PENNSYLVANIA, USA -- Among patients who suffer from impaired blood vessels, healthy-looking young people are the first ones to show the signs, even after only a few puffs of an electronic cigarette. These e-cigarettes are different from the traditional forms of tobacco cigarettes considering the very nature of its form. However, it is most distinct because it does not come with nicotine, the agent in tobacco smoking that makes it addictive. However, recent studies show that e-cigarettes may also be causing the blood vessel to get shocked making the person at risk for the impairment of their blood vessels.
"The team essentially found out that inhaling e-cigarette is not simply as taking in water vapor; in fact, it has been found to cause acute, detrimental effects on the person's blood vessels. This is essentially true even when the liquid does not contain nicotine," said Dr. Alessandra Caporale, primary author of the study and a resident from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Evidence in the effects of vaping in the human body is mounting, sometimes even when it is touted as the healthier alternative to those who want to smoke but wants to be healthy too. The report clearly states though that vaping is nicotine-free, it causes damage to the blood vessels that is linked to the early signs of inflammation. The huge players in the US tobacco industry are all positioned in developing countries in the world, making them the target of its distribution and use.
E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that come with a heating element that turns liquid nicotine and its flavors into a cloud of vapor that it then inhaled by its user. The New study uses the MRI to take several measurements of the measurements of the blood vessel function to 31 adults who, at any point in their lives, have smoked ever before even after they shared it with all the participants and didn't get the 16 three-second puffs that one usually does.
After vaping, the participants showed several changes indicating that there has been a vascular reactivity. "This activity gives the blood vessels the chance to up their ability to produce offspring," Dr. Caporale noted.
The changes may be a bit temporary but it if the act of vaping is repeated over a long period of time, it could eventually cause inflation, not to mention the deterioration of the overall health of the blood vessel."
However, all these findings have yet to confirm the association between the two. Instead, researchers need to focus on the e-cigarettes and how its long-term use will affect their body.
