The term Cannabis Hyperemesis (vomiting) syndrome or CHS became popular in the medical sector in the year 2004. A group of researchers from Australia connected a few cases of repeated vomiting/retching along with abdominal pain with chronic use of marijuana. During follow-up of a few of those cases, the researchers noticed that when the patients stopped using cannabis, their symptoms disappeared. However, it appeared when they started using cannabis again. Since then the diagnosis of CHS is labelled to those who suffer from recurrent episodes of vomiting or retching and abdominal pain with a history of chronic use of marijuana.
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After the law which legalized marijuana for medical use or recreational use, the incidence of CHS is on rising in many states of the US. A 2020 study (data analysis) showed that 20% of the patients hospitalized with repeated vomiting in the US had a history of concurrent use of cannabis.
Dr Sam Wang, from Colorado, analyzed 800,000 case reports with the complaints of repeated vomiting between 2013 and 2018. The incidents of vomiting were 29% more than the previous years. In Colorado, medical use of marijuana was licensed in the year 2009 and for recreational use in the year 2014. Dr Wang points this increased repetitive vomiting to the use of marijuana.
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