Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome:Clinical diagnosis of an underrecognised manifestation of chronic cannabis abuse  

作　　者：Siva P Sontineni Sanjay Chaudhary Vijaya Sontineni Stephen J Lanspa 

机构地区：[1]Department of Medicine,Creighton University,Suite 5850,601 N 30th Street,Omaha,NE 68131, United States

出　　处：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》2009年第10期1264-1266,共3页世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Cannabis is a common drug of abuse that is associated with various long-term and short-term adverse effects. The nature of its association with vomiting after chronic abuse is obscure and is underrecognised by clinicians.In some patients this vomiting can take on a pattern similar to cyclic vomiting syndrome with a peculiar compulsive hot bathing pattern,which relieves intense feelings of nausea and accompanying symptoms.In this case report,we describe a twenty-two year-old-male with a history of chronic cannabis abuse presenting with recurrent vomiting,intense nausea and abdominal pain.In addition,the patient reported that the hot baths improved his symptoms during these episodes.Abstinence from cannabis led to resolution of the vomiting symptoms and abdominal pain.We conclude that in the setting of chronic cannabis abuse,patients presenting with chronic severe nausea and vomiting that can sometimes be accompanied by abdominal pain and compulsive hot bathing behaviour,in the absence of other obvious causes,a diagnosis of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome should be considered.Cannabis is a common drug of abuse that is associated with various long-term and short-term adverse effects. The nature of its association with vomiting after chronic abuse is obscure and is underrecognised by clinicians. In some patients this vomiting can take on a pattern similar to cyclic vomiting syndrome with a peculiar compulsive hot bathing pattern, which relieves intense feelings of nausea and accompanying symptoms. In this case report, we describe a twenty- two year-old-male with a history of chronic cannabis abuse presenting with recurrent vomiting, intense nausea and abdominal pain. In addition, the patient reported that the hot baths improved his symptoms during these episodes. Abstinence from cannabis led to resolution of the vomiting symptoms and abdominal pain. We conclude that in the setting of chronic cannabis abuse, patients presenting with chronic severe nausea and vomiting that can sometimes be accompanied by abdominal pain and compulsive hot bathing behaviour, in the absence of other obvious causes, a diagnosis of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome should be considered.

关 键 词：CANNABINOID CANNABIS Cyclic vomiting HYPEREMESIS Marijuana VOMITING 

分 类 号：R749.64[医药卫生—神经病学与精神病学]