Doctors are sounding the alarm after a shocking new side effect of cannabis use is sending users to emergency rooms in droves \u2014 a condition so intense it\u2019s been nicknamed \u201cscromiting\u201d.It may sound like a joke, but the reality is terrifyingOver the past decade, hospitals have seen a surge in patients suffering from severe nausea, relentless vomiting, and stomach pain so extreme it leaves them doubled over \u2014 sometimes multiple times a year.The culprit? Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS).\u201cA person often will have multiple [emergency department] visits until it is correctly recognized, costing thousands of dollars each time,\u201d says Dr. Beatriz Carlini, research associate professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine.Symptoms so brutal they scream \u2014 literallyCHS attacks usually appear within 24 hours of cannabis use and can last for daysMedical staff coined the term scromiting because sufferers often scream while vomiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Chris Buresh, an emergency medicine specialist, explains the difficulty in treatment: \u201cThere are currently no therapies approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and standard anti-nausea medications often don\u2019t work.\u201dDoctors are sounding the alarm after a shocking new side effect of cannabis use is sending users to emergency rooms in droves \u2014 a condition so intense it\u2019s been nicknamed \u201cscromiting\u201d.It may sound like a joke, but the reality is terrifying.Over the past decade, hospitals have seen a surge in patients suffering from severe nausea, relentless vomiting, and stomach pain so extreme it leaves them doubled over \u2014 sometimes multiple times a year.The culprit? Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS).\u201cA person often will have multiple [emergency department] visits until it is correctly recognized, costing thousands of dollars each time,\u201d says Dr. Beatriz Carlini, research associate professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine.so brutal they scream \u2014 literally
CHS attacks usually appear within 24 hours of cannabis use and can last for days.Medical staff coined the term scromiting because sufferers often scream while vomiting.Dr. Chris Buresh, an emergency medicine specialist, explains the difficulty in treatment: \u201cThere are currently no therapies approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and standard anti-nausea medications often don\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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