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can a doctor tell if you've been vaping

by Prof. Malvina Parisian V Published 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago
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So, unless a patient walks into the clinic with a vaping device in hand and vapor billowing from their mouth, it's unlikely a doctor can tell if they have a history of e-cigarette use. But it looks like that's about to change. The vaping craze has reached an all-time high, but exactly how many people vape is still unclear.

Medical tests can detect nicotine in people's urine, blood, saliva, hair, and nails. Nicotine is the addictive substance in tobacco, cigarettes, and vapes or e-cigarettes.

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Can a doctor keep you against your will?

You can be kept at the hospital against your will if you’re a danger to yourself or others because of your mental state. People in this situation are sometimes called involuntary patients. You generally have the same rights as other patients, but some special rules apply.

Can a doctor tell if you smoke occasionally?

Your doctor can tell if you smoke occasionally by looking at medical tests that can detect nicotine in your blood, saliva, urine and hair. The amount of time nicotine stays in your body varies from person to person.

Should you tell your doctor you smoke marijuana?

Your doctor is not the police. Neither is your doctor there to police your behavior. So, you should be honest with your doctor about smoking weed. Why? As Kaiser Health News reported last week, it could save your life — or at least make surgery and post-surgery recovery much smoother.

Can a doctor tell by your throat if you smoke?

Yes. Doctors can tell if you smoke. They can see it in blood tests, smell it on you, and there are other ways they can tell. [ Source: http://www.chacha.com/question/can-doctors-tell-if-you-smoke-cigarettes ]

How to tell if you are a vaper?

How to identify cigarette smoking?

Does vaping cause teeth to hurt?

Can you see your glucose and calcium levels?

Do vapers smell like smokers?

Can a doctor hear your lungs?

Can a doctor tell if you have breathing problems?

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Can a doctor tell if I vape : r/Vaping - reddit

Lmao I'm dead then I eat like shit and vape 0/3mg here and there. But I am trying to eat cleaner and exercise. I also will be going to the doctor soon and see if anything is out of whack with me.

Will my doctor know I vape? I vape 18 mg of nicotine. My parents don ...

Answer (1 of 13): Yes. He'll be able to tell very easily if he does even the most minor of an examination on you. He'll be required to tell your parents and the police and they will be forced to charge you with underage vaping. Seriously do you understand that kids like you who think it's cool t...

Does anyone else lie to their doctor about vaping/smoking?

Yeah, stop doing that. You go to the doctor to help you, and while you may hear some horror stories about doctors saying vaping is worse than smoking or whatever, 100% of my interactions with healthcare professionals have been positive regarding ecigs.

Can a doctor tell if you vape? - Quora

Answer (1 of 10): There is such a thing called doctor-patient confidentiality. This means that any doctor or medical professional (GP, therapist, OBGYN, anyone involved in medicine really) is legally prohibited from disclosing information discussed in private with their patient or client. This ap...

Will My Dentist Know if I Vape, Smoke, or Chew Tobacco?

So you’re nervous about your next dentist appointment. Not because you haven’t been flossing or brushing enough, but because you smoke, vape, or use chewing tobacco. You’re worrie…

How long can you detect marijuana?

Marijuana’s a bit rougher. The metabolites from even a single full joint could well be detectable for a week or more I believe. You might want to check to see what docs do about that in such cases and it might give you some insight on what they do about noticing nicotine. See if you can find out if docs are allowed to or even required to inform parents if they find marijuana readings in their exams.

What to do if you're old enough to talk to a doctor?

If you’re old enough that the doc might see you as competent and you are able to speak to them privately you could try to broker a deal with them: you’ll be honest in all your answers to them about stuff provided they are willing to resp

Can you test for nicotine in vapes?

Not unless you tell them. Some vapes contain nicotine so if they tested for it it would/could show up. Over time the lungs will be affected , the only thing that should go in them is O2.

Can a doctor test for nicotine in the body?

A doctor can easily test for the presence of nicotine in your system. Can they tell if it comes from vapong directly? No.

Can a doctor tell if you are vaping?

Depends. If you have symptoms specific to vaping, they can generally guess you are. If you have no symptoms, probably not. But certain symptoms will lead a doctor to suspect someone is vaping or smoking.

Can a doctor test if you don't vape?

If your doctor were to ask you if you vape and you told him no, he could have testing done to see if you have nicotine in your system but it would be very rare for a doctor to run this test if you tell him that you do not vape.

Can you identify a vaper by their teeth?

Smokers and coffee lovers can also be identified by their teeth stains and lips easily, but for vapers, such things are not applicable.

Can a dentist tell my parents about vaping?

It all depends on the age and harm caused by vape. If you are a teenager and visiting a dentist along with your parents, the dentist won’t tell your parent about vaping until there is any serious issue.

Can a dentist identify a smoker?

Identifying a smoker is an easy task for a dentist as smoking contains tobacco that stains your teeth and can force your gums in a different position.

Is smoking more harmful than vaping?

Though smoking is considered more injurious than vaping, still there are negative effects of vaping and also ruin your whitening teeth.

Does Vaping affect your teeth?

Vaping involves inhaling and exhaling anthropogenic aerosol generated by vaping devices.

What are the symptoms of vaping?

Early symptoms include coughing, shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pains, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. State and federal health officials are painstakingly interviewing patients and their parents, gathering data on what the victims were vaping.

How many people have died from vaping?

To date, the illness has taken the lives of 39 people and sickened at least 2,051 across 49 states, Washington, D.C., and the Virgin Islands. Alaska is the only state that has been spared.

Why did they do a chest x-ray and CT before a bronchoscopy?

They conducted a standard chest x-ray and chest CT before taking him to the operating room for a bronchoscopy to rule out infection.

Does vaping affect the lungs?

It’s unclear what role e-cigarettes have played in the illnesses, and research on vaping’s impact on the lungs is scant.

Is vaping a common problem in teens?

Prior to the lung illness outbreak, the doctors had already identified vaping as a common issue among teens. They had taken an extensive social history of the patients, including what the teens had been inhaling.

How to tell if you are a vaper?

A doc would be able to tell that you are a vaper or a smoker by subjecting you to a cotinine test. Cotinine is a metabolite of nicotine, so if your vape juice has nicotine in it, a cotinine test would show up that nicotine is present in your body.

How to identify cigarette smoking?

To identify cigarette smoking, a carbon monoxide monitor is used - this is a machine you blow into, like a breathalyser. CO persists much longer and a smoker who has quit can probably be seen as positive for CO (again, above the background level) for perhaps several weeks.

Does vaping cause teeth to hurt?

Vaping is no different. Most commercial vape juice contains substances that leave a residue that will build up on your teeth, tongue and throat. Illicit vape drugs if not pure will cause harm to the lining of your mouth and throat.

Can you see your glucose and calcium levels?

Whether someone is wanting to see your glucose and calcium levels, or to see whether you toke up, everything has to be specifically tested for. There’s not like a magic blood test that tells them everything in it, (although some tests are combined). Unless they’re specifically testing for nicotine and other nicotine metabolites, they’re not going to find it. In other words, they have to be looking for it, whatever it may be, in order to find it.

Do vapers smell like smokers?

Other than that, a vaper and a non smoker, look and smell identical inside and out.

Can a doctor hear your lungs?

Doc can hear your lungs then may request an X-ray for a visual .

Can a doctor tell if you have breathing problems?

This is a common question from many consumers! No doctor will be able to tell unless you display significant breathing issues during a check-up or you tell them directly that you do. No worries here :)

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