Pain Associated with the Use of Electronic Cigarettes

Tang, Linda

doi:10.5772/intechopen.85481

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“…The circulatory, mouth/throat, chest, integumentary, and immunological systems were also affected by EC use in our study. Symptoms such as pain in throat, dry skin, pounding heart, and chest pain have been reported in survey/human EC studies [62]. Myocardial infarction, which was a top disorder for the circulatory system in our data, has been described in a case report after the patient used an EC with high nicotine [63].…”

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Health Effects Associated With Electronic Cigarette Use: Automated Mining of Online Forums

Hua¹,

Sadah²,

Hristidis³

et al. 2020

J Med Internet Res

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Background Our previous infodemiological study was performed by manually mining health-effect data associated with electronic cigarettes (ECs) from online forums. Manual mining is time consuming and limits the number of posts that can be retrieved. Objective Our goal in this study was to automatically extract and analyze a large number (>41,000) of online forum posts related to the health effects associated with EC use between 2008 and 2015. Methods Data were annotated with medical concepts from the Unified Medical Language System using a modified version of the MetaMap tool. Of over 1.4 million posts, 41,216 were used to analyze symptoms (undiagnosed conditions) and disorders (physician-diagnosed terminology) associated with EC use. For each post, sentiment (positive, negative, and neutral) was also assigned. Results Symptom and disorder data were categorized into 12 organ systems or anatomical regions. Most posts on symptoms and disorders contained negative sentiment, and affected systems were similar across all years. Health effects were reported most often in the neurological, mouth and throat, and respiratory systems. The most frequently reported symptoms and disorders were headache (n=939), coughing (n=852), malaise (n=468), asthma (n=916), dehydration (n=803), and pharyngitis (n=565). In addition, users often reported linked symptoms (eg, coughing and headache). Conclusions Online forums are a valuable repository of data that can be used to identify positive and negative health effects associated with EC use. By automating extraction of online information, we obtained more data than in our prior study, identified new symptoms and disorders associated with EC use, determined which systems are most frequently adversely affected, identified specific symptoms and disorders most commonly reported, and tracked health effects over 7 years.

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Health Effects Associated With Electronic Cigarette Use: Automated Mining of Online Forums

Hua¹,

Sadah²,

Hristidis³

et al. 2020

J Med Internet Res

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“… 23 E-cigarettes users are significantly more prone to thermal injuries due to battery explosion. 25 In addition, an increased risk for developing myocardial infarction has also been noted in ecigarette users. 18 E-cigarettes have been associated with neutrophil activity upregulation in the lungs through the actions of acrolein, an e-cigarette vapor that is associated with increased neutrophil extracellular trap formation, which have been linked to alterations in the lung.…”

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Electronic Cigarettes Consumption and Associated Factors among General Population in Western Saudi Arabia

Alzahrani¹,

Zaidi²,

Alsolami³

et al. 2022

Journal of Public Health Research

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Background: In recent years, consumption of E-cigarettes has increased dramatically. Several studies have focused on the prevalence of E-cigarettes among specific groups of people, using it as a substitute to traditional cigarettes, or the participant knowledge regarding risks. This research was aimed on E-cigarettes’ prevalence and its association to several factors in the general population of Western Saudi Arabia.Design and Methods: Using an observational cross-sectional study, data were collected from (n=465) above 18 years old smokers during the survey at public attractions. A validated self-administered questionnaire acquired from previous studies was employed to insure the suitability for the general population of Jeddah Saudi Arabia. Sample size was calculated via Raosoft@ and adults of either gender were included in the study. Descriptive or inferential statistical analysis was performed using SPSS.Results: The preponderance of e-cigarette smokers used entertainment as the reason for smoking, with an average of (33.9%). Although one reason for e-cigarette consumption was to cease traditional smoking, results showed an average of (49.4%), which is the majority of those who attempted to cease traditional smoking via e-cigarette, did not succeed in quitting traditional smoking. This study also demonstrated that participant that believed that e-cigarette is beneficial had a higher chance to cease conventional smoking than who did not (32.1% versus 14.6%) which is significant (p<0.001).Conclusions: In conclusion, this study estimated the prevalence of e-cigarette consumption among the population of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia along with assessment of elements which help increase the overall e-cigarette consumption in Jeddah.

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Health Effects Associated With Electronic Cigarette Use: Automated Mining of Online Forums (Preprint)

Hua¹,

Sadah²,

Hristidis³

et al. 2019

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BACKGROUND Our previous infodemiological study was performed by manually mining health-effect data associated with electronic cigarettes (ECs) from online forums. Manual mining is time consuming and limits the number of posts that can be retrieved. OBJECTIVE Our goal in this study was to automatically extract and analyze a large number (>41,000) of online forum posts related to the health effects associated with EC use between 2008 and 2015. METHODS Data were annotated with medical concepts from the Unified Medical Language System using a modified version of the MetaMap tool. Of over 1.4 million posts, 41,216 were used to analyze symptoms (undiagnosed conditions) and disorders (physician-diagnosed terminology) associated with EC use. For each post, sentiment (positive, negative, and neutral) was also assigned. RESULTS Symptom and disorder data were categorized into 12 organ systems or anatomical regions. Most posts on symptoms and disorders contained negative sentiment, and affected systems were similar across all years. Health effects were reported most often in the neurological, mouth and throat, and respiratory systems. The most frequently reported symptoms and disorders were headache (n=939), coughing (n=852), malaise (n=468), asthma (n=916), dehydration (n=803), and pharyngitis (n=565). In addition, users often reported linked symptoms (eg, coughing and headache). CONCLUSIONS Online forums are a valuable repository of data that can be used to identify positive and negative health effects associated with EC use. By automating extraction of online information, we obtained more data than in our prior study, identified new symptoms and disorders associated with EC use, determined which systems are most frequently adversely affected, identified specific symptoms and disorders most commonly reported, and tracked health effects over 7 years.

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Pain Associated with the Use of Electronic Cigarettes

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Health Effects Associated With Electronic Cigarette Use: Automated Mining of Online Forums

Health Effects Associated With Electronic Cigarette Use: Automated Mining of Online Forums

Electronic Cigarettes Consumption and Associated Factors among General Population in Western Saudi Arabia

Health Effects Associated With Electronic Cigarette Use: Automated Mining of Online Forums (Preprint)

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