Posted on 09/08/2022 7:25:10 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Chronic use of e-cigarettes, commonly known as vaping, can result in progressive small airway obstruction and asthma-like symptoms such as shortness of breath and chest pains, according to researchers. In the first study to microscopically evaluate the pulmonary tissue of e-cigarette users for chronic disease, the team found in a small sample of patients fibrosis and damage in the small airways, similar to the chemical inhalation damage to the lungs typically seen in soldiers returning from overseas conflicts who had inhaled mustard or similar types of noxious gases.
"All four individuals we studied had injury localized to the same anatomic location within the lung, manifesting as small airway-centered fibrosis with constrictive bronchiolitis, which was attributed to vaping after thorough clinical evaluations excluded other possible causes," says Lida Hariri, MD, Ph.D. "We also observed that when patients ceased vaping, they had a partial reversal of the condition over one to four years, though not complete due to residual scarring in the lung tissue."
In order to determine the underlying pathophysiology of vaping-related symptoms, the MGH team examined a cohort of four patients, each with a three-to-eight-year history of e-cigarette use and chronic lung disease. All patients underwent detailed clinical evaluation, including pulmonary function tests, high resolution chest imaging, and surgical lung biopsy. Constrictive bronchiolitis, or narrowing of the small airways due to fibrosis within the bronchiolar wall, was observed in each patient. So was significant overexpression of MUC5AC, a gel-forming protein in the mucus layer of the airway that has been seen in airway cell and sputum samples of individuals who vape.
Because the same type of lung damage was observed in all patients, as well as partial improvement in symptoms after e-cigarette usage was stopped, researchers concluded that vaping was the most likely cause after exclusion of other possible causes.
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Thankfully, some of the damage resolved when they quit.
Anybody that didn’t see this coming along, is a complete idiot. Now, let’s see all of the class action lawsuits get started.
My son who vaped heavily in high school and college got pluresy in college—an ancient lung disease our revolutionary fathers got now making a comeback. It was very painful and difficult for him to breathe.
4 people.
Pleurisy is not a disease. It is a condition that can have many causes, such as upper respiratory ailments. I had it in my late 20s after a nasty flu.
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E-cigarettes are at least 95% safer than smoking tobacco cigarettes, says Public Health England
E-cigs are a nearly harmless nicotine delivery system. The problems arise when users switch to the so-called “flavored” cartridges. They’re chock full of chemicals and, worse still, many of them are manufactured in China.
Anybody who has smoked tobacco for years and switched to e-gics can testify just how much they have increased lung function, provided they haven’t reached the point of no return from the tobacco damage. I use e-cigs and it’s almost like I never smoked at all now after 4 years. Remarkable really.
I am ALWAYS suspect of these studies. I don’t smoke/vape and never have, but when a product comes out that poses a real threat to an entrenched industry, stories like this show up. When people talk about how bad vaping is, I usually respond “Yeah, it’s terrible. They should go back to cigarettes, right?”
While I doubt that Vape usage is good for people, I cannot help but remember the major Vape Hysteria that happened right before the Covid thing.
I smoked cigarettes for 30+ years, I quit cigarettes for e-cigs 4 years ago, OMG I feel so much better, there is NO MORE smell, NO MORE yellow film everywhere, I am breathing 1000 times better!! I have cleaned every inch of my home and painted everything, changed all window coverings ect. Who ever invented this
e-cig it is a miracle for people who smoked for decades not knowing how bad it was for you!! Back in the day EVERYONE smoked, e-cigs are a God send!!
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Propylene glycol in e cigarettes might keep us healthy, says researchers
"Propylene glycol, the primary ingredient in the electronic cigarette cartridge, may be a powerful deterrent against pneumonia, influenza, and other respiratory diseases when vaporized and inhaled according to a study by Dr. Oswald Hope Robertson. Decades before the e cigarette was invented, a study was conducted by Dr. Robertson of the University of Chicago's Billings Hospital in 1942 on inhalation of vaporized propylene glycol......."
BTW, teeth are white again too!
This has been known for years, suppressed by the vaping industry.
My wife is in denial about the damage she’s done to her lungs, rationalizing that it was the virus. But oh well: She’s addicted to nicotine and at least she’s not on cancer sticks.
But vaping is FAR from harmless, even nic-free, and regardless what’s in it (e.g., THC).
Irony: I had always theorized that vaping would quickly remedy a pulmonary infection (flu, etc.). When the virus came along, my theory was validated: As a therapy, PG was shown to have anti-bacterial effects, as well as toxicity to influenza virus in the 60s. As a therapy, vaping got me past the virus in 48 hours (March 2020) once I pulled my head out of my backside and vaped.
But since I was unprepared, I had to use my wife’s nicotine juice and had to undergo nicotine withdrawals once again.
I now have a new vape pen and nic-free juice in a pouch in the medicine cabinet for the next pulmonary ailment/infection.
I encourage others to do the same, especially older FReepers.
Too much of anything can be toxic; some things - such as vaping (and Ivermectin) - are proven to be beneficial as therapies, despite all the very public controversy.
OMG the teeth are a HUGE thing YES my teeth are white again my teeth cleaning after cigarettes teeth stayed WHITE with the e-cigs!! Wish I had NEVER started smoking but at the time EVERYONE smoked!! E-cigs are a miracle and I thank whoever invented them everyday!!
I have had pleurisy and mine wasn’t caused by vaping. It was a straight-up infection caught the old-fashioned way. I ran into a bacteria.
Over 10 yrs of using the e-cig and my lungs are perfectly clear
Did the trick for me too. After I'd switched to vaping I began gradually reducing the nicotine content of the vape juice. Within six weeks I was down to 0% nicotine. Did that for a week and that was that. It's been two years now and I have no urge whatsoever to smoke. I was a pack a day smoker beforehand. My story is not a rare one.
Trading nicotinic acid for glycerin is jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Both are critical components of the Krebs energy cycle.
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