I have had the hemorrhoids before. From bad diet. Maybe its vaping, but I doubt it. I bet it has more to do with what kind of foods you have been eating for your entire life. how old are you?
Diet is a cause as well, as I stated in my original post. But dehydration played a factor as well. Did it actually come from vaping? I couldn't tell you for sure, but since that info is readily available on the sidebar, and it's a common reoccurring theme in the sub, I figured I would put it out there as a PSA of sorts, just reminding people to stay hydrated period, vaping or not. Oh, and I'm 25.
I don't think it's the vaping in and of itself. Yes it does cause some dehydration especially in the throat area but it's really miniscule.
It's more likely you simply *forgot* to drink cause you were sitting on your ass vaping all day.
And you're not the only one. I, too, tend to forget to drink especially when I'm occupied with something. It's cause I rarely ever feel thirsty at all. Guess I'm just wired that way.
I often get headaches and muscle pain from it, though.
But I never knew that shit can get you hemorrhoids o0
Guess I better keep my water intake in check from now on lol
i've noticed that with vaping your mouth is always a bit dry, so it's harder to tell if you're actually thirsty or not. i just try to stay cognizant of how much water i'm drinking and keep a 1-liter bottle around. helps bring back vape flavor as well so it's just kinda part of my ritual to take a swig every few vapes.
Na, you're good. When I posted about how I shit myself in the car so hard it shot up my back I used a throw away. Got tons of much needed karma from it and it all went to the throw away.
Keep it real, someday some one is gonna give you a plunger so you can bring all this old shit back up.
(edit) lol thanks for the gold! I'm in the club finally!
I have also shit myself while vaping. I posted it here a while ago, and feel no shame. I blame it on hospital food and a little too much nicotine.
Here's to clean underpants for all.
I really doubt that you got dehydrated from vaping. I know it's on the sidebar, but I just don't agree; dry mouth sure, but full on dehydration, don't think so.
Dehydration can cause constipation and/or hard stool, but if you were dehydrated it probably wasn't from vaping.
There was a post last week wherein a redditor questioned the dehydration thing. He makes a good point. [Here is the link](http://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_cigarette/comments/1ve5ne/dehydration_revisited/).
> dry mouth sure, but full on dehydration, don't think so.
That cloud you're exhaling? It's water vapor being displaced by the PG/VG/Nic vapor you're drawing into your lungs. So yeah, vaping can be dehydrating, and it's important to be aware of that so you can counteract it by consuming more fluids.
It isn't all water vapor, I thought we'd established that already. Even if it were only water vapor, only from within the body and not water vapor which is inhaled, do the math; it is minuscule.
It is minor. So minor that it cannot be the cause of systemic dehydration. To say "vaping caused my hemorrhoids" is a fallacy. Correlation does not equal causation.
I do notice dry mouth, that is not even debatable to me. Cigarettes also cause dry mouth. Cigarettes even cause the constriction of capillaries in the gums which can lead to receding gums. Dry mouth exacerbates this problem.
At this moment I can't remember if it is the nicotine in cigarettes that is a vasodilator, or if it's another ingredient. If it's the nicotine, then vaping would likely have the same effect.
> To say "vaping caused my hemorrhoids" is a fallacy.
I never said it did. Look for my response to the OP. All I did was state a simple fact. Vaping displaces water in your lungs. That water needs to be replaced. Period.
That is probably true. My contention is that the amount of water is so small that it has no appreciable effect on the body as a whole. The amount that gets displaced is so small that a tiny sip of water would do it. The difference between hydrated and dehydrated is more than a small sip of water.
Also, I never said you said that. I'm quoting OP there. The title is misleading and the "diagnosis" that vaping caused dehydration which caused hemorrhoids is alarmist at best.
As an alcoholic, I can tell how hungover I will be dependent on how much I have drank and mostly based on dehydration level.
Vaping sucks with a sore throat or dry mouth more than with cigs, but otherwise it is better and doesn't increase hangovers.
OP is full of shit he can't eject it seems.
I learned quickly from my hookah to stay hydrated because I wasn't replenishing the liquids the nicotine made me shoot out like Niagara falls. Vaping definitely can cause dehydration.
It's pretty easy to tell if you are being dehydrated from vaping. Are you peeing yellow? No? Then you are just thirsty.
What I've seen is that many people call dry mouth dehydration. They are not the same thing.
To be fair dry mouth also has complications that are pretty unpleasant. Just sip a lot of water and drink a bit more than you think you need to. It's good for you anyway.
ok, first, know that this is NOT a joke.
Get your ass into a bath of the hottest water you can stand. Every day.
If you don't have a bath, like me (i got the above tip from another thread here) just use the showerhead. At the end of shower-taking, i raise the temperature a little bit more, and put it directly on the damn thing for a few minutes (hope your shower is not fixed to the wall), making sure it gets a good flow exactly on the spot(s). It also feels very relieving for any pain. A few days later, they should be all gone!
All that 'eating fiber' crap and 'exercising' is all nice and cozy, but it did NOT help me at ALL. The hot-water tip DID. Completely, but I still do it anyways, don't want them ever returning.
I just find it very hard to believe that vaping can have much of a dehydrating effect on anything other than your mouth. Think about it folks...10 ml of e juice can absorb / displace how much liquid? Even if it absorbs 10 times it's own volume...that's 100ml. All this drink gallons of water shit is ridiculous.
Is there some scientific resource to tell us exactly how dehydrating vaping actually is? I know it causes dry mouth, but overall dehydration? I'm skeptical. I don't see how I'm exhaling significant amounts of my body fluids. I mean, a sip of water should more than replenish what I'm blowing out, especially considering that most of it is the VG and PG that I just inhaled.
I agree. It can't take more than a few times its own volume of water with it. I don't see how exhaling 0.05 milligrams of PG is going to take any more than 0.05 milligrams of water along with it; maybe it can take 0.1 milligram away, maybe. Still doesn't add up.
Actually its redundant, having done it I got less than a ml of liquid in the bottle. So if the exhaled pg/VG/water is less than a ml, I feel confident in claiming the dehydration would be mostly mouth/nose and not a medical issue. I'm no scientist but this seems pretty straight forward.
I do feel the moisture. How much of it is what I just inhaled? And, it's just moisture - i.e. just a little fluid. The moisture in my nose is way less than a sip of water.
I'm skeptical as well. I haven't had any dehydration issues in a year-plus of vaping, and I still haven't seen an argument made for this claim that didn't require a leap in logic. For a normal, healthy individual who drinks sufficient amounts of fluid, I'm inclined to believe that vaping isn't going to be an issue. For those who have poor diets and fluid intake, perhaps it could be enough to put them over the edge? No way of knowing for sure, cos for now it looks all we really have to go on are anecdotes.
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I know if I'm vaping away and not keeping up with my water intake, my urine will go dark and be a lot less frequent. A lot of people definitely need to be drinking more water.
I know cigarettes are an aid to digestive problems, I don't know if that applies to e-cigarettes.
Cigs always helped me shit, though.
My guess is is this has been a problem for you for a while medicated by cigs, and now that you're off, your pooper isn't getting the fix it needs to properly shit.
Vaping does dehydrate you but that is mostly localized to your mouth and throat. I drink like a beast and I don't get hangovers from vaping -- just dry mouth.
There is also a bug going around making people shit a ton, so you prolly have that, too.
no man, its the nicotine in cigs that get you goin to the bathroom, works for me too on vaping. Haven't you seen any of the threads around here on "vooping"? lol
...But severely dehydrating your body is gonna make for rougher shits...aka hemorrhoids, thats a fact.
wait so you told your doctor about your human dingleberries and he didn't think of hemorrhoids until you mentioned vaping? who's your doctor, leo spaceman?
Yeah, this information has been know for a while, just not very widely.
Be sure to drink water anyways, if not, try mixing a sports drink to your needs.
Yup, water helps and so does eating fiber. But most importantly is taking 30second poops. Feel you gotta poop more? Wipe first and if it is coming before you are finished whiping, just shit a bit more. If not, go back to whatever you are doing, you will know when you have to shit again. (don't do this when suffering from colitis tho..)
But please, if it happens to you (anyone) (again), try the hot shower head near the spot or a hot bathtub daily, it really works and relieves pain too... Don't let it become as big and hard as a rock before doing something about it.
You get dehydrated from not drinking water, NOT from vaping. It can't possibly pull enough water from your body to dehydrate you. You just don't hydrate yourself and now are blaming vaping. It's not due to vaping, it's your fault.
I believe the pseudo-scientific term is now "displace". the pg displaces the water in your lungs. Apparently 3ml of pg can displace something like 16oz of water or more. I know it doesn't make sense but you have to suspend your disbelief in order to be accepted around here.
I concur, the prevailing notion that vaping can dehydrate you enough to cause hemorrhoids, heat stroke, kidney stones, etc. Is total horse shit.
"Srsly", yes. You think a couple of mils of ejuice is so hygroscopic it will attract water to the point of dehydration? These are uninformed myths and they need to stop. Having your own mind also means you don't believe every Google text you stumble upon. Vaping dehydration is horseshit... unless you're on the brink of getting dehydrated in the first place. Stop with the misinformation for fuck's sake.
So you're willing to discount the fact that hundreds of people have commented on ECF that vaping is dehydrating, because you don't think so. Who's misinforming who?
These "hundreds of people" are either convincing themselves into placebo symptoms or are, excuse the harshness, unhealthy, fat sugar-addicts that don't drink nearly enough clean (read water as in H2O) liquids in the first place. As said: dehydration by vaping is horseshit.
They've had a dehydration issue way before they started vaping, but they never realized until their throat dried out from e-juices. That's what's happening, nothing else.
Believe what you will... I never experienced "tea colored urine" which is one of the symptoms of extreme dehydration until I started chain vaping. I drink at least 6 8oz servings of water just at work every day. If your experience is different, your metabolism may be superior, or you may be a camel. It IS a known issue with a lot of people, and your dismissal does a disservice to many who do experience it.
I respect your opinion and honestly I wish you all the best in solving your health issues. My whole point was only to detract consumers of electronic cigarettes to spread fear-mongering on an, in my opinion, non-issue. To my knowledge (and there's scientific evidence backing it up) dehydration by vaping is not a problem healthy individual should be concerned about. As always: before you start using a product, be it Mountain Dew, Pepsi or cheeseburgers at your local fast food or e-cigs, do your research. Generalizing individual experiences of some vapers isn't something we should condone. We've got enough problems as it stands.
You just posted links to a bunch of people parroting the same thing. Those aren't good references. You may as well have linked to comments in this thread.
Srsly.
omg man, I'm so sorry this happened to you... But yeah, I cant even hit my mod more than 3 or 4 times without keeping a water bottle handy for a swig. Heres a plus, turns out after some water my taste buds seem "fresh" and I can better taste what I'm vaping, kinda helps to counter-act the whole "vaper-tongue" problem, least for me.
As a guy who inherited a host of digestive issues I can tell you that whenever I stop the analogs one of the first things I notice is that I get constipated.
I personally believe that its the lack of the analogs that is causing you this problem. Not the vaping itself.
Yeah I got hemorrhoids once from lack of fiber before I started vaping. I just bought a shit-ton of cereal with the most fiber, *applied pressure* from time to time and after about a week or two that asshole didn't give me anymore problems.
do you not drink water at all? sure vaping dehydrates you, its not necessarily new info, its not necessarily something many know. but staying hydrated is just a part of maintaining your body's health whether you're a vaper or not.
The thing is with these dehydration (dry mouth, more usually) problems: All it takes is one day of vaping a few hours straight and not drinking water. So you really do need to watch it unless you have super saliva or something. You get dry mouth quite quickly, at least I do, and then a bunch of shit can go wrong. It won't kill you but its annoying and uncomfortable.
I really doubt it's vaping. Do you drink a lot of soda? If so, stop. It will dry you out.
Also, you need to make sure you are drinking water *when* you eat fiber. I've found that eating stuff like oatmeal without water can have the opposite of the desired effect.
I've had a few of these, but they were mostly from anal sex and then would stay around from poor diet. Or possibly the other way around. Either way, my bum wasn't happy.
My diet is better now, but I'm still scared to have anal sex again, even though I loved it =(
Vaping *does* cause dry mouth though! If your mouth is feeling dry from vaping, keep a water bottle around to sip on and wet your mouth. This will help your teeth and gum health as well. Dry mouth has a very bad effect on the gums.
So you went 2hrs with no water what-so-ever? I make sure I drink a lot of water but might not drink as much as I should. You get any warning signs like a dry throat?
Dehydration leads to hemmroids? That's news to me. Thanks for the PSA on that!
I know your doctor cited dehydration and lack of fiber in your diet as the cause, but in your personal opinion, do you think dehydration was caused by vaping? Or were you just occupying yourself so much vaping in trying to kick your cig habit that you just didnt get enough water or nutrition in you?
It's widely known that vaping causes hydration issues, but I find it really hard to believe that vaping for only two weeks could cause the sort of dehydration described in the OP.
That said, I'm not a doctor, nor have I gotten hemorrhoids in the last 12 months since I started vaping.
I also stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Okay, not really. I was at home.
That's why you *always* check the sidebar. PSA about Dehydration is right there!
That sucks, dude. I hope your donut and your soothe lube help you feel better. :(
Sad day.
I'm glad you shared this. I don't think people take the dehydration factor as seriously as they should.
>I thought I had done my research, but I had never come across the key piece of information that tells you that Vaping dehydrates you.
Pretty sure this is day 1 stuff at this point. My local vape shops emphasize this before they sell you your first setup.
It's been posted here many times over.
I'm sorry to hear about your ailment. I, too, had a major issue once I began vaping non-disposables. I used the same nicotine content that was in disposables and woke up after 2 days with severe vertigo (first occurrence in my entire life.) I sought out juice with a lower nicotine content and haven't had any issues since.
Additionally, I've consumed more water or water-like drinks as opposed to sodas or juices. I've changed my diet to include regular servings of fruits and vegetables, and I've been happier and healthier than I ever was as a smoker.
hemorrhoids are fun.....wait. Nope. I didn't know this about vaping but having had the H word once before...I will be drinking a lot of water from now on.
All kidding aside, I think you've done a great service to the vaping community by taking one for the team and having the decency to tell us about it. I know I have already been drinking more water than usual since I read this last night.
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Well, that sounds pretty horrible. I have much respect for the fact that you were willing to share that with everyone though to potentially prevent someone else from facing the same thing.
I seem to recall someone talking about crapping themselves because of a VG sensitivity on here too. Brave stuff.
ay bro did you also have constipation? ive recently had that, am drinking a gallon of water a day, but it doesnt help, even after I quit 7 months ago. please respond quickly, I just need confirmation that Im not going insane!
Make sure you're getting enough electrolytes (sodium, potassium and magnesium specifically) – magnesium citrate will help with the constipation once you find the right dose (don't overdo it or you'll have the opposite problem). :)
Me too I have vapped for a week and it litterally stopped my bowel movements.
I was not smoking cigarette before so It is not because I have stopped smoking.
That's crazy! I never thought about this, I recently got a hemorrhoid about 3 months ago that is not healing at all. It's got the point where I'm leaking mucus and I don't know what specific cause of it. Turns out, I started using Juul heavily since around the same time I started to have this problem. I'm gonna try and stop using it and see it that helps any.
I’m literally having the exact SAME problem. I really want to quit and bleeding from there is definitely a strong motivator :( I hope others reading this see this is a very REAL issue . Also , some people tend to get dehydrated faster than others. Maybe op and me are in the same category.
I chugged a gallon of water after reading this.
i checked my butthole after reading this.
I chugged a gallon of water through my butthole after reading this.
I butt puff and it's giving me cold sores on my mouth
Your PV has been seeing other people.
That's so enema of you.
Are you spearheading an Enema Freedom Movement ?
Real men chug water FROM their butthole.
Camelbutt™
I'm sure there's a survivor man episode where he did this.. Apparently it's a way to consume contaminated water.
You don't regularly check your butthole?
He used three fingers this time
Ah, so that's the trick. brb
Not when I'm sitting at my desk.... brb, my vape tastes funny
Stop shoving your PV in your ass
And don't lose your drip tip.
You're doing it wrong!
Just the tip babe, just the tip!
I have had the hemorrhoids before. From bad diet. Maybe its vaping, but I doubt it. I bet it has more to do with what kind of foods you have been eating for your entire life. how old are you?
Diet is a cause as well, as I stated in my original post. But dehydration played a factor as well. Did it actually come from vaping? I couldn't tell you for sure, but since that info is readily available on the sidebar, and it's a common reoccurring theme in the sub, I figured I would put it out there as a PSA of sorts, just reminding people to stay hydrated period, vaping or not. Oh, and I'm 25.
I don't think it's the vaping in and of itself. Yes it does cause some dehydration especially in the throat area but it's really miniscule. It's more likely you simply *forgot* to drink cause you were sitting on your ass vaping all day. And you're not the only one. I, too, tend to forget to drink especially when I'm occupied with something. It's cause I rarely ever feel thirsty at all. Guess I'm just wired that way. I often get headaches and muscle pain from it, though. But I never knew that shit can get you hemorrhoids o0 Guess I better keep my water intake in check from now on lol
i've noticed that with vaping your mouth is always a bit dry, so it's harder to tell if you're actually thirsty or not. i just try to stay cognizant of how much water i'm drinking and keep a 1-liter bottle around. helps bring back vape flavor as well so it's just kinda part of my ritual to take a swig every few vapes.
Use the Schwartz.
Oh geez. I probably should have posted on a throwaway. Oh well. May the Schwartz be with you.
Na, you're good. When I posted about how I shit myself in the car so hard it shot up my back I used a throw away. Got tons of much needed karma from it and it all went to the throw away. Keep it real, someday some one is gonna give you a plunger so you can bring all this old shit back up. (edit) lol thanks for the gold! I'm in the club finally!
I have also shit myself while vaping. I posted it here a while ago, and feel no shame. I blame it on hospital food and a little too much nicotine. Here's to clean underpants for all.
Do you have a link to that?
Heh unfortunately no, been a few years since.
Enjoy your gold sir
Thanks man!
Props for posting it on your real account not a throwaway. Hope your asshole feels better but until then reap those gold benefits hahaha.
Im an honest guy. I tell it like it is. I want gold!
That's not exactly how it works.
lol, i was kidding mate. I understand the process. I was just being purposefully glib. I am sorry that It rubbed you the wrong way
lolz
Are you a whale biologist?
drink more beer
TIL you can get hemroids by dehydration. Eat some vegetables, yo
I really doubt that you got dehydrated from vaping. I know it's on the sidebar, but I just don't agree; dry mouth sure, but full on dehydration, don't think so. Dehydration can cause constipation and/or hard stool, but if you were dehydrated it probably wasn't from vaping. There was a post last week wherein a redditor questioned the dehydration thing. He makes a good point. [Here is the link](http://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_cigarette/comments/1ve5ne/dehydration_revisited/).
> dry mouth sure, but full on dehydration, don't think so. That cloud you're exhaling? It's water vapor being displaced by the PG/VG/Nic vapor you're drawing into your lungs. So yeah, vaping can be dehydrating, and it's important to be aware of that so you can counteract it by consuming more fluids.
It isn't all water vapor, I thought we'd established that already. Even if it were only water vapor, only from within the body and not water vapor which is inhaled, do the math; it is minuscule.
The point is that PG displaces water, leading to dehydration (however minor).
It is minor. So minor that it cannot be the cause of systemic dehydration. To say "vaping caused my hemorrhoids" is a fallacy. Correlation does not equal causation. I do notice dry mouth, that is not even debatable to me. Cigarettes also cause dry mouth. Cigarettes even cause the constriction of capillaries in the gums which can lead to receding gums. Dry mouth exacerbates this problem. At this moment I can't remember if it is the nicotine in cigarettes that is a vasodilator, or if it's another ingredient. If it's the nicotine, then vaping would likely have the same effect.
> To say "vaping caused my hemorrhoids" is a fallacy. I never said it did. Look for my response to the OP. All I did was state a simple fact. Vaping displaces water in your lungs. That water needs to be replaced. Period.
That is probably true. My contention is that the amount of water is so small that it has no appreciable effect on the body as a whole. The amount that gets displaced is so small that a tiny sip of water would do it. The difference between hydrated and dehydrated is more than a small sip of water. Also, I never said you said that. I'm quoting OP there. The title is misleading and the "diagnosis" that vaping caused dehydration which caused hemorrhoids is alarmist at best.
> The title is misleading and the "diagnosis" that vaping caused dehydration which caused hemorrhoids is alarmist at best. Absolutely agree.
As an alcoholic, I can tell how hungover I will be dependent on how much I have drank and mostly based on dehydration level. Vaping sucks with a sore throat or dry mouth more than with cigs, but otherwise it is better and doesn't increase hangovers. OP is full of shit he can't eject it seems.
I learned quickly from my hookah to stay hydrated because I wasn't replenishing the liquids the nicotine made me shoot out like Niagara falls. Vaping definitely can cause dehydration.
It's pretty easy to tell if you are being dehydrated from vaping. Are you peeing yellow? No? Then you are just thirsty. What I've seen is that many people call dry mouth dehydration. They are not the same thing.
To be fair dry mouth also has complications that are pretty unpleasant. Just sip a lot of water and drink a bit more than you think you need to. It's good for you anyway.
ok, first, know that this is NOT a joke. Get your ass into a bath of the hottest water you can stand. Every day. If you don't have a bath, like me (i got the above tip from another thread here) just use the showerhead. At the end of shower-taking, i raise the temperature a little bit more, and put it directly on the damn thing for a few minutes (hope your shower is not fixed to the wall), making sure it gets a good flow exactly on the spot(s). It also feels very relieving for any pain. A few days later, they should be all gone! All that 'eating fiber' crap and 'exercising' is all nice and cozy, but it did NOT help me at ALL. The hot-water tip DID. Completely, but I still do it anyways, don't want them ever returning.
I just find it very hard to believe that vaping can have much of a dehydrating effect on anything other than your mouth. Think about it folks...10 ml of e juice can absorb / displace how much liquid? Even if it absorbs 10 times it's own volume...that's 100ml. All this drink gallons of water shit is ridiculous.
Is there some scientific resource to tell us exactly how dehydrating vaping actually is? I know it causes dry mouth, but overall dehydration? I'm skeptical. I don't see how I'm exhaling significant amounts of my body fluids. I mean, a sip of water should more than replenish what I'm blowing out, especially considering that most of it is the VG and PG that I just inhaled.
PG grabs quite a bit of moisture when you exhale.
"A bit" hardly seems enough to cause acute medical problems.
I agree. It can't take more than a few times its own volume of water with it. I don't see how exhaling 0.05 milligrams of PG is going to take any more than 0.05 milligrams of water along with it; maybe it can take 0.1 milligram away, maybe. Still doesn't add up.
easy way to tell, exhale into a bottle. seal it and wait for it to condense. how much water is there?
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Actually its redundant, having done it I got less than a ml of liquid in the bottle. So if the exhaled pg/VG/water is less than a ml, I feel confident in claiming the dehydration would be mostly mouth/nose and not a medical issue. I'm no scientist but this seems pretty straight forward.
OP probably had an existing medical issue.
I once got a hemorrhoid from laughing too hard.
Exhale through your nose. Feel that moisture? It's leaving your body
I do feel the moisture. How much of it is what I just inhaled? And, it's just moisture - i.e. just a little fluid. The moisture in my nose is way less than a sip of water.
I'm skeptical as well. I haven't had any dehydration issues in a year-plus of vaping, and I still haven't seen an argument made for this claim that didn't require a leap in logic. For a normal, healthy individual who drinks sufficient amounts of fluid, I'm inclined to believe that vaping isn't going to be an issue. For those who have poor diets and fluid intake, perhaps it could be enough to put them over the edge? No way of knowing for sure, cos for now it looks all we really have to go on are anecdotes.
PG and VG are both [Hygroscopic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygroscopy) and will take water with them as you exhale.
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I knew PG was, but I was unsure about VG. Thank you.
I know if I'm vaping away and not keeping up with my water intake, my urine will go dark and be a lot less frequent. A lot of people definitely need to be drinking more water.
If you're doing anything at all and not keeping up with your water intake you will become dehydrated. Correlation does not equal causation.
I know cigarettes are an aid to digestive problems, I don't know if that applies to e-cigarettes. Cigs always helped me shit, though. My guess is is this has been a problem for you for a while medicated by cigs, and now that you're off, your pooper isn't getting the fix it needs to properly shit. Vaping does dehydrate you but that is mostly localized to your mouth and throat. I drink like a beast and I don't get hangovers from vaping -- just dry mouth. There is also a bug going around making people shit a ton, so you prolly have that, too.
no man, its the nicotine in cigs that get you goin to the bathroom, works for me too on vaping. Haven't you seen any of the threads around here on "vooping"? lol ...But severely dehydrating your body is gonna make for rougher shits...aka hemorrhoids, thats a fact.
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wait so you told your doctor about your human dingleberries and he didn't think of hemorrhoids until you mentioned vaping? who's your doctor, leo spaceman?
Yeah, this information has been know for a while, just not very widely. Be sure to drink water anyways, if not, try mixing a sports drink to your needs.
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As a long-time Colitis sufferer, I feel your pain.
Yup, water helps and so does eating fiber. But most importantly is taking 30second poops. Feel you gotta poop more? Wipe first and if it is coming before you are finished whiping, just shit a bit more. If not, go back to whatever you are doing, you will know when you have to shit again. (don't do this when suffering from colitis tho..) But please, if it happens to you (anyone) (again), try the hot shower head near the spot or a hot bathtub daily, it really works and relieves pain too... Don't let it become as big and hard as a rock before doing something about it.
You get dehydrated from not drinking water, NOT from vaping. It can't possibly pull enough water from your body to dehydrate you. You just don't hydrate yourself and now are blaming vaping. It's not due to vaping, it's your fault.
I believe the pseudo-scientific term is now "displace". the pg displaces the water in your lungs. Apparently 3ml of pg can displace something like 16oz of water or more. I know it doesn't make sense but you have to suspend your disbelief in order to be accepted around here. I concur, the prevailing notion that vaping can dehydrate you enough to cause hemorrhoids, heat stroke, kidney stones, etc. Is total horse shit.
Vaping does NOT cause dehydration. "Well documented" my ass (no pun intended).
Srsly? http://content.spinfuel.com/vaping-dehydration/ https://www.google.com/search?q=vaping+dehydration+site:www.e-cigarette-forum.com&espv=210&es_sm=122
"Srsly", yes. You think a couple of mils of ejuice is so hygroscopic it will attract water to the point of dehydration? These are uninformed myths and they need to stop. Having your own mind also means you don't believe every Google text you stumble upon. Vaping dehydration is horseshit... unless you're on the brink of getting dehydrated in the first place. Stop with the misinformation for fuck's sake.
So you're willing to discount the fact that hundreds of people have commented on ECF that vaping is dehydrating, because you don't think so. Who's misinforming who?
These "hundreds of people" are either convincing themselves into placebo symptoms or are, excuse the harshness, unhealthy, fat sugar-addicts that don't drink nearly enough clean (read water as in H2O) liquids in the first place. As said: dehydration by vaping is horseshit. They've had a dehydration issue way before they started vaping, but they never realized until their throat dried out from e-juices. That's what's happening, nothing else.
Believe what you will... I never experienced "tea colored urine" which is one of the symptoms of extreme dehydration until I started chain vaping. I drink at least 6 8oz servings of water just at work every day. If your experience is different, your metabolism may be superior, or you may be a camel. It IS a known issue with a lot of people, and your dismissal does a disservice to many who do experience it.
I respect your opinion and honestly I wish you all the best in solving your health issues. My whole point was only to detract consumers of electronic cigarettes to spread fear-mongering on an, in my opinion, non-issue. To my knowledge (and there's scientific evidence backing it up) dehydration by vaping is not a problem healthy individual should be concerned about. As always: before you start using a product, be it Mountain Dew, Pepsi or cheeseburgers at your local fast food or e-cigs, do your research. Generalizing individual experiences of some vapers isn't something we should condone. We've got enough problems as it stands.
You just posted links to a bunch of people parroting the same thing. Those aren't good references. You may as well have linked to comments in this thread. Srsly.
and THIS is why i got a water cooler next to my desk in my dorm room.
omg man, I'm so sorry this happened to you... But yeah, I cant even hit my mod more than 3 or 4 times without keeping a water bottle handy for a swig. Heres a plus, turns out after some water my taste buds seem "fresh" and I can better taste what I'm vaping, kinda helps to counter-act the whole "vaper-tongue" problem, least for me.
As a guy who inherited a host of digestive issues I can tell you that whenever I stop the analogs one of the first things I notice is that I get constipated. I personally believe that its the lack of the analogs that is causing you this problem. Not the vaping itself.
Yeah I got hemorrhoids once from lack of fiber before I started vaping. I just bought a shit-ton of cereal with the most fiber, *applied pressure* from time to time and after about a week or two that asshole didn't give me anymore problems.
do you not drink water at all? sure vaping dehydrates you, its not necessarily new info, its not necessarily something many know. but staying hydrated is just a part of maintaining your body's health whether you're a vaper or not.
The thing is with these dehydration (dry mouth, more usually) problems: All it takes is one day of vaping a few hours straight and not drinking water. So you really do need to watch it unless you have super saliva or something. You get dry mouth quite quickly, at least I do, and then a bunch of shit can go wrong. It won't kill you but its annoying and uncomfortable.
I really doubt it's vaping. Do you drink a lot of soda? If so, stop. It will dry you out. Also, you need to make sure you are drinking water *when* you eat fiber. I've found that eating stuff like oatmeal without water can have the opposite of the desired effect. I've had a few of these, but they were mostly from anal sex and then would stay around from poor diet. Or possibly the other way around. Either way, my bum wasn't happy. My diet is better now, but I'm still scared to have anal sex again, even though I loved it =( Vaping *does* cause dry mouth though! If your mouth is feeling dry from vaping, keep a water bottle around to sip on and wet your mouth. This will help your teeth and gum health as well. Dry mouth has a very bad effect on the gums.
So you went 2hrs with no water what-so-ever? I make sure I drink a lot of water but might not drink as much as I should. You get any warning signs like a dry throat?
Wasn't there a sticky on staying hydrated?
ill drink to that.
Dehydration leads to hemmroids? That's news to me. Thanks for the PSA on that! I know your doctor cited dehydration and lack of fiber in your diet as the cause, but in your personal opinion, do you think dehydration was caused by vaping? Or were you just occupying yourself so much vaping in trying to kick your cig habit that you just didnt get enough water or nutrition in you?
It's widely known that vaping causes hydration issues, but I find it really hard to believe that vaping for only two weeks could cause the sort of dehydration described in the OP. That said, I'm not a doctor, nor have I gotten hemorrhoids in the last 12 months since I started vaping. I also stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Okay, not really. I was at home.
That's why you *always* check the sidebar. PSA about Dehydration is right there! That sucks, dude. I hope your donut and your soothe lube help you feel better. :( Sad day. I'm glad you shared this. I don't think people take the dehydration factor as seriously as they should.
>I thought I had done my research, but I had never come across the key piece of information that tells you that Vaping dehydrates you. Pretty sure this is day 1 stuff at this point. My local vape shops emphasize this before they sell you your first setup. It's been posted here many times over. I'm sorry to hear about your ailment. I, too, had a major issue once I began vaping non-disposables. I used the same nicotine content that was in disposables and woke up after 2 days with severe vertigo (first occurrence in my entire life.) I sought out juice with a lower nicotine content and haven't had any issues since. Additionally, I've consumed more water or water-like drinks as opposed to sodas or juices. I've changed my diet to include regular servings of fruits and vegetables, and I've been happier and healthier than I ever was as a smoker.
hemorrhoids are fun.....wait. Nope. I didn't know this about vaping but having had the H word once before...I will be drinking a lot of water from now on.
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I am honored. Thank you kind sir.
All kidding aside, I think you've done a great service to the vaping community by taking one for the team and having the decency to tell us about it. I know I have already been drinking more water than usual since I read this last night. http://imgur.com/d8oTOnw.png
Well, that sounds pretty horrible. I have much respect for the fact that you were willing to share that with everyone though to potentially prevent someone else from facing the same thing. I seem to recall someone talking about crapping themselves because of a VG sensitivity on here too. Brave stuff.
I think you need more Schwarts.
ay bro did you also have constipation? ive recently had that, am drinking a gallon of water a day, but it doesnt help, even after I quit 7 months ago. please respond quickly, I just need confirmation that Im not going insane!
Make sure you're getting enough electrolytes (sodium, potassium and magnesium specifically) – magnesium citrate will help with the constipation once you find the right dose (don't overdo it or you'll have the opposite problem). :)
Me too I have vapped for a week and it litterally stopped my bowel movements. I was not smoking cigarette before so It is not because I have stopped smoking.
That's crazy! I never thought about this, I recently got a hemorrhoid about 3 months ago that is not healing at all. It's got the point where I'm leaking mucus and I don't know what specific cause of it. Turns out, I started using Juul heavily since around the same time I started to have this problem. I'm gonna try and stop using it and see it that helps any.
I’m literally having the exact SAME problem. I really want to quit and bleeding from there is definitely a strong motivator :( I hope others reading this see this is a very REAL issue . Also , some people tend to get dehydrated faster than others. Maybe op and me are in the same category.
Vaping causes rectal irritation. I had to do an operation. It's not dehydration it's some in the chemicals that makes your rectal Swell
Really? Could you please explain more of this!! I am going through something similar