Cannabinoid hyperemesis should be recognised as an effect of chronic cannabis abuse
Here we describe the second reported case of cannabinoid hyperemesis in UK. A 42 years old patient presented on more than one occasion with vomiting, abdominal pain, fever and dehydration and treated as sepsis with antibiotics. Extensive investigations including upper GI endoscopy, colonoscopy, ches...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4129569/ |
| Summary: | Here we describe the second reported case of cannabinoid hyperemesis in UK. A 42 years old patient presented on more than one occasion with vomiting, abdominal pain, fever and dehydration and treated as sepsis with antibiotics. Extensive investigations including upper GI endoscopy, colonoscopy, chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, abdominal CT scan, barium swallow and echocardiogram; all reported normal. Once the diagnosis of cannabinoid hyperemesis was established, he was advised to abstain from cannabis use resulting in complete resolution of his symptoms. |
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