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Vomiting Syndrome Discovered in Some Long-Term Marijuana Users: Researchers
NBC San Diego ^ | 12/6 | Wendy Fry

Posted on 12/06/2017 9:46:23 PM PST by nickcarraway

The condition has become so common, ER staff have coined a new term that helps identify it: "scromiting," for "screaming" and "vomiting."

A mysterious illness induced by excessive marijuana use can cause bouts of uncontrolled vomiting and debilitating nausea, doctors say.

Doctors have only recently begun to recognize the prevalence of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS), a condition characterized by chronic cannabis use, cyclic episodes of nausea and vomiting, and the compulsion to take hot baths or showers. The syndrome typically affects just a small portion of the population – heavy, long-term marijuana users.

CHS has become so common in the emergency room of Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, some doctors refer to CHS as "scromiting," an amalgam of "vomiting" and "screaming."

"In my work, in the emergency room, I see at least one patient a day with the Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome," Dr. Roneet Lev, the director of operations at Scripps Mercy Hospital, told NBC.

Dr. Linda Nguyen, a gastroenterologist at Stanford Health Care, says she encounters about three to four patients a month with CHS. A more apt description of the syndrome, in her opinion, is "cromiting."

"I tend to see more crying and vomiting, less so screaming," Nguyen said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcsandiego.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: cannabis; marijuana; pot; wod
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21 posted on 12/06/2017 11:15:25 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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To: nickcarraway

This is way under recognized - well meaning doctors do extensive work ups to find out why young stoners are mysteriously vomiting - first, ASK THEM IF THEY’RE STONERS!


22 posted on 12/06/2017 11:43:00 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: Berlin_Freeper

1. Place slightly less than full large plastic bottle of water in the freezer.
2. “OK Google set timer to ninety minutes.”


23 posted on 12/07/2017 12:52:58 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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To: nickcarraway
PURITY BOO JIT !

The question is, Why ?

Why are these reefer madness stories starting to appear ?

Isn't the gummint getting its share ?

24 posted on 12/07/2017 2:52:47 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: nickcarraway

You got pain in your gut? Smoke some more weed! Medical marijuana is the cure for everything! Which probably leads to this syndrome.


25 posted on 12/07/2017 2:53:45 AM PST by FrdmLvr (“What Happened you ask?...Ma’am, you got your ass kicked.” Bannon)
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To: nickcarraway

As an old saying goes, there comes a time to put old habits on the shelf and thank the Almighty you’ve survived your youth. Vomiting would seem to be an alarm clock.


26 posted on 12/07/2017 2:56:18 AM PST by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: FrdmLvr
You got pain in your gut? Smoke some more weed! Medical marijuana is the cure for everything!

I can only speak for myself, but as someone used to smoke, and also has occasional back trouble, being high actually made me more aware the pain and did nothing to reduce or eliminate it.

27 posted on 12/07/2017 3:03:36 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: GnuThere

I knew a 20-something about 3 years ago who was hospitalized for uncontrolled vomiting and anxiety that accompanied it. It was treated by medically induced coma for 2 or 3 days, then once out of the coma, a couple more days of observation, and slow introduction of food. It worked. What I did not know then was that this person smoke weed. He was perplexed why this mysterious illness occurred after he turned 20.

About a year later, he went to CA to “make good money” as he had a “friend” who owned weed farm designed to grow “medicinal quality MJ”. He told me how much dinero he could make farming MJ for his friend. (When asked him why an MJ farmer would not just hire illegal aliens instead paying him a very high wage... never got a good answer). He was in CA for one week and had to be hospitalized for the uncontrolled vomiting and anxiety. I understand the ER Drs kept asking him if he was on drugs, which he kept denying. I don’t know what blood tests they did or anything else, but eventually they induced him into a coma to treat him. Once he was out of the CA hospital, he returned home. Eventually I learned that he had an alcohol and drug abuse problem, but we don’t cross paths anymore. This article makes me think I encountered a person with CHS.


28 posted on 12/07/2017 3:12:32 AM PST by Susquehanna Patriot (Do Leftist/Liberals Really Believe That Dissent = Highest Form of Patriotism?)
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Wow, sounds miserable. Probably so.


29 posted on 12/07/2017 4:48:46 AM PST by GnuThere
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To: nickcarraway

They’ve known this for years.


30 posted on 12/07/2017 5:17:35 AM PST by tiki
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To: tiki

Described in medical lit in 2011.


31 posted on 12/07/2017 5:20:27 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: nickcarraway

AWESOME!


32 posted on 12/07/2017 5:33:54 AM PST by Mashood
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To: prophetic

For poor people, pot is medicine not because they want to, but because it is all they have.

Look, I hate and despise poor people the same as the next guy, but to deny them this palliative is immoral and cruel.


33 posted on 12/07/2017 6:52:00 AM PST by T-Bone Texan
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To: prophetic
",,,their brains begin to be like swiss cheese..."

Pot does not rot the brain.

Pot does not make the brain look like swiss cheese.

THC is also produced by the body. That THC also does not rot the brain.

34 posted on 12/07/2017 6:54:44 AM PST by T-Bone Texan
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To: GnuThere
This is way under recognized - well meaning doctors do extensive work ups to find out why young stoners are mysteriously vomiting - first, ASK THEM IF THEY’RE STONERS!

The condition is well recognized and we ask pretty much anyone under 40 with chronic hyperemesis how much they smoke. We get the same answer every time. "I smoke to settle my stomach".

35 posted on 12/07/2017 6:59:39 AM PST by JusPasenThru (It is OK to be white.)
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To: nickcarraway

My guess it is the vaping, smoked for 40 years and never had a problem, about 6 months ago started vaping, much cleaner BUT you can get a ton of THC more than you did with weed. I got sick once with too many “hits” and backed off of the device. With the “goodies” candy and cookies and tea not hard to get too much which was just not possible before.


36 posted on 12/07/2017 7:07:31 AM PST by Jolla
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To: nickcarraway
According to what I learned in school, marijuana is hard to classify as its effects change with dosage.

In small amounts, it’s a stimulant. In larger amounts, it becomes a depressant. But in extremely high amounts, it can become an hallucinogen.

Personally, I don’t believe the typical smoker/toker could ever smoke enough to hallucinate. They’d have passed out long before that happened.

But after watching an episode of Bong Appetit the other day, I can see how a person could easily zoom past the first two stages all the way into Timothy Leary territory.

I can also see how a diet like that would lead to bazooka vomiting while talking to dead relatives in the ER.

37 posted on 12/07/2017 8:33:55 AM PST by GBA (A = 432)
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To: nickcarraway

Well after you get the munchies and eat twelve creme filled donuts and a large bag of cheetos anything can happen. :-)


38 posted on 12/07/2017 8:49:22 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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The syndrome typically affects just a small portion of the population – heavy, long-term marijuana users.

Kid stuff ... alcohol can make you puke the first time you use that drug.

39 posted on 12/07/2017 5:56:54 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Fresh Wind

I find that very interesting. It’s definitely not a panacea, as they have you believe.


40 posted on 12/08/2017 1:17:40 AM PST by FrdmLvr (“What Happened you ask?...Ma’am, you got your ass kicked.” Bannon)
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