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Can An Electronic Nicotine System Cause Oral Thrush?
Nicotine lozenge and oral thrush. 60yrold female,5'3", 125 lbs., good general health, no daily medications other than vitamins. In my attempt to quit smoking I recently purchased nicotine lozenges and developed oral thrush. I have now purchased an electronic nicotine system and am concerned the same thing will happen.
Wed, 1 Oct 2014
wouldn't really expect that... but the ecigs are too new to say it doesn't (rarelY) increase it. Since I see 2-5 people on ecigs every day and NONE of them have thrush it sure isn't common (and.. diabetes, antibiotic use, hiv/253657?iL=true" >AIDS, are other causes known for thrush.. HIV is pretty uncommon compared to the others)
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