So I quit smoking well over five years ago bc I discovered vaping. Did great. Could run without stopping and no shortness of breath and now lately I have been coughing a lot and almost feel as if I cannot breathe. I have had some unwanted comments from paramedics etc before all this started saying that vaping was worse than smoking cigarettes, and I did not take this seriously since I felt so much better. Why am I all of a sudden coughing every time I take a pull off my vape? I am only on 3 mg. of nicotine? I do vape a lot. More when I am bored. I am just wondering if this "popcorn lung" that the paramedics warned me of is a real thing and what the frig is popcorn lung?
kaycee
Popcorn Lung is the favorite bogeyman of those who hate vaping. It's called that because it has only ever been found, and very rarely at that, in one or two people who worked in factories that made and packaged microwave popcorn; it's attributed to the "butter" flavor powder. The condition is actually
bronchiolitis obliterans, but, a) you can't expect idiots to know an actual latin disease name, and b) it has NEVER been found in a vaper.
It sounds to me more like you may have some type of bronchial infection, OR, a fresh onset of COPD -- just because you quit smoking 5 yrs ago does not excuse you of the cumulative effects of how ever many years you smoked cigarettes. Be smart, go to a doctor and get checked out, because who knows, it might even be something worse than COPD; early detection generally always leads to a better outcome.
But most of all... don't blame it on vaping. You didn't say how many years you smoked, but it's a damn good bet that whatever is wrong with you is NOT because of vaping; the cumulative effects of many years of smoking don't just disappear because you quit.
Andria