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Know the reason how e-cigarettes can be harmful here. Check it out.
Many people are of the opinion that e-cigarettes are one of the best alternative for cigarettes. Well, this might not hold true, as e-cigarettes are equally bad as smoking cigarettes.
A new study has found that vaping may not only be as harmful as smoking regular cigarettes, but can also trigger unique immune responses in lungs, causing deadly inflammatory diseases.
Immune responses are the biological reactions of cells and fluids to an outside substance the body does not recognise as its own. Such immune responses play roles in disease, including lung disease spurred on by cigarette use.
The study, found that using e-cigarettes could be just as bad as smoking cigarettes. For the study, the researchers from University North Carolina (UNC) in the US compared sputum samples from 15 e-cigarette users, 14 current cigarette smokers and 15 non-smokers.
During the study researchers found that e-cigarette users uniquely exhibited significant increases in: Neutrophil granulocyte - and neutrophil-extracellular-trap (NET)-related proteins in their airways.
Although neutrophils are important in fighting pathogens, and if left unchecked neutrophils can contribute to inflammatory lung diseases, such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis, according to the researchers.
E-cigarette users also showed significant increases in NETs outside the lung, researchers said. NETs are associated with cell death in the epithelial and endothelium, the tissues lining blood vessels and organs, researchers said.
The study also found that e-cigarettes produced some of the same negative consequences as cigarettes. Both e-cigarette and cigarette users exhibited significant increases in biomarkers of oxidative stress and activation of innate defence mechanisms associated with lung disease.
"Our data shows that e-cigarettes have a signature of harm in the lung that is both similar to what we see in cigarette smokers and unique in other ways," said Mehmet Kesimer, from the UNC School of Medicine.
"This research challenges the concept that switching to e-cigarettes is a healthier alternative," Kesimer said.
The study was recently published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Meanwhile there are certain side-effects of vaping that you should know. Here are a few of them. Take a look.
1.
Cough:
Coughing
is
one
of
the
major
side-effects
of
vaping.
This
is
more
common
among
those
who
does
for
the
first
time.
Several
studies
have
shown
coughing
as
one
of
the
major
side-effects
of
e-cigarettes
usage.
2.
Dehydration:
For
those
of
you
who
use
e-cigarette
as
an
alternative
to
cigarettes
will
have
dehydration.
This
is
because
of
the
e-liquid
ingredient
propylene
glycol
contained
in
the
e-cigarettes.
When
a
person
is
vaping,
they
draw
moisture
from
the
environments,
which
includes
your
mouth
and
throat
it
tends
to
make
one
dehydrated.
3.
Dizziness:
As
pointed
out
by
several
researches,
e-cigarettes
can
make
one
dehydrated.
So
too
much
of
dehydration
can
lead
to
headache
and
dizziness
as
well.
Too
much
of
nicotine
can
be
the
main
reason
for
dizziness.
4.
Stomach
Ache:
Many
people
experience
stomach
ache
after
they
switch
off
to
e-cigarettes.
Several
studies
have
pointed
out
that
too
much
of
vaping
can
lead
to
stomach
ache.
This
is
because
of
the
nicotine
content.
(With Agency Inputs)
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