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Why stomach pain, 'scromiting,' and compulsive hot showering are sending cannabis users to Philly-area ERs [View all]
https://www.inquirer.com/health/cannabinoid-hyperemesis-syndrome-symptoms-cases-marijuana-thc-20260501.html-snip-
Feeling better in a hot bath or shower is a telltale sign. Another clue is what doctors call “scromiting,” or screaming while vomiting.
Emergency medicine doctors across the Philadelphia region say they are grappling with a surge in cases at a time when changing state laws have created unprecedented access to legal and potent marijuana.
Two Jefferson Health hospitals — Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City and Jefferson Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia — documented at least 300 cases in patients largely from their late teens to 40s in the fiscal year ending July 2025, a threefold increase from two years prior.
At North Philadelphia’s Temple University Hospital, staff can often diagnose it from the signature vomiting sound patients make.
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Feeling better in a hot bath or shower is a telltale sign. Another clue is what doctors call “scromiting,” or screaming while vomiting.
Emergency medicine doctors across the Philadelphia region say they are grappling with a surge in cases at a time when changing state laws have created unprecedented access to legal and potent marijuana.
Two Jefferson Health hospitals — Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City and Jefferson Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia — documented at least 300 cases in patients largely from their late teens to 40s in the fiscal year ending July 2025, a threefold increase from two years prior.
At North Philadelphia’s Temple University Hospital, staff can often diagnose it from the signature vomiting sound patients make.
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Much more at the link.
This syndrome is caused by chronic use and much higher levels of THC now. And there's some research showing that "about 30% of chronic cannabis users develop the syndrome."
They're doing much more research on it now.
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