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TexasTowelie

(116,301 posts) Thu Dec 27, 2018, 12:51 PM Dec 2018

Boulder County sees more patients with vomiting condition tied to chronic pot use

Cyclic episodes of nausea and vomiting. Disregulation of temperature perception. Abdominal pain.

The culprit of these symptoms could be weed.

Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, a relatively new condition that first appeared in medical literature in 2004, affects chronic users of marijuana who have smoked or used cannabis daily for years.

"It causes frequent visits to the emergency department," said Dr. Timothy Meyers, medical director of emergency services for Boulder Community Health. "People feel terrible when it happens."

Read more: http://www.dailycamera.com/top-stories/ci_32351978/boulder-county-sees-more-patients-vomiting-condition-tied

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Boulder County sees more patients with vomiting condition tied to chronic pot use (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2018 OP

If you suffer from this, hot showers often make the symptoms subside htuttle Dec 2018 #1

Entirely possible that chronic pot use is not completely benign for all persons mr_lebowski Dec 2018 #2

moderation is usually a good thing qazplm135 Dec 2018 #3

htuttle

(23,738 posts)

1. If you suffer from this, hot showers often make the symptoms subside

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 12:56 PM

Dec 2018

Nobody knows why yet.

I've heard it characterized as an abdominal migraine.

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

2. Entirely possible that chronic pot use is not completely benign for all persons

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 01:14 PM

Dec 2018

It is a drug after all. Aspirin is not suitable for persons either, and certainly neither is alcohol, just as a couple of 'for instances'.

qazplm135

(7,465 posts)

3. moderation is usually a good thing

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 02:58 PM

Dec 2018

there are very few things that you can use to excess without some sort of consequence, even things ordinarily harmless.

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