to get rid of so the sooner you treat it the better! When I vape a high nicotine I get a rash on my scalp it really itches and there are small bumps on my scalp. The itchiness, hives and nausea might (might) all be symptoms of nicotine poisoning. Are these real problems or are these people paid by big tobacco companies to make it seem like vaping is dangerous? The damn acne. I didnt start getting allergic reactions to ecig liquids. At some point I started noticing that my eyebrow muscle cramped up pretty badly into a little ball, or a big bump. Its been almost a week since Ive started the antibiotic and Ive been taking so many different decongestants and nothing has worked. 1. Try a mod with 3mg nicotine and high organic vg 90% or above. Have you ever heard of someones lips feeling sunburned and dry and swollen and painfull I cant take it but it seems to bee since I quit smoking cigarettes and started using magic puff menthol.I think its the pg. Nichrome is a blend of nickel and chromium. A single copy of these materials may be reprinted for noncommercial personal use only. I have found that benedryl will sometimes help. Ive been on Njoy e cigg for one year now. Whenever I try to research every site suggested some other cause for my health issues. E cigs seriously need to be regulated. An allergy specialist who was also a bio chemist suggested that it may be a chemical toxicity issue allergy and recommended I take glutathione. Now, Im not saying its not the PG causing all of this because we all know that everything under the sun has side effects but, I have made an appt. Do people even realize that ANYONE can slap a label on this stuff, lie about whats in it and sell it out of their black mold infested basement? Other people say they get a rash or fever scratchy throat chesty cough almost like smokers symptoms. Nickel allergy is a common cause of allergic contact dermatitis an itchy rash that appears where your skin touches a usually harmless substance. Ive never had so many health problems until i quit. Six weeks after quitting smoking and enjoying PG vapung, I developed a very sore throat but only while inhaling. Explore lung, breathing and allergy disorders, treatments, tests . Its pretty damn miserable Im only 28, but feel 80. My husband gave up smoking early January and switched to e-cigs. Bye bye ecig. I cant just vapes every now and then and believe many vapers have the same problem, even if some things in the juice dont agree with you surely to vape in moderation would help, I cant as its a completely diff concept and there is no start or end to having a puff like a cigarette, in moderation I might be ok but its not a happeningthing ffor me. OK THE FIRST 2 MONTH .I HAVE NOTICED THAT I HAVE PUT A LOT A WEIGHT ON MY STOMACH AREA VERY WINDY ALSO SWAETING A LOT TIRED I DONT SEEM TO BE MY SELF BACK FORTH AT DR MORE TIRED I ON HIGH MENTHOL I THINK I NEED TO GO ON LOW DOSE I DONT WANT GO BACK TO SMOKING BUT THE WAY I FEEL IM THINKING ABOUT CUTTING VAPPING FOR NOW AND GO BACK TO SMOKING HELP. I to have about 10 plus ulcers in my mouth-ecigs been put away in cubard,good bye to that.. Obviously, that would be catastrophic. This is very frustrating the doctors dont want to believe its the vapo however I was feeling just fine before i started. Crail: Finally!!! I now mix my own ultra low nic and zero nic. Hey I suffer from tinnitus. Forgot to mention in my post, that it is now two weeks since I cut back on my vaping and I am just beginning to feel a bit like my old self again, but it is really tuff going though, I often wonder how some people can quite smoking with ease, wile others like my self struggle like hell with it, I am going to try my very best to become totally smoke free. Is anyone else experiencing an itchy head?? Talked to a doctor, who told me that it was eczema, not melanoma or a more serious infection. A severe form of nickel allergy called systemic nickel allergy syndrome can also cause headaches, fatigue . No amount of topical creams or cortisone will calm it or make it go away. Nothing gets rid of it .. And its a constant burning itch also in private areas .. I have no idea if the vaping affected the clotting issue but I do wonder if the skin and scalp problems are, in fact, the cause of my horrible skin problems. My eyes looked and felt real bad from p.g. I ordered from a Canadian sell gentlemens reserve british columbia grbc.co and for about a year I had no problems. As a first step, she gave me 1% hydrocortisone cream to see if it helps. Now the final test is to stop vamping altogether and see if intact tis is the culprit.Hasten to add, I have never experienced eczema before. https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/eczema/insider/nickel-allergy. I am going to have the san but I already know the answer to What was making me so sick. I ordered from Halo, Johnson Creek and some other one I cant remember. After 3 days skin itch diminished by 80% and after 7 days wow! they simply say it is just water vapor. I just have to cut back my vaping and eventually, all nicotine. I also have a soreness in my throat. Way too many sick people. I probably slept on my face after a good vaping of my e-cigs. The following tips may help you avoid nickel exposure: Avoid jewelry that contains nickel. The second time was the one I mentionned earlier where my whole mouth was puffed up (I went to the doc with this one) and the third time it happened was the other day together but this time I had a rash too. Nickel allergy is often associated with earrings and other jewelry. 2nd: The spelling, grammar and punctuation on this site is almost as upsetting as my rash! Weeks into smoking the I taste. You notice that you start to feel nauseous when you are handling the e juice and it gets on ur fingers? If you've already been diagnosed with nickel allergy and are sure you're reacting to nickel exposure, use the over-the-counter treatments and home remedies your doctor has previously recommended. Stopped again, started four months ago with these new high powered, large vapor devices and whammo, my god the bumps on my hands, cold sores that I havent had in two years from the last time I vaped. Dr tested me for autoimmune diseases cause my hives were so bad. I can handle a few zits. Really????!!! I smoked Blu ecigs for several months and then my hands got really itchy. Im not even gona experiment because im so afraid of having this reaction happen again. 2020; doi:10.2174/1871530320666200128141900. My entire body was red and I felt like I was ready to take a dirt nap. I wont try that again. I can have rashes on my hands for 5 days straight applying the cream twice a day and it never leaves. There is no open study done as of yet to really determine what the health issues are of vapping. It is easier to quit vaping than smoking, less withdrawal symptoms. The top photo shows a positive patch test (on the left), after a patch containing nickel was left on the skin for 48 hours. I would stop smoking all together at least it is all sorted out. Then, just to test, I vaped a lot for an hour or so and it felt like hell again.. Just using 12mg nicotine. Unlike immediate hypersensitivities (such as pollen, insect venom and most food allergies), the reaction in delayed type hypersensitivity occurs some time after exposure. Really. It feels fizzy at the top of my head with pressure in the centre and sometimes sides. I started vaping around 4yrs ago, gradually going from 2.4 to 0.6 nicotine. I overheat 24/7 now. Pressing on it hurts. I sometimes have a tendency to chain vape, Ill kill a 5ml 12mg nic.tank Of ejuice in just a day, when Im in that sort of mood, not always the case, though itd be on days Im up all night, and itt takr me at least past 12 hours to get even get close to vaping that entire 5ml tank down, Ive vaped heavy PG juices exclusively for months, around 80% PG, and now I vape mostly 80% VG, but not for any health reasons or problems, mostly because I like that VG is smoother, and creates more Vapor. The ratios of the two metals can vary; the most common nichrome alloy for vaping is Ni80, which consists of 80-percent nickel and 20-percent chromium. Also: my sleeping has been horrendous. The disease, called hard-metal pneumoconiosis or "cobalt lung," usually occurs when people inhale mineral dusts caused by metal grinding, said senior researcher Dr. Kirk Jones, a pathologist with . Over time Ive refused to accept vaping may well be the cause and its been a long long time now living like this as I am addicted to nicotine. In 2012 I stopped smoking cigs with patches and gum (yeah, they kinda work). I read through a lot of comments here. Im using V2 menthols. This is getting as expensive as cigs. I started using ecigs about 3 months ago, started getting itchy legs and thought it was everything from food to shampoos. I have been off cigs for two days and my lungs feel heavy and so congested. Started vaping in Jan/14. Benadryl is the only thing that seems to work for a few hours. Soon after the pain came the extreme difficulty to take a normal size breath , it felt like I had been punched in the chest and the wind knocked out of me. I had exactly the same problem. I quit smokeing 4 years ago and used the Safe Cig brand .They wwent out of business , so I went to the new vape pen anyway after a short time I could not breath and have had several URI and now they say cold .I say no way it has to be the vapeing I am making some changes . Could not seem to get the docs to even consider PG. My face looks horrible. ATTENTION EVERYONE: PLEASE READ. Nichrome coils get much MUCH hotter than that. People reading who arent commenting take the time to share your stories, people need to know your experiences. Isuspect Im having a bad reaction to the flavoring used or theres other cheap Chinese crap contaminating this stuff. My problem is I find it way to easy to chain vape. Doctors called it a bad case of atopic dermatitis. Also, PG is listed as one of the #1 ingredients in all inhalers but Ive never seen anyone on an inhaler have a reaction like this. You see the companies behind vaping make more profit if they do not provide a users manual. American Academy of Dermatology. I went to the dr and found out it was thrush. I have had problems sleeping due to overheating/sweating for the last week. Im wondering if they are being caused by the liquid. Needs to be pure organic for sensitive people. After nothing left to cut out I suddenly realized that I only get the allergic reaction at night (after he comes from work). During the day theres no issue. When I first switched to e-cigs, I still smoked them like real cigs went outside and only smoked them periodically. IF YOU BLAME THE ENTIRE ECIG, THEY WILL NEVER FIND THE CULPRIT AND THEY *WILL* BE BANNED. I cant vape but i can smoke without irritation bizarre. Is there something that a doctor could test for and something like allergy shots that I could get? The rash feels tender to the touch or leaks fluid. My eyes are hurting/itching and really really dry. And believe me I didnt want to quit vaping but I had no choice. I seriously just zone out because of all pain my body is in.. Best of luck to you hope you feel better soon. The human body is trying to get rid of the toxins in anyway it can, usually causing red skin bumps and lesions. I quit smoking after 31 years, used the patch and nicorets gum. Even when the decongestants manage to clear up my nose, my ears are still horribly stuffed up. Ive had this weird side effect happen to me twice now in the past few months! I quit the patch and the gum and tried flavored (raspberry) e cig. I started using e cigs in March . He suspects something else new in my diet or lotion or perfume. Ive started sleeping with a vaporizer, that has helped some. New laws are aimed at curbing vaping among teens. When this happens, you have contact dermatitis. I never had rashes or most other reactions Ive read but the symptoms I do have largely went away the day I went without vaping. It typically causes a rash that is red and itchy and that may be bumpy or scaly. People have almost influenza type weariness that requires hours of bed rest to recover from. Why? Also I can taste food the same. I felt the same thing with You , i know i love vapping but the side efffect is scary me Out . My right eyelid now is twitching, sometimes the eyebrow as well. Definately a poisen for me. My chest is hurting when I run and I have difficulty breathing recently. It helped us stop using usual cigarettes for now. Nearly the entire 6 years I have had a constant chronic headache. Ive been using e cigs for about 2 years now, and Im in agony with my stomach and throat, the acid I think has caused a stomach ulcer from the sharp pains Im getting and my throat feels like theres a lump in it all the time. What exactly is the deal with allergies and using NI200 wire to build coils?I can get light skin rashes from nickel belt buckles, but I don't feel anything bad from vaping with nickel coils, in fact I prefer it for building.However maybe I'm not looking for the right symptoms, so here's question: what are the symptoms, when someone's allergic to nickel coils? If I lower the nicotine, the bumps go away. Now I have only been a very light user 30 mins total in any one day and felt quite ok, How ever over the last six months I have lots stress in my life and my vaping has increased to about 3.00 hours a day at the moment, and boy do I feel ill, sweats, headaches, neck and shoulder pain, stomach problems, been to the docs and he says it is down to the amount of nic I am getting in any one day now, it was my Doc who suggested I went on to vaping in a way to get me of the fags as it is healthier for me. Make sure you get your vapor from a state that has regulations. The itching after I scratched the bumps becomes incredible swollen and sore and like someone else said, I want to crawl out of my skin. Since Im quitting today. I havent heard of any such allergies, at least not related to electronic cigarettes. dont wanna go back to the real junk!!! I am using the Vuse brand, made in the USA. I noticed I am really tired most of the day and just want to sleep all the time. Iv also come out in red patches on skin if any one has the same please let me know! I do DIY e-liquid so its a process of elimination to find the culprit but its a long process. Over the course of the next day I was breathing at 80% and able to cope with the pains in my muscles.2 days to finally get back to feeling mostly normal. Srose, I believe it is nicotine allergy cause I was smoking regular cig and then e-cig and the headaches and neck pain come back shortly after taking a drag from either. Vaping illness 'breakthrough' points to vitamin E . I now have them all over my tonsils too! (pretty sure thats the reason-not dehydrated, anxious, or OD on nicotine as didnt have that much) so now im trying VG clearo type but am getting the swollen tongue and dryness, even tried unflavoured (100% VG) but thats WORSE for it. Only mental symptoms and crazy ones. My standard mix is massively lower than the lowest nic containing mix you can buy retail near me. Nicotine level at start of issues such as leg cramps: 1.8 My cousin and I (who is a doctor) have done some research on PG. Sometimes it results in me crying. Hypersensitivity to nickel can develop after . Ive quit Ecigs and went back to analogs over these years and the head and face and ear pain has never subsided.. 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