Child ketamine users getting bladder damage describe 'peeing a jellyfish'
Doctors running the UK's first and only dedicated NHS clinic for children with ketamine bladder say they are seeing patients as young as 13.
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"Ketamine is a very good pain reliever. It's an anaesthetic, and so they get into a vicious cycle or 'K loop', which makes their bladder worse."
— Prof Rachel Isba , Academic
"They describe this feeling of weeing over broken glass. It's very painful."
— Prof Rachel Isba , Academic
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Doctors running the UK's first and only dedicated NHS clinic for children with ketamine bladder say they are seeing patients as young as 13.
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