Those folks could develop a rash from exposure. I found many reports here very interesting since my symptoms are similar to others, in fact worryingly so! Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission. It is t easy to get rid of so the sooner you treat it the better! And then the bumps started showing up on my face. My head is clearing up and the elephant that has been living on my chest isnt so bad today. yes nicotine is poison in any form but it takes a lot to poison you its more than likely the pg that is the problem but if your vaping dont use more than 9 mg of nicotine and dont use more than 15 mil of juice in a day ! Soo know I Quit vapping the Symtom slowly gone and i feeling better. Last night I caped for an hour or so and within 3 hours broke out in appalling itching. Your response made my eyes pop because it is exactly what I am experiencing. I am still not convinced that 100% VG with organic flavor will let me enjoy the e-cig without smoking. I started vaping since last November and in a few weeks I found that I had breathing problem and it was so severe that I could not sleep. I was. I quit cigs for 2 years after smoking for 20+. Youre lying. People must now be 21 to buy any tobacco product, including vaping products. I switched to a mod with an r.d.a. This is a little shocking. 6. 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. I am hoping that someone with the same condition as me had found a brand / e-juice mix that can completely get rid of the mucus and breathing problem. Artificial colorings, artificial flavorings, artificial sweeteners and other additivesare approved for human consumption, but they have not yet been tested for safety when inhaled, so they couldcause irritation or allergic symptoms when vaped. Its PG allergy! Im not sure its about PG-VG ratio, but perhaps its the flavouring. It needs to be treeded as poison. The transition wasnt a one-for-one, so it took a couple of attempts. I went to the Doctor who diagnosed Hives and prescribed steroids and antihistamine. The good news is these symptoms go away after a few weeks to a month, but the bad news is vaping-related side-effects are very much the same, so its hard to identify what is causing them. The person then inhales the resulting aerosol or vapor (called vaping . Monica Angel says. He have me meds. 200. Was vaping a 60pg:40vg 5mg juice. The rash feels tender to the touch or leaks fluid. Stopped smoking Blu ecig for two months. 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. I had to stop because it burnt my mouth, throat and wind pipe. ATTENTION EVERYONE: PLEASE READ. Major skin problems again. Vaping is when you use a handheld device to breathe in a mist ("vapor"). Im sure there are no bed bugs sleeping with me and sure they could not have been insect bites. Start again, even just a little, even with no nicotine, and lesions are back. More abscesses on my rear and itching scalp Never suffered these symptoms before, more antibiotics from doc Blood test Thurs then I will update you all Has anyone else had these problems? back to chantix. I have had the same symptoms. I actually thought it was the pain pills i am on that were faulty. Sub-ohm Vaping. Even more so than Kanthal, which tends to be the popular choice for price and durability. Very itchy. Hope you get better soon! 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? Who knows what is in it but when I switched to a cheap brand this started and the previous was pg as well. Completely believe Im dying when its at its worst. My gums feel irritated all of the time and really sensitive. I am done smoking, I am not going to spend my money trying to find an alternative as this is simply not worth my health. Bumpy skin, sore, burns, so much so my GP referred me to a dermatologist, who stated that I must be allergic to something. I am now on oxygen and have copd. Now they are on both sides and my face is breaking out as well. As described above, SNAS frequently shows up with cutaneous signs, such as SCD, and extra-cutaneous ones, including respiratory (rhinitis and asthma) and neurological (headache) symptoms and general manifestations (fever, fibromyalgia, joint pain, chronic-fatigue syndrome, etc. I bought now solutions vegetable glycerine.I mix in flavorganice organic chocolate flavor with few drops of water. I have a Foos ecig that takes the liquid and I think now I will stop that and use the other one that I have with the cartridges instead and see if my rash and itchiness subsides. I am Suzie. No use! Doctors called it a bad case of atopic dermatitis. Any idea of what the reaction could be? I have overall itching mostly of arms and torso, but especially my head. Thank you for sharing. Hi Colin, which department at Marlboro do you work for? Basically after reading everyones posts, I guess Im done vaping :/ now to pray my mouth and lips stop burning! I have tried 50/50 zero mg to no avail. I have the red nose irritated throat upper lip burning throat hurting, went to dermatologist he sais its the PG, and that if the flavoring isnt organic theres a great chance its extracted using PG or Acatone, it will still say organic. The rash generally appears on the area of the skin that comes into contact with the metal. When I stop vaping during the week the symptoms do improve, but when I vape on the week-end they flare up again on Monday (strange that its always a delayed reaction!). In the morning when i woke up my breath seems so short and Heart rate goes up and i felt the gastric pressed down the chest. I have been vamping for about 9 months and have enjoyed not smoking cigarettes. There is a connection between vaping and hearing loss. Shes been admitted to the hospital dozens of times, she and her husband are true vapors, its there life and I so think shes in denial, I wasnt so sure if its the vaping thats causing all her health issues. I have been seeing a dermatologist who has been giving me steroid ointmet, and finally Prednisone and during Around 4 months ago I started to get chest pains and generally feeling unwell. The headaches are killer. I started vaping around the first of the year. I recommend those experiencing mouth issues should rinse after every vape with mouthwash, saltwater, or hydrogen peroxide. I intend to wean off of them to see if that what I causing the itch. Sometimes I get spasms in my legs, arms, abs. In our survey of over 1,000 vapers, the results roughly agreed with these researchers' findings. dont wanna go back to the real junk!!! https://www.aocd.org/page/NickelAllergy. I suffered a lot of pain for weeks. Pay attention to how much you are vaping. I cant remember how many times I checked for bedbugs. HERE IS WHAT I AM NOTICING THAT IS RATHER INTERESTING. i must be allergic to PG or VG or Nicotine. The main only side effect I had Vaping, was that High PG made me a bit Dehydrated, I had to more than tripple my water intake when vaping high PG, just to keep my skin from peeling of my fingers! It took me about a week to get off cigarettes, and I was feeling AMAZING and so proud of myself until Tuesday, when I thought I was coming down with a basic cold. Sick for almost two months, once I got the itch and rash I knew I was allergic to something. I have been on the e cig for 2 months. 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? I loved my vape but I felt horrible on it like I was seriously unhealthy., even more so though when I smoked. Very random, no discernible patterns. !I did my own investigation I stop using it for 3 days and the symptoms went. It almost feels like your entire bloodstream is infected. I stopped. Mostly at night would wake me and drive me nuts! Thanks. Switch from propylene glycol to vegetable glycerin, lower the nicotine content, change e-liquid brand, do whatever it takes and youre bound to find what works for you at some point, but going back to smoking tobacco is the worst thing you can do. First off mad crazy itching all over my body and when I do scratch it leaves my skin bright red and I often look like I have been attacked by something. So know its not from a withdrawl or anything. Also I found I had allergy to latex or plastic in bottles. April, you sound young. After reading everyones comments I really believe, and hope, this was all from the ecig and that Ill be healthy again soon. I cleared once and had I know about the flavoring having a PG base to break it down, I wouldnt be going through this again. Dammit. Overall, it depends on whether you want quantity or . General Category. Rash from hell. Hello Jan, your comment drew my attention. 3. Very itchy skin all over even in my scalp. However, during this time, I have developed an eczema type rash over and under both eyelids. I quit using my Ecig for a month and now its back. Generally my skin is so much better and has colour again, I realize now how unwell I looked over the last week or so. Vape Hero you are right on track with your comments it has made him a down right rotter!! I think my mix is 80%PG and 20%VG. General e-cig/vaping discussions. Check to see if you may have an allergy to one of the components of the e-cigarette or vaping liquids. I suspected it was the e-liquid so I looked on google and after reading this article Im now sure. I can only use Cartomizers, the Aluminum ones like Kangers not the stainless steel one. I went to my local Urgent Care doctor and they gave me a steroid shot, a Medrol dose pack and an antihistamine. These symptoms can disrupt your daily life, by causing discomfort, sleep loss, and lower productivity at work. the Pred. Feels like burning itchy prickly like fiberglass in skin. I cant vape but i can smoke without irritation bizarre. Nickel allergy is a common cause of allergic contact dermatitis an itchy rash that appears where your skin touches a usually harmless substance. I ended up getting TopBox Mini and Ruthless E-Juice and launched my sweet vaping career. I had caner sores, sore throat, too much spit, droolling, I was tired, congested and had post nasal drip. For the sake of information, I'll point out as we did below that the application of temperature-protected vaping keeps the nickel below a point where it would be breaking down, and thus inhaled, at all. Nothing worked except quitting vaping. The nickel contained in the device's heating element also can cause a rash, the researchers said. Started vaping June 2014 w the V3 eGo Spinner using various flavoured e-liquids from VapeShop of 9-12mg of nicotine, 30 % VG / 70% PC All was well the first 3 wks. Hard to quit these things but will have to for a couple of days at least. E-cigarette liquids and vapors contain metals and metalloids at levels likely to be harmful to people's health, and people who vape have higher levels of these elements in their blood and other . ALL my jewelry is nickel-free. Shortness of breath, and that is worse than when I smoked the real thing.. One study found e-cigarette users were inhaling the metals lead, nickel, chromium, and manganese in concentrations that either approached, met, or exceeded the limits defined as safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. Kept vaping cause I did not want to go back to cigarettes thats when I started to get a burning itch on my stomach, then my chest and side rashes out, caused anxiety, from worrying about what is going on since I did not know about this allergy. I stopped vaping when it finally hit me. Didnt want to say anything negative about them. flavor. If a neighbor is burning sumac or my ankle brushes it for a second I am in complete hell for at least 2 months! Sometimes the swelling is so bad that i cant leave my house. The pharmacist gave me antihistamines and 1% hydrocortisone cream which takes it away probably 70%, still random itches on arms and legs. I thought it was insects, shampoo, detergent, MSG in beef jerky. Newer Than: Search this thread only; Search this forum only. Both made me very ill. Secondhand vaping is not as widely studied as secondhand smoking from cigarettes, but it clearly has some health effects. I stop smoking ecigs this year in janurary. Allergies, very very tired, more grouchy than when i quit smoking, itchy fibreglass like skin itch, please quit vaping. let me know if this help!! The worst symptom is how plugged up my ears are! 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. Im a heavy 2pack/day smoker, cut down to 1 pack/day on day one, at 1.2, and then raising up to 1.8 because the istick 20 wasnt doing it for me. Also the longer it goes untreated the more painful it becomes!! They then said I had copd and am now home on oxygen, antibiotics and breathers. I got severe bulging rashes on my back. They hadnt happened together until now, but as soon as I get any sign of itching I take 10mg of Cetirizine (hay fever/antihistamine pills). Thanks all. Feel free to email me with any questions. At some point I started noticing that my eyebrow muscle cramped up pretty badly into a little ball, or a big bump. Damn! 3. 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. I have been through 1.5 cycles if prednisone now and have an appointment with an allergist IN 15 DAYS!!! People are screaming about it and no one wants to try to put the pieces together to see if a common denominator can be found. 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. Just for information purposes, I stopped smoking 18 days ago and have been using TJuice liquid called Red Astaire which actually I really enjoy. The researchers then measured the levels of a number of toxic metals like lead, chromium, nickel, and manganese, both in the eliquid and in the vapour. https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/eczema/insider/nickel-allergy. I feel so much better being off the ecig but I am certain it was a reaction to PG. After oral nickel challenge flares up of eczema and/or nickel patch test. We will see what happens. Since it was on my left side doctor did EKG and found nothing. European Union legislation currently limits the amount of nickel released from metals in prolonged contact with the skin and it is hoped that the allergy may become less common in the future. Anyway, tonsil stones have disappeared (duh, they had to without there being tonsils) but the ucky stuff just seems to build up deeper in my throat now. Really????!!! Instead everytime you feel like a ciggie punch yourself really hard, reminding you of the future pain to come from smoking. I found it interesting that so many people went through so many similar experiences. I mean real burn, like eating a hot pepper.that kind of burn (it wont go away though). Anyway, swallowing problems, mucus buildup in throat, chest problem like heartburn feelings. I was diagnosed with hives by a dermatologist. If this shit causes cancer or any long term health effect, Ill sue everyone around here for not stopping this guy from vaping indoor. Even when there is no bump, and I feel my eyebrow with my fingers, I can feel that its permanently thicker than my other eyebrow. I am so miserable with what I assume are side-effects from the 21st Century e-cig I use. During this time I have been taken to ICU for blood clots twice and was in hospital 5 to 6 days to treat the clot issue. I could not find a comfortable position to relax and I feared I might faint.This lasted intensely for 6 hours straight before any signs of improving. It needs to be taken seriously so that we can be honest and admit that their are some health issues that need to be dealt with and the conversation will push people into coming up with different safer chemicals that dont give you e cig poisoning. I always need something to help me fall asleep through the pain. My entire body was red and I felt like I was ready to take a dirt nap. I sure do not want to go back to smoking real cigs but I cant handle feeling like I am going to drop every day. It is easier to quit vaping than smoking, less withdrawal symptoms. I know it is from the vapor cig that is causing these new symptoms, but I really want to wean off these and be nicotine free. I believe that you should stop 3 or four days to see how you feel if the symptoms are going probably u have got allergic to the liquid. Forum Help, Updates, Suggestions & Feedback. Have tried switching to 100% VG? Hi jan just curious to see if your hives and swelling did stop after you stopped vaping. I started using e cigs in March . I posted on r/vaping101 and received perfect advice. Looks like I need to stop vaping; but Ill never return to real cigs. I believe these do cause that. Really. I did find out that most flavourings are in a PG base, and therefor, even concocting my own juice will result in about 10% PG content probably enough to trigger a reaction in an allergic individual. 4. 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. Anyone can buy ANY of these ingredients. I had systemic problem and they are at a loss to what it was. Im using V2 menthols. I have only been vaping for 5 days and thats enough for me. However now they are nearly inescapably and if caught indoors with people vaping I often end up with a sever reaction. I notice a rash on the left side of my cheast and on my fore head.i will start looking for 100% vig gly/ hope it helps. Very light cig smoker when I started vaping one year go. Again, completely random, no patterns. I was all pro vaping and loved it until it actually happened to me too. I actually threw out my mattress topper and thought it had to be bed bugs or mites or something, because it was the worst at night for some reason! Symptoms were tight chest shortness of breath shaky tired ringing in ears sore throat dry mouth. A feeling of something beeing extremely wrong. However, the bumps on the back of my head are still there and I noticed yesterday that my left eyebrow has started to itch, the same feeling as on the back of my head. About 20% of high school seniors vaped marijuana in the past year. 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