My lesson learned: too much nicotine = high blood pressure

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Hello everyone :waving_hand:

I would like to share a little experience with you. I have had blood pressure problems for quite some time – it started back in primary school – but with the right diet and a small lifestyle change, I managed to keep it under control. I didn’t want to take medication, so I prefer to look after myself, and this has worked well so far. Sometimes my blood pressure rises, but this usually normalizes within a short time.

I can consider myself lucky because I feel when my blood pressure rises – my nape hurts then, and if it’s even higher, my eyes sting too.

Recently I had an interesting (or rather educational) experience that one doesn’t immediately think about. I tried a Wenax pod, which I used for a few days. This pod has a 0.7 ohm mesh coil, so it vaporizes quite a lot.

By the end of the first day, my eyes started stinging, but I thought I was just tired. By the second day, it got worse, and on the third day, it dawned on me that my eyes used to sting because of my blood pressure in the past. I measured it, and indeed, it was significantly high. I immediately took one or two blood pressure pills, which gradually brought it down somewhat, and then the eye stinging also subsided.

The next day, however, it still hadn’t sunk in that excessive nicotine intake might have been the cause, so I used the pod again… and the eye pain and high blood pressure returned. At that point, it occurred to us that maybe this was the cause.

The next day I returned to my familiar MTL RTA – and since then there has been no problem.

Perhaps I made several mistakes:

  • I used a lower resistance coil (I probably would have tolerated the higher resistance coil better)
  • Habit is a great master, I vaped similarly to how I use the RTA, so significantly more than I should have
  • I didn’t pay attention to the nicotine strength (I was vaping the same liquid as from the RTA)

Of course, we know that excessive nicotine intake raises blood pressure, but this isn’t always what comes to mind when we are in the situation.

This is why I wrote this topic, so others might think of this if they experience similar symptoms.

All in all, I’d rather stick to the well-proven MTL RTA line. :slightly_smiling_face:

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A dentist told me that the sweetener in the liquid destroys teeth the same way as if we were sucking on sugar non-stop.

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I’d be interested in that, unfortunately I have quite a sweet tooth :sweat_smile:.

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In my opinion (skeptically), it might have minimal sugar content, and you ingest that in many, many puffs, saliva washes that off the teeth :grin: PG even disinfects. Besides, it contains sweetener, and the sweetness of the PG/VG. At a significant sugar content, the coil/cotton would caramelize :grin: so, in my opinion, the tooth fairy is exaggerating.

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For instance, I use 96% VG…which is less sweet than any flavored liquid.

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Time will tell :grin:

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The clocks just changed :open_mouth: this is a sign​:index_pointing_up::grin:

Anyway, it really makes sense, we are talking about a few ml of soup/day, I think this is orders of magnitude less sugar risk than a lollipop.

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Thank you for pointing that out. :+1:

Although it’s not entirely on topic, I also have an instructive experience to share.

I am allergic to all kinds of costume jewelry. I always knew this, but I didn’t know exactly which metals I was sensitive to. I didn’t really deal with this issue much because I figured I would just wear silver or gold, and that’s that. (If at all.)

But the topic has come to the forefront in the last few weeks after I delved deeper into the world of building. Since I always used Kanthal material for my atomizers, I thought it would be fine for building too.

But they also sent me a Clapton for my DL RTA, which made me very curious because I heard so many good things about it giving better flavors or a better experience.

Curiosity kept nagging me until I decided to try it. Except this build is nickel-based. Okay, I thought, let’s go get an allergy test. Okay, I called the doctor. They said I first need to go to a dermatologist, and then they would send me for further tests from there. Oh, mama, I thought…we had to wait three months (!) for our last dermatology appointment. (I took the child then.)

So it would have taken months, or I think at least weeks, to find out if I could use the nickel Clapton.

So I put it in my Hellvape and went for it.

And here is the point. It didn’t take two puffs, or two minutes, my tongue immediately started tingling and I started feeling dizzy. At first, I wanted to convince myself that perhaps it wasn’t from that, I couldn’t possibly be that sensitive to it. Okay, so after a little while, let’s try it again. Exactly the same thing. Then a third time. :slightly_frowning_face:

After this, I thought it was better not to mess with it, as it became clear that I am super sensitive to it and no matter how much I wanted to, this wouldn’t work for me.

I absolutely do not want to recommend similar home experimentation to anyone. It is better to be examined by a doctor. :index_pointing_up: I just wanted to share my somewhat similar experience.

The conclusion is that I will stick to my tried-and-true Kanthal setup, which I am completely satisfied with, by the way. :slightly_smiling_face:

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So, all the glass in my windows and doors here is diabetic :joy::joy:

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There’s Clapton even from Kathal, it’s worth trying it out :grin:

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Inject with insulin :rofl: so this is nonsense.

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My face didn’t tingle, but it looked like I was drunk.

Although people here know that I also hate those who…but let’s drop this because I will anger quite a few fellow vapers here :blush:

Only Kanthal for me too! Although I have already tried everything from Chinese to handmade super-brutal excellent coils…..the result is the same after a few puffs for all of them.

We have a trusted shop just for wire that is absolutely certain.

Blood pressure? I won’t talk about that, last year’s 210/ whatever, and my head doesn’t hurt even now, although maybe it wasn’t from the n.-[nicotine], but here I am :blush:

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I searched in many places among the pre-wrapped ones, but mostly I see the nickel ones everywhere. Will you tell me where you found yours? A PM is fine too. Thanks.:slightly_smiling_face:

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It’s no secret that Zivipf.com is a trusted shop for many of us :blush:

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Thanks. :hugs:

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210 is a lot, one of my close friends passed away quickly at 50 because they weren’t taking their medication…take care of yourself :hugs:

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If you happen to listen to me, slightly left, lean right :blush:

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Not out of pride, but my file is really still with my pediatrician :blush: I haven’t had to take any medication yet, thank heavens, so I don’t know what it’s like, even though I’ll soon be an

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Yes, there are a lot on zivipf.com. I even got lost in the selection at first :sweat_smile::grin:

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I casually type ‘ka1’ into the search bar, and if I like it, I’ll take them all :joy:

There’s definitely quite a selection, if someone can’t find a suitable one, then they must be a pastry chef :grin:

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