CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook takes a look at a marijuana-related health illness where diagnosis could be often missed: cannabinoid …
31 responses to “Closer look at marijuana illness CHS and top medical news of 2016”
People who have /had CHS – please answer a few questions:
1. What was your water intake like? Would you sometimes go days without drinking water?
2. Did you mainly smoke flower, concentrate, or both?
3. Did you inhale deep and hold it in for a prolonged period / "ghost" your hits? Did you notice that you burped after a particularly big hit?
This is like a with drawl from weed abusers, that’s what it seems to me, my brother is dealing with this and it is horrible, showers are constant, anger, throwing up, and crying and nauseous. It’s never good for the victim and the people around him
PLEASE HELP I've gotten high from marijuana multiple times daily for over a year and I have severe abdominal pain, but I have not experienced nausea or vomiting vomiting. The abdominal pain usually completely goes away when I'm in a hot bath, but it will come back as soon as I get out. The pain will extend to me chest and back sometimes and often seems to hurt more on my right side.. My digestive system seems to not be working properly, and I am experiencing chronic diarrhea, bloating, and sometimes constipation. I've been to the ER multiple times and nobody find anything wrong with me. I've researched everything it could be in an attempt to self-diagnose and I've concluded that I could have cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome without the nausea and vomiting. Any insight from someone more knowledgeable would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading
My son has been suffering for almost two years with the most horrible stomach pain while belching for hours and vomiting clear mucus that looked like egg-whites. A year ago he started exhibiting psychosis which eventually seemed to turn into He also beBV
This is real I know first hand I was a heavy smoker of weed about 3-4 blunts a day and it made me so sick you feel like you drying you puke all day long and have bad stomach pain nothing will help it unless you stop I would get sick for 2 weeks at a time the only thing that will help is that you stop all together it sucks I know but it’s not worth getting sick the time
They are poisoning us with our weed Toxicity is reported to cause vomiting, drowsiness, metabolic acidosis, polymorphonuclear leucocytosis, and encephalopathy in children. Azadirachtin is the ingredient implicated in causing the effects seen in neem oil poisoning
Cut out coffee…stop suppressing your appetite…weed stimulant…coffee's cigarettes stimulants. Your starving yourself while building up tons of acids. LEARN TO NEUTRALIZE YOUR STOMACH. Ive lived with this for years numerous hospitalizations , puzzled doctors. . Adapt or quit. This will strip you down bare.. switch to teas…coming from an MMP and an acid reflux patient. So you can only imagine my flare ups.
I have chs omg its horrible and it from medical I tested it its the chemicals they put to make it do what they want. Just grow natural good weed and it does help with a lot they just need to stop doing all this other crap to it.
I have this it's terrible feels like somebody's squeezing your insides, such bad abdominal pain. I keep trying to just smoke a little flower each day but it's coming back.
I’ve been smoking for 2 years without stopping vaping blunt joint carts wax you name it I’ve done it all I use to smoke ounces like nothing now I go through intense pain migraines no vomiting but a lot of head throbbing my first episode I did throw up a lot and had to be sent to the er they told me it was just an upset stomach
I smoked weed every day for the last year. I love weed, and if I saw this video, i would dislike it, so I understand where people are coming from. But I was diagnosed with CHS recently and have experienced the worst pain of my life. This is a very real thing and every stoner should look out for the symptoms and do research.
After watching this video and reading many comments, I'm starting to think a lot differently about my stomach issues. I smoke weed every single day, and I am also a "heavy daily dabber." A little over a year ago, my stomach problems were getting significantly worse. Abdominal cramping, vomiting, diarrhea/constipation, etc. I went to see a Gastroenterologist and they diagnosed me with IBS and prescribed me medication. At the beginning of that time, there was a period there (3 months) that I didn't smoke, and I felt great. I could eat a lot again and actually feel full. I could physically do more without constant pain in my stomach. I thought it was just the medicine making me feel better and I had only quit smoking in order to get a new job. Well I got that job, and started smoking again. This past week I have felt horrible. I vomited for the first few days, my stomach has been constantly cramping, more than it ever had, and I was extremely constipated. I ended up having a CT scan done today, with totally fine results. So that's why I'm now thinking to myself… could I possibly have CHS? I have all the symptoms. My blood work came back normal as well so it's not like I'm in any "mesis" stage yet.
Do those that have had these symptoms just stop smoking for a while and then get back to it? What do you heavy daily users suggest, for someone like me, that's smokes just about every morning, and every evening? I think for sure though, that I want to quit the dabs.
Of course it's real. It happened to me twice before I realized what it is and that I have to stop. CHS will make you feel like you're dying, it can last for weeks, and there is not much you can do once it's triggered. People need to take this seriously and spread the message.
THEY CHANGED THE WEED . This weed is not to be smoked on a daily basis lol this is not a tobacco cigarette modern day weed HITS . Cookies is the most popular strain that Strain didn’t even exists back n the day and it’s produced through incest
Look up high yield grain this is happening to weed this is def happening . NOBODY has ever had SUPER STRONG weed prior to it becoming legal or whatever
I got it, just have a good diet and dont eat at nights. especially dont eat alot of red meat. reduce your marijuana use. dont over smoke. eat your fibers too.
People who have /had CHS – please answer a few questions:
1. What was your water intake like? Would you sometimes go days without drinking water?
2. Did you mainly smoke flower, concentrate, or both?
3. Did you inhale deep and hold it in for a prolonged period / "ghost" your hits? Did you notice that you burped after a particularly big hit?
4. Did/Do edibles cause the same reaction ?
TIA and Godspeed in your recoveries
This is like a with drawl from weed abusers, that’s what it seems to me, my brother is dealing with this and it is horrible, showers are constant, anger, throwing up, and crying and nauseous. It’s never good for the victim and the people around him
PLEASE HELP I've gotten high from marijuana multiple times daily for over a year and I have severe abdominal pain, but I have not experienced nausea or vomiting vomiting. The abdominal pain usually completely goes away when I'm in a hot bath, but it will come back as soon as I get out. The pain will extend to me chest and back sometimes and often seems to hurt more on my right side.. My digestive system seems to not be working properly, and I am experiencing chronic diarrhea, bloating, and sometimes constipation. I've been to the ER multiple times and nobody find anything wrong with me. I've researched everything it could be in an attempt to self-diagnose and I've concluded that I could have cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome without the nausea and vomiting. Any insight from someone more knowledgeable would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading
It's written in the Arabic books.
It’s the weed out these days that makes mfers weird
If you’re already prone to stomach problems and you smoke weed…. well you might be at risk
My son has been suffering for almost two years with the most horrible stomach pain while belching for hours and vomiting clear mucus that looked like egg-whites. A year ago he started exhibiting psychosis which eventually seemed to turn into He also beBV
This was 3 years ago tf
This is real I know first hand I was a heavy smoker of weed about 3-4 blunts a day and it made me so sick you feel like you drying you puke all day long and have bad stomach pain nothing will help it unless you stop I would get sick for 2 weeks at a time the only thing that will help is that you stop all together it sucks I know but it’s not worth getting sick the time
2 weeks ago smoking started giving me the worst pain in my entire life.
They are poisoning us with our weed Toxicity is reported to cause vomiting, drowsiness, metabolic acidosis, polymorphonuclear leucocytosis, and encephalopathy in children. Azadirachtin is the ingredient implicated in causing the effects seen in neem oil poisoning
Cut out coffee…stop suppressing your appetite…weed stimulant…coffee's cigarettes stimulants. Your starving yourself while building up tons of acids. LEARN TO NEUTRALIZE YOUR STOMACH. Ive lived with this for years numerous hospitalizations , puzzled doctors. . Adapt or quit. This will strip you down bare.. switch to teas…coming from an MMP and an acid reflux patient. So you can only imagine my flare ups.
I have chs omg its horrible and it from medical I tested it its the chemicals they put to make it do what they want. Just grow natural good weed and it does help with a lot they just need to stop doing all this other crap to it.
I have this it's terrible feels like somebody's squeezing your insides, such bad abdominal pain. I keep trying to just smoke a little flower each day but it's coming back.
Smoking Is not worth the pain etc.
Took me 3 yrs to finally realize docs are right .
I’ve been smoking for 2 years without stopping vaping blunt joint carts wax you name it I’ve done it all I use to smoke ounces like nothing now I go through intense pain migraines no vomiting but a lot of head throbbing my first episode I did throw up a lot and had to be sent to the er they told me it was just an upset stomach
I’ve been smoking in a small bowl so I’m ok, I rarely use my bong though. I Just use my kazoo sized wooden pipe once at night and once in the morning,
My husband vapes CBD few days ago for 2 years and ended up with CHS
I smoked weed every day for the last year. I love weed, and if I saw this video, i would dislike it, so I understand where people are coming from. But I was diagnosed with CHS recently and have experienced the worst pain of my life. This is a very real thing and every stoner should look out for the symptoms and do research.
Had this for years ruined my high school days had to get my GED
Chs is real, I smoked everyday for over 11 years.. sad I have this issue now.
After watching this video and reading many comments, I'm starting to think a lot differently about my stomach issues. I smoke weed every single day, and I am also a "heavy daily dabber." A little over a year ago, my stomach problems were getting significantly worse. Abdominal cramping, vomiting, diarrhea/constipation, etc. I went to see a Gastroenterologist and they diagnosed me with IBS and prescribed me medication. At the beginning of that time, there was a period there (3 months) that I didn't smoke, and I felt great. I could eat a lot again and actually feel full. I could physically do more without constant pain in my stomach. I thought it was just the medicine making me feel better and I had only quit smoking in order to get a new job. Well I got that job, and started smoking again. This past week I have felt horrible. I vomited for the first few days, my stomach has been constantly cramping, more than it ever had, and I was extremely constipated. I ended up having a CT scan done today, with totally fine results. So that's why I'm now thinking to myself… could I possibly have CHS? I have all the symptoms. My blood work came back normal as well so it's not like I'm in any "mesis" stage yet.
Do those that have had these symptoms just stop smoking for a while and then get back to it? What do you heavy daily users suggest, for someone like me, that's smokes just about every morning, and every evening? I think for sure though, that I want to quit the dabs.
I'm starting to feel this way and no a guy that has this same exact issue . No that its legal seemed like this has happened
Anyone with this sickness needs to stop smoking for at least 1 month 31 days clean
Of course it's real. It happened to me twice before I realized what it is and that I have to stop.
CHS will make you feel like you're dying, it can last for weeks, and there is not much you can do once it's triggered. People need to take this seriously and spread the message.
Muscle relaxer helps so much for me!!!!
This isnt caused by flowers, this is caused by dabbing, vaps, and chemicals, cannabis needs only sunlight and water, CHS is very real
THEY CHANGED THE WEED . This weed is not to be smoked on a daily basis lol this is not a tobacco cigarette modern day weed HITS . Cookies is the most popular strain that Strain didn’t even exists back n the day and it’s produced through incest
High yield grain and GLUTEN
Look up high yield grain this is happening to weed this is def happening . NOBODY has ever had SUPER STRONG weed prior to it becoming legal or whatever
I got it, just have a good diet and dont eat at nights. especially dont eat alot of red meat. reduce your marijuana use. dont over smoke. eat your fibers too.