CHS - cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome - MIT Technology Review

[Pluvious]

Interesting article, and a bit of a sordid tale of drama and egos.

Long ago, a college friend of mine had it, we named it after him lol

But it’s quite a serious condition, greatly hampered by circumstances…

Excerpts:

Patients also frequently reported a compulsive need to take hot showers and baths, which somehow relieved the urge to throw up.
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Then she started vomiting. She puked every few months at first, and then every time she got on an airplane, and then every day. Her mom got her an appointment in early 2018 with a gastrointestinal specialist who suggested, to Moon’s horror, that her digestive issues might be caused by all the cannabis she was consuming—a rare disorder called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS.
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Liz Blaz, who works in cannabis and also has CHS, watched the controversy over the study unfold with great interest. She is one of the 28 patients who agreed to send back a genetic test. And unlike Moon, Blaz is able to smoke weed again without vomiting, though she only uses regeneratively grown cannabis. She thinks she can handle her pot now because she has made changes to a host of health factors she believes to be related to CHS, including diet, hydration, hormones, dental health, and a tight psoas muscle, which she describes as a product of stress and anxiety.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/20/1056219/weed-influencer-and-scientist-feud-over-cannabis-hyperemesis-syndrome/