Ysc3 Twincharged January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 (edited) Man applied Vicks VapoRub on nostrils for more than 10 years On Dec. 28, 2019, Edriss, a Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician who works at Saint Joseph Hospital in the USA, took to Facebook to share about a middle-aged man whom she had treated. According to her, the man had been chronically applying Vick’s VapoRub gel on his nostrils for more than 10 years to provide relief for nasal congestion. In recent years, he had sought help from the health care system for respiratory distress and had been diagnosed with pneumonia on each occasion. Two CT chest images that were taken six months apart showed how he was wrongly diagnosed with infectious pneumonia and wrongly treated with antibiotics. Applying Vicks VapoRub on nostrils can cause lung opacities within 24 hours According to Edriss, the accurate diagnosis should have been exogenous lipoid pneumonia, an uncommon and under-diagnosed condition. Caused by inhalation or aspiration of animal fat or vegetal or mineral oil, exogenous lipoid pneumonia can manifest radiologically within 30 minutes of aspiration or inhalation, and lung opacities can appear in most patients within 24 hours. Because Vicks VapoRub contains a variety of oil-based materials such as petrolatum, eucalyptus oil, cedarleaf oil, nutmeg oil, thymol and turpentine oil, it should not be inhaled or applied on nostrils. Edited January 9, 2020 by Ysc3 ↡ Advertisement 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 (edited) lol what about axe oil/the flower oil (can't remember offhand whats the name) under the nose? haha Edited January 9, 2020 by Lala81 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxcvb Turbocharged January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 This practice used to be quite common in the 80s and 90s. In recent years hardly see anyone doing it except lao uncles. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 I too have sensitive nose. From time to time will have nasal congestion. I take Zyrtec D for relieve since gp always issue the same. Can buy over at any pharmacy counter with pharmacist present. I never believed in those vapor stuff up the nose thingy.😋 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Hypersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Zxcvb said: This practice used to be quite common in the 80s and 90s. In recent years hardly see anyone doing it except lao uncles. Last time use to see ah pek stuck one small bottle into the nose and leave it there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeder Hypersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 Jialat I’ve been using their inhaler for years..GPGT.. hopefully no issue .. think better pass to my buddy @BanCoe 🙏🏻🙇♀️ 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoon Turbocharged January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Lala81 said: lol what about axe oil/the flower oil (can't remember offhand whats the name) under the nose? haha No wonder so many penumonia related deaths in SG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtb 6th Gear January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 Once you are addicted with those stuff into your nose daily may see some effect along the years to come just like smoking. If you are allergy within the home, try walk of the environment to an open air space and may feel better. Yes, read somewhere that vicks contain something like petroleum. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inlinesix Supersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Watwheels said: I too have sensitive nose. From time to time will have nasal congestion. I take Zyrtec D for relieve since gp always issue the same. Can buy over at any pharmacy counter with pharmacist present. I never believed in those vapor stuff up the nose thingy.😋 Depends on what you are allergic to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusnel 6th Gear January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 prepare for class suit worldwide............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kusje Supersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Watwheels said: I too have sensitive nose. From time to time will have nasal congestion. I take Zyrtec D for relieve since gp always issue the same. Can buy over at any pharmacy counter with pharmacist present. I never believed in those vapor stuff up the nose thingy.😋 Buy generic one from Malaysia even cheaper. Zyrtec is brand name med. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count-Bracula Twincharged January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 Vicks inhaler is banned in Japan. I bought one 2 weeks ago used it for a day . . . Googled and threw it away. my mom and grandma will swipe with their little fingers a dollop of Vicks vapor rub and stuff it up our nostrils whenever we have congested nose when we were young kids. I HATE it and always ran away from them . . could my allergic rhinitis be due to this? 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 applying Vicks VapoRub on nose and using Vicks inhaler is 2 separate issue right ? the issue is applying Vicks VapoRub on nose per the article. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mersaylee Supersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Ender said: Last time use to see ah pek stuck one small bottle into the nose and leave it there. You mean Soya? 😝 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mersaylee Supersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 58 minutes ago, Blueray said: applying Vicks VapoRub on nose and using Vicks inhaler is 2 separate issue right ? the issue is applying Vicks VapoRub on nose per the article. I used it when I was young...used on my kids when they were young...but I only applied on their chests and behind the ears (old folks directive). Sniff if necessary but never apply onto the nostrils because they found it “spicy” (prickly) nowadays I only drink warm water or Zyrtec Rapid to clear nasal congestion 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Supersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 5 hours ago, Watwheels said: I too have sensitive nose. From time to time will have nasal congestion. I take Zyrtec D for relieve since gp always issue the same. Can buy over at any pharmacy counter with pharmacist present. I never believed in those vapor stuff up the nose thingy.😋 But taking Zyrtec D also not a good solution right since it is a medicine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inlinefour Twincharged January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 my fav last time breathe liao damn shiok man 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipping Supersonic January 9, 2020 Share January 9, 2020 Vicks inhaler tis is what i use to quit smoking (cold turkey) ↡ Advertisement 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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