Getting your medical marijuana card in Virginia allows you access to natural and effective treatment for a range of medical conditions. This impactful substance can help with a number of conditions that you might not be aware of! The following are some of the surprising conditions that medical marijuana can help, providing natural and sustained relief to patients.
Cachexia
Cachexia is a disorder that most often presents in tandem with another disorder. This ‘wasting’ disease triggers extreme weight loss and loss of muscle mass and can affect patients with cancer, COPD, HIV/AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis, congestive heart failure and kidney disease. The extreme weight loss that occurs in patients with cachexia leaves their immune systems very weak, potentially exposing them to higher rates of infection.
How Medical Marijuana Helps Patients With Cachexia
How does medical marijuana help? It can act as an appetite stimulant, allowing patients with cachexia to consume enough calories to stabilize their weight.
Sickle Cell Anemia
A genetic disorder particularly prevalent in the African-American community is sickle cell anemia, which often results in oddly-shaped red blood cells that cause blockages in blood flow and a breakdown of thr blood cells in blood vessels. Additional symptoms patients can experience include anemia, infection, eye problems, ulcers in the legs, joint issues and growth delays.
How Medical Marijuana Helps Patients With Sickle Cell Anemia
Medical marijuana positively impacts the lives of patients with sickle cell by providing a consistent and powerful way to combat chronic pain. It is also believed that marijuana’s anti-inflammatory properties can help reduce damage to internal organs for those with this disease. Finally, as it does with many other disorders, medical marijuana can help address depression or anxiety that sickle cell patients may feel as a result of their condition.
Huntington’s Disease
This rare genetic disease causes a breakdown of nerve cells in a patient’s brain. As a result, Huntington’s patients experience increasing impairments to their ability to move, their cognition, and their psychiatric health.
How Medical Marijuana Helps Patients With Huntington’s
One psychiatric issue that often presents in patients with Huntington’s Disease is anxiety. Medical marijuana can address this as safely and naturally as possible. Cannabis can also help in treating some of the nausea, anorexia, and insomnia that can present with this complex disease.
Tourette’s Syndrome
Tourette’s Syndrome triggers chronic, involuntary spasms and vocalizations in a patient. These tics can manifest as head bobs and jerks, shouting, dancing, shrugging, blinking, hooting and more.
How Medical Marijuana Helps Patients With Tourette’s
The tics associated with Tourette’s can cause a good deal of stress; one way medical marijuana can help is by assuaging a patient’s anxiety. It also has a positive effect on the fixations, insomnia, and irritability that can happen when patients are dealing with Tourette’s. Perhaps most importantly, medical marijuana is believed to reduce the number of tics in Tourette’s patients, much in the way it stops tics in patients with Parkinson’s Disease.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder, sometimes abbreviated as ASD, includes a broad range of conditions involving difficulties with social interactions, repetitive behaviors and fixations, and struggles with speech and nonverbal cues. Patients can experience sensory issues as well, making them sensitive to bright lights, sounds, strong tastes and touch. In some cases, patients with autism may experience comorbid mental health issues.
How Medical Marijuana Helps Patients With Autism
Research into medical marijuana’s impact on ASD is ongoing, but there are indications and anecdotal patient evidence showing how cannabis can have a range of positive impacts on patients with this disorder. Patients can experience relief from anxiety, depression, and restlessness, allowing them to enjoy a better quality of life and find relief in social scenarios. Some research suggests that cannabis can create improvements to imbalances in the endocannabinoid system for patients with Autism that may cause difficulties with social behaviors.
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Medical marijuana helps a wide range of conditions, ameliorating symptoms as diverse as tics and anxiety. If you didn't know medical marijuana could help with your condition, now you do! So get started on the quick and easy process of getting your medical marijuana card!
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