Pretty scuffed. Cliff notes:
- patient presents to hospital reporting agony in tummy
- doctor finds out he uses cannabis
- diagnoses with cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (some people after heavy use suddenly develop persistent nausea, recently identified, rare and is a diagnosis of exclusion)
- patient is sent home
- patient dies due to severe stomach ulcers
Seems pretty concerning to me.
When I had an ulcer, I called an ambulance at 3am because the pain was so bad I could hardly breath
The ambo driver didn’t want to take me to the hospital and said it was probably just heartburn, but after I insisted they took me… He even made a joke that I must have been fine because I brought a battery pack and people who are having “true emergencies” don’t think of those things
At emergency, they kept insisting it was heartburn despite me telling them I know what heartburn feels like
They gave me medicine for heartburn that made the pain so much worse… It was only at that point when I was literally screaming in agony that they decided they better actually investigate
Half hour later I was on a helicopter to Sydney for surgery
They wasted well over an hour telling me I just had heartburn before they even decided to start investigating it.
I can only imagine the pain this poor man went through at home after the drs Palmed him off
Holy shit mate that’s awful. I haven’t had anything that bad but have had problems with spine arthritis constricting nerves.
Spent 2 years begging doctors to take me seriously, idk why but everyone seemed to assume I was exaggerating or hanging out for drugs. It sucked hard, I pretty much lost 2 years of my life to crying on a sofa and drinking through the worst pain.
Idk why this idea of people faking shit is so prevalent.