Even if you use e-cigs for a very short period to get off cigarettes totally and then stop the e-cigs, you need to be aware of the issues which clearly manifest themselves within a very short period when using e-cigs. It hasnt been a month since I am vaping. Been vaping 3 years. I stopped smoking for 13 years (and started again 15 years ago) and remember the symptoms well. Pretty upset that I just invested $200 bucks on vape pen and dont know if I can use it anymore, I to am sad to say Im getting a load of symptoms from hot flushes to red hives on my shoulders back face tummy extreme tiredness numbing of the lips and general feeling of not right at all its devastating as was a vape enthusiast collector and hobbyist but think Im gna have to make a serious decision about this as its literally ruining my life right now. My teenage son has been vaping (no I dont condone this) for about a year and for the past two months has had allergies. Has anyone experienced similar problems. I quit the patch and the gum and tried flavored (raspberry) e cig. I reckon we all react to things different. As a first step, she gave me 1% hydrocortisone cream to see if it helps. Slowly but things are starting to subside. 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. Last two weeks my face is full of pimples sore mouth and general terrible skin! Then about after 7 months, the red bumps appeared mostly on my temples, but also behind my ears right at the hairline. I stopped vaping when it finally hit me. Thats because you are poisoning yourself. Ive had the most horrendous cough, more phlem than Ive ever experienced, even when I smoked quite heavily, sinus pain and (sorry to be so crude) but a never ending supply of thick green snot from my sinuses! Never gets near as high as tobacco but a higher constant level. He have me meds. The itchiness, hives and nausea might (might) all be symptoms of nicotine poisoning. Never did I realize that I have an allergic reaction to his vapor (he switched 4 months back to e cigarette). but for now Id would rather have to change my hair style than to go through nicotine withdrawals. ALL these things can be caused by: stopping smoking , allergy (to anything i guess including ecigs), and infections so I wouldnt pass them off without testing if that really is the issuestopping smoking makes you ill with many symptoms (most not to do with nicotine withdrawal) including hypoglycemia (! Way too many sick people. I have found that benedryl will sometimes help. I know this isnt common, but its likely that some of us are just allergic. Soo know I Quit vapping the Symtom slowly gone and i feeling better. My glasses probably kept the vapor residue pressed against my skin. Was thinking about how bad it is to have the cell phone to my ear, so I wear earphones with a mic to chat because of the battery. HeadachesAnd manthe neck pain If so how long did it take? Yes. Jenn, I also experienced terrible shoulder pain along with hand and wrist swelling so bad that I went to ER room. Even more so than Kanthal, which tends to be the popular choice for price and durability. Vaping can cause breathing problems, organ damage, addiction and other conditions. I started vaping in Nov 2014 while vacationing and brought home some eliquid. I just cut ecig as of now. I intend to wean off of them to see if that what I causing the itch. I have seen this happen twice now. The exact cause of nickel allergy is unknown. Its called peripheral neuropathy. Alos had issues with tongue getting numb, now I have a sore tip of the tongue all the time, eye issues, ringing in the ears and fatigue like I have never known before. I have never smoked the e-cigs wherein the flavored nicotine oil is added separately but once in a while the cartridges will have a flaw and a slimy liquid comes out of the filter and I throw those out. This is getting ridiculous. I still say this is a much betbetter experiece than going to the ER thinking that Im dying from the stupid gum and patches. Now this is super suspicious, Im not in my bed, and how in the hell a bedbug would end up there! For example, your threshold for contact allergy to nickel could be lower or higher than that of your relatives or friends. I fit really isnt happening for you, dont go back to analogues. And the tons of bad advice on here is rediculous like go back to smoking analogs its safer Really!. I am concerned about the PG effects. Liquid: 70vg/30pg (per what the store claims 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. 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 thought pg was the problem went to vg not nic or flavor was ok for a wile. When I first switched to e-cigs, I still smoked them like real cigs went outside and only smoked them periodically. The doc didnt know what it was, but he sent me for a blood test to see if I was having a reaction to something. 1998-2023 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). Worst experience of quitting ever, I never want to vape again to me its a toxic poison that took away from my life, in all honesty I hope the shit gets banned I wont care Ill never touch the crap again. Since this could also cure my snoring problem I agreed but it wasnt a walk in the park. The varieties we use are all 8-12% nickel, it's one of the better corrosion resistors to add to the alloy. Will investigate further. This is getting as expensive as cigs. I started vaping to get off of oral tobacco (dipping). I was vaping happily before with no problems and then wham, itching all over and its getting worse. 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. Im literally a blizzard of dead skin. be eliquid but is.i had canker sores on side of tongue,everlasting headaches that nothing helps.My body hurts everywhere,like my insides are too big for my outside.1 month phlegmy cough that burns.no appetite and rotten sleep.i know it sounds like a lot but am going to stop ecig and see if improves,my doctor cant find anything wrong with me but never thought to tell her about ecig.if not regulated which I didnt know,who knows whats in these,not like we can test it?so if anyone has any of these symptoms try like me to not use for at least a week.cant hurt.please try,not worth our health,BE STRONG!!!! I even feel i cant breath and dizzy and i have to go to the hospital , so does anyone experience such a thing? If someone has been through this without prescribed steroids etc. All this was research had lots of errors. I can only assume its linked to the e cig anyone else have these problems? In the case of sunscreen, harsh rashes appear on the arms and legs where you applied the cream. That seem to do the trick, I believe the nickel is a major trigger to those symptoms. I always need something to help me fall asleep through the pain. Its horrible. Wishing you luck and hope this helps. Nickel allergy, also known as nickel hypersensitivity or Systemic Nickel Allergy Syndrome (SNAS), results from an adverse immune response to nickel exposure. Interestingly, both traditional and e-cigarette consumption by non-smokers was found to provoke short-term effects on platelet function, increasing platelet activation (levels of soluble CD40 ligand and the adhesion molecule P-selectin) and platelet aggregation, although to a lesser extent with e-cigarettes []. I thought it was insects, shampoo, detergent, MSG in beef jerky. However now they are nearly inescapably and if caught indoors with people vaping I often end up with a sever reaction. . Really????!!! Ive been on Njoy e cigg for one year now. Its way easier to quit vaping than I must admit. Glad I found this post. The best strategy to prevent a nickel allergy from developing is to avoid prolonged exposure to items containing nickel. What device did you use? I have tried VG, the problem still remains, i have tried changing my cosmetics, facial wash, shampoo you name it i ave done it and the problem still remains. I hate this feeling and Im at work should I discontinue use or maybe Im getting sick? Started out with small hives and then developed angiooedema on every single part of my body. I am not in a place to quit cold turkey so Im back on analogues because I dont know what else to do. Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders Drug Targets. I think my mix is 80%PG and 20%VG. Tramontana M, et al. I had the skin patch test done 5 years ago at age 25 never had one issue all of a sudden started to get rashes on my neck/arms. The rash went away in about one week of stopping the e-cig with PG. PG free? Nickel allergy. Doctors called it a bad case of atopic dermatitis. 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. You can, i have never for one day in my 25 years of smoking missed 10+ sticks a day minimum, but when i had some mild allergy i stopped vaping for 2 days and i was ok even around other traditional smokers.I might be wrong but i feel e cigs are aimed at making one quit not to enhance your smoking prowess. All I have been smoking or the e cigs and now after several months I have the same thing with my tongue these bumps and canker sores I guess you call them all over the back of my tongue that are very painful and their large I never had these before until I started smoking for several months the ecig not the flavor ones that you have to pour juice in but the regular ecigs the blues but the mental ones I guess Im going to quit and see if they go away because they are extremely painful let me know how yours works if you quit, I av been suffering these same symptoms from vaporizing ..really itchy skin and white raised lumps ..so I av been taking antiestamins which works an hour or so later .. never suffered with anything in 31 years but now not the case and only van put it down to the ecig a I am using .. how this helps someone in the future as I will be stopping vaping. oh p.s. i have been vipeing fpr 1 year happily and now i have hives all over my body breathing problems itching iv stopped for a week and still having the same problems i have been trying to convince myself that its not the vipe but looking at this forom everyone has the same issues and i have tred the pg free one aswell and still have the same reaction i miss it so bad. I get headaches, and my neck muscle spasms and one of my jaw muscle was spasming shut a few times. The main treatment is avoiding contact with nickel-releasing metals, such as inexpensive jewelry. Anyone else have this problem. Whenever I try to research every site suggested some other cause for my health issues. New laws are aimed at curbing vaping among teens. I tried vaping on sunday and stopped on monday as I developed a rash, Im on anti-histamine, but how long is this rash going to last ? Even months later, sometimes the rashes come and go within 24 hours, or they stay for longer. Ill never vape again, did it for about two months and was probably the worse chose I ever made. Im using V2 menthols. Family doctor had several test ran but all normal. Having read all the reports on this forum, I can only assume that e-cigs DO cause issues such a itchy skin and rashes. 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 . I seriously just zone out because of all pain my body is in.. Best of luck to you hope you feel better soon. Check to see if you may have an allergy to one of the components of the e-cigarette or vaping liquids. My belly, legs, arms, back! I started experiencing sore mouth, numbness in mouth, earache and mist of all nausea . People are sick, their pet foods have killed animals, kids are sick, chickens are disgusting, and I for one want to know if these USA companies who claim everything is american made, have gotten a single ingredient from China. She examined my hands first as it was the only visible problem, she said I have eczema. Heart and circulation: Chest pain, increased blood pressure and increased heart rate. https://vaperanks.com/am-i-allergic-to-electronic-cigarettes/#comment-68065. For ourselves, our families and for societies sake!! Recently the rash has extended to my chest and arms so I started thinking about what changes Ive made in my diet and such. I understood smoking and its issues after a comfortable 40 yrs but with vaporing I am less comfortable and await the results from the scientists laboratories with baited breath. Obviously, that would be catastrophic. So its day 6 and rashes / tingling / itching have gone. I have now gone to 6m. Chronic Sinus Infections. I got severe bulging rashes on my back. What's new. Now Im at work started vaping this morning and just got hit w/ this unbelievable tiredness, Ive never did hard core drugs before but Ive seen people nodd out and thats the way I feel! The only other brand i can use is made by STARFIRE without having any symptons. I dont vape any more and Ive had no more episodes, but I sometimes feel a chest pain when bending over and I get very nervous thinking I might relapse, but no more near death situations. Ive been vaping for about 6 months now. But recently I have questioned the safety of e-cigarettes opposed to the infamous regular tobacco smoking.i now experience an unusual irritant in the throat sometimes when I inhale. Systemic nickel allergy syndrome (SNAS) is a broader form of nickel SCD that affects much more than just the skin, with symptoms primarily associated with the gastrointestinal and respiratory systems, along with observations of headache, dizziness, fever, cystitis, and many symptoms consistent with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndromes. p.s. I had swollen tonsil and pain innmy throat for almost a year when i used to vape few years ago. Unless I have bedbugs inside my skin jeez I think just triggered one of my phobias! I have used e cigs before but not as a rule. This needs to get publicised big time. 2nd: The spelling, grammar and punctuation on this site is almost as upsetting as my rash! And then the bumps started showing up on my face. I pray I we all find the courage to face and conquer our addictions and get our health back.. i have beenitching almost a month and the only thing that helps me is zertec.i quit smoking ciggs all together after smoking 19 yrs.e ciggs helped me quit in 2 weeks but this itching is hell!!!!!! Make a donation. But I have been having sleepless nights with weird random I itches. Its like a YouTube thread. In accordance with FTC rules, we hereby disclose that this site uses banners, affiliate links and other kinds of advertising for a profit. And the common question is, do you still look like a leper, or did those shiny red boxes of Marlboros clear up your skin? A lot of people have it but ignore it. I looked this up when I got home and it mentioned nicotine in the Wikipedia article. American Academy of Dermatology. "Mayo," "Mayo Clinic," "MayoClinic.org," "Mayo Clinic Healthy Living," and the triple-shield Mayo Clinic logo are trademarks of Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. I can take a long soak in a bed of poison ivy and be perfectly fine. Spent 4 months now with same pain in chest non stop feeling of anxiety through the worry, had numerous other tests done at docs blood samples everything nothing showing up. virtually doesnt exist with high VG juices. Did the prednisone shot and antihistamines help? I started with one of those small Ego starter kits, vaping typical PG/VG mixes from a local commercial supplier. Ive had the exact same thing. And of the starters that this is happening with, Im wondering what the nic levels are and how much they really smoked. I use an Itaste 3.3vv E-cig and Tsunami 24mg tobacco flavor E-juice. . Nickel allergy is often associated with earrings and other jewelry. 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