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What Causes Dizziness After Using Electronic Cigarette?
Question: I quit smoking about 3 weeks ago. I use an e-cig and lately I am dizzy. It goes away with activity and at night. What's up?
Brief Answer:
well... seems to be the e-cig...
Detailed Answer:
cannot say in your particular situation but with an exam it would be pretty easy to say. Some of the possibilities are a change in heart rate with the nicotine which raises the pulse, or with sucking in really hard.. which can trigger a drop in pulse.
differentiated by checking the pulse.
Nicotine can have effects on the brain. The rapidity of it hitting the brain is different with e-cig than with regular cigarettes and this can be determined by varying the amount of nicotine in the e-cig
one can have an allergic reaction to any component in it. That would give allergic symptoms that have not been mentioned. These would cause wheeze, breathlessness, hyperventilation--which would be noticeable if looked for.
well... seems to be the e-cig...
Detailed Answer:
cannot say in your particular situation but with an exam it would be pretty easy to say. Some of the possibilities are a change in heart rate with the nicotine which raises the pulse, or with sucking in really hard.. which can trigger a drop in pulse.
differentiated by checking the pulse.
Nicotine can have effects on the brain. The rapidity of it hitting the brain is different with e-cig than with regular cigarettes and this can be determined by varying the amount of nicotine in the e-cig
one can have an allergic reaction to any component in it. That would give allergic symptoms that have not been mentioned. These would cause wheeze, breathlessness, hyperventilation--which would be noticeable if looked for.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
Thank you Dr. Wachsman,
Initially I had nicotine head aches so I went to a 0mg inhaler. I also cut back on the amount of use. I suppose that some mild alergic reaction could be occuring. However, I do not exibit any symptoms. And I experience less pulmonary stress while playing in my last 2 ice hockey games.
If one or more of the ingredients in the e-cig are causing this; how long would it take for them to be removed from my system once I stop using them?
Initially I had nicotine head aches so I went to a 0mg inhaler. I also cut back on the amount of use. I suppose that some mild alergic reaction could be occuring. However, I do not exibit any symptoms. And I experience less pulmonary stress while playing in my last 2 ice hockey games.
If one or more of the ingredients in the e-cig are causing this; how long would it take for them to be removed from my system once I stop using them?
Brief Answer:
no nicotine...huh....
Detailed Answer:
well... there are physiological effects from expectation. I think we've all felt a bit empty and shakey from diet foods where they trick you body into expecting calories and glucose that aren't there.
Then..... there's everything else.... there are a lot of flavored vapes'. the simplest is to change flavors to see if the flavors are affecting you. On the other hand, the stuff that holds the nicotine and flavorings (excipients... wow, I've used that word about 10 times this week!?!)http://science.whitecloudelectroniccigarettes.com/
I'm having a hard time finding any effect of propylene glycol (the main excipient) that can cause dizziness. It's pretty low toxicity. There's some concern about carcinogenicity in animals, but that's a big stretch to say its a human risk.
pretty safe
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/0000
All the flavorings and ethylene glycol etc at the worst would be a week. Most likely, they stay in your system only about as long as you were having the symptoms (not much longer than the time you're actively smoking them).
no nicotine...huh....
Detailed Answer:
well... there are physiological effects from expectation. I think we've all felt a bit empty and shakey from diet foods where they trick you body into expecting calories and glucose that aren't there.
Then..... there's everything else.... there are a lot of flavored vapes'. the simplest is to change flavors to see if the flavors are affecting you. On the other hand, the stuff that holds the nicotine and flavorings (excipients... wow, I've used that word about 10 times this week!?!)http://science.whitecloudelectroniccigarettes.com/
I'm having a hard time finding any effect of propylene glycol (the main excipient) that can cause dizziness. It's pretty low toxicity. There's some concern about carcinogenicity in animals, but that's a big stretch to say its a human risk.
pretty safe
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/0000
All the flavorings and ethylene glycol etc at the worst would be a week. Most likely, they stay in your system only about as long as you were having the symptoms (not much longer than the time you're actively smoking them).
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
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