Child ketamine users getting bladder damage describe ‘peeing a jellyfish’

• NHS now running dedicated paediatric ketamine bladder clinic, with patients presenting from age 13, indicating early onset of this serious complication in young drug users
• Ketamine-induced bladder dysfunction causes severe symptoms including extreme pain and urinary urgency, requiring specialist assessment and management in affected children
• Clinicians should maintain high index of suspicion for ketamine-related urological damage in young patients presenting with bladder symptoms and substance use history

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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