Nicotine-laced e-cigarettes cause blood clots.
People who are trying to stop smoking may use e-cigarettes since they are advertised as being safe. But, according to experts, using nicotine-containing e-cigarettes causes an instant rise in the development of blood clots and a decrease in the ability of tiny blood vessels to expand and dilate. The side effects are comparable to those produced by conventional cigarettes, and long-term usage might lead to a heart attack or stroke. Gustaf Lyytinen, a clinician at Helsingborg Hospital and a researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, presented the findings.
Researchers from Finland's Aalto university discovered that using nicotine-laced e-cigarettes caused a series of acute short-term alterations in the participants' bodies. After taking 30 puffs of a nicotine-laced e-cigarette, volunteers' blood vessels narrowed momentarily and their heart rates rose. After 15 minutes, researchers observed a 23% rise in blood clots, which recovered to normal levels after 60 minutes.
Research indicates that nicotine-laced e-cigarettes can cause blood clots and make users' tiny blood capillaries less flexible. Long-term, this can result in blocked and constricted blood arteries, which puts people at risk for heart attacks and strokes. The study adds to the increasing body of data that e-cigarettes are hazardous.