Help please

[Perpetua]

You'd have to contact Jason about that Spooky, depends which range of juice you prefer, I'd think.

But I wouldn't panic just yet, better to do a process of elimination first as it might not be PG, certain flavourings . . . cinnamon especially can cause allergic reactions.

Plus as Fagin says, your wife may have unknowingly come into contact with something that has caused her rash.

And you're not being a pain.

[spookylittledan]

ok thanks perpetua

[leftfield]

This is exactly what happens to me when I use pg. I can't say I'm allergic, but I can say I'm intolerant. It will not happen instantly but with repeated use I will get a rash mainly on my chest and arms. It can be accompanied by "hot flashes" (I know right, makes me feel like a menopausal woman ) which isn't pleasant. They're not hot flashes, they're power surges! Amirite?

Avoid those juices, maybe also avoid pg for a while as well as it didn't happen to me instantly either and it was a "build up" effect that I react to once I reach a certain point. PG is in everything almost so it's maybe not a true allergic reaction and more of an intolerance to inahling so much of it at one time. I have never been shown to be allergic to anything before.

My wrists will be the most painful part, especially when I have a hot flash with it. They will blister a little like lots of tiny nettle stings all down the side of my arm and wrists. Painful >

Certain flavours I react to in a different way too - no rash but my eyes will go very red and ichy in the corners by the tear ducts. Mostly mentholated flavours do this to me.

I'm jealous of pg users who can use every tank system but I can not with my lazy way of never diluting vg so it will never work in any tank system but my trusty CE2 Well, maybe it's not such a bad thing since it means I know not to buy every tank system for my many ecigs

Frosty - if you read this, it's ok that you sent me some liquid with pg in and also a mentholated liquid I will be diluting both in vg at least 2x to make it 6mg so I'm sure the small dose of either will be ok! Don't worry

[spookylittledan]

thanks for answering, we dont have any e juice that is VG only so hopefully its a flavour thats the culprit and if not I will have to buy some VG only and all that stocked up juice we have already will be MINE
lol @ power suges

[leftfield]

May 31, 2012 22:21:59 GMT spookylittledan said:

thanks for answering, we dont have any e juice that is VG only so hopefully its a flavour thats the culprit and if not I will have to buy some VG only and all that stocked up juice we have already will be MINE
lol @ power suges

Mh it's very cheap to DIY if you only choose pg or vg. I just get some 24mg vg liquid and a bottle of vg and mix them together. Then it's just whatever flavour I want to add in a little bottle. I'd be too lazy to mix pg and vg and nicotine and flavours so it's maybe a good thing I can only do one

Sometimes I know it is the flavour that I reacted to because I used it in vg only so flavours can be the cuplrit as well. It's only for me I knew PG caused the rashing as it was over any flavour I used and switching to vg only stopped it. Easy to find out what is the cause if it keeps up.

Wishing you both the best!

[spookylittledan]

Thats exactly what her wrists are like, looks like tiny nettle stings thats seem to join together a bit, it looks awful :-[
no hot flashes yet

[spookylittledan]

thanks leftfield that sounds simple enough for me to do
I am a bit wary of mixing my own juice

[leftfield]

May 31, 2012 22:24:54 GMT spookylittledan said:

Thats exactly what her wrists are like, looks like tiny nettle stings thats seem to join together a bit, it looks awful :-[
no hot flashes yet

I went to the doctors about it a long time ago (when I started vaping maybe a year ago, it took 2 - 3 months for me to get a rash so I didn't think it was vaping that caused it). They were useless and told me that no, this is not an allergic reaction.

I decided to experiment with using different flavours and using vg only with no flavours in it. The vg only with no flavours in it caused no reaction and either did the flavours. If I take a high dose of PG for a full day I will now have a rash at the end of the day or the next day. It's a little annoying so I don't use pg at all anymore but when I did antihistamines seemed to help and staying cool as heat made it feel worse. It feels like a really bad sweat rash or what is called "prickly heat" but also like nettle stings around my wrists.

I don't want to force you to make your own but if you want to it's quite easy, or more easy if you only use one "base" - only pg or only vg. I'm sure we could all help you if you want to.

I only use 24mg liquids because I don't think high mg liquids are ok to handle in the mess I live in lol! I also only use 6mg liquid so I only need a little nicotine to start with. It's a lot cheaper

[spookylittledan]

thats great thankyou very much once we figure out the culprit if it is the PG I would appriciate your help alot

[beautycat]

Ohhhh I didn't know this could happen. hope your other half feels better soon

[lardarse]

It could be a flavour/ingredient in a particular juice. Much as I like vermllion river Kentucky premium it gives me a bright red spotty nose that could stop traffic or get me a job with santa and I've read elsewhere about El Torro having same affect to another vaper.

[Chrissie]

Hope the rash clears up quickly & you & your wife easily find out what has caused it

[spookylittledan]

thankyou everyone
I will keep you posted with the results...

[azzie]

What were the juices in question? ???

[jiggsbro]

Jun 1, 2012 9:31:12 GMT azzie said:

What were the juices in question? ???

Stinging Nettle and Poison Ivy.