RESEARCH SAYS VAPING LOWERS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Research says vaping lowers high blood pressure. Other research has shown that smokers have a much higher chance of developing high blood pressure. Vaping seems to help lower blood pressure. The medical community has known this for years, decades even. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor. This means that it causes the narrowing of blood vessels. The narrowing of the blood vessels is one of the causes of hbp.
For years it has been assumed that it was the nicotine in cigarettes that was causing the blood pressure issues in smokers. Scientists have since debunked this common myth. Scientists have found out that among other things, Nicotine may improve the cognitive memory of Alzheimer’s patients. They have also discovered that nicotine can aid in healing lung damage in asthmatic patients.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND VAPING
E-liquid only uses a few ingredients when manufactured. Much much less than the estimated 6,000 chemicals added to cigarettes. Though there is much more found in cigarettes, there are still small amounts of nicotine in e-liquid. Therefore Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos and Dr. Riccardo Polosa conducted a study to solidify the already assumed idea that nicotine is indeed beneficial in some ways.
THE STUDY
Over the span of a year, doctors Farsalinos and Polosa oversaw a group of 211 subjects made up of smokers, vapers and those who both vaped and smoked as well. They monitored each participant to determine the levels of risk related to both systolic and diastolic blood pressures.
145 of the participants were diagnosed with high blood pressure prior to the study. Another 66 had signs of raised heart rates. What the Doctors discovered was that vapers with a prior blood pressure diagnosis experienced improvements. Their higher blood pressure related symptoms lessened. Those who were undiagnosed before the study began, remained symptom free a year after the study began.
CONCLUSSION
This study shows that those vaping do not have any ill side effects related to high blood pressure. It also shows that those who quit smoking and/or switch to vaping see a marked improvement with their blood pressure.
