Foot cramps while sleeping
Common Questions and Answers about Foot cramps while sleeping
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When I'm sleeping I stretch sometimes and my legs will get almost like a Charley horse. It hurts so bad. Is there anything I can do for that?
Venlafaxine in my knowledge doesn't have such a side effect. Did you have this problem before starting the medicine?
How is it when you sleep with head end of the bed higher than the foot end? Did anyone advice you like this?
It may be just some saliva dripping into your larynx which then raises panic, as it is its duty to 'shut off'. It will be ideal if one ENT can watch the larynx while this happens.
I did some research on foot cramps and can tell you what I have found out. I do not know your age, but cramps in the feet while sleeping at night is apparently fairly common as people grow older. It is believed that this is sometimes caused by poor circulation in the feet, and is more common in diabetics than in other people. If you are younger than the middle years, then perhaps it could be a result of damage to blood vessels because of diabetes not properly controlled.
Rest cramps often occur during the night. While not life-threatening, night cramps (commonly known as nocturnal cramps) can be painful, disruptive of sleep, and they can recur frequently (that is, many times a night, and/or many nights each week). The actual cause of night cramps is unknown. Sometimes, such cramps are initiated by making a movement that shortens the muscle. An example is pointing the toe down while lying in bed, which shortens the calf muscle, a common site of cramps.
Ugh! Currently more present. Im sleeping n wake up to a camp on my calfts twice last night. Im 25 wks. :/ really uncomfortable n hurtful.
Over the past month while I am sleeping and I turn over I get pain in my right knee. Once I settle after the turn it goes away and I fall back to sleep. I also get some pain in my right shoulder at the same time. On several occasions I was not able to get back to sleep right away.
Any suggestions for the cause and how to fix it so I can sleep thru the night.?
I'm 32 weeks with my 2nd and the scariest thing happened. I was sleeping and woke up to my leg being locked. My foot was turned in and I couldn't move it without standing and that killed. I massaged the muscle on the front of my calf and it finally went away only to happen again. This was a reapeated process for about 10 minutes. It was like someone was holding my foot over. I couldn't control it and it hurt so bad! Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Eat enough bananas for the potassium and flex your foot up when stretching to try and not get one.
I've been having constant foot cramps. Podiatrist recommended some stretches and stuff, but also suggested a thyroid test.
FT3 is 3.22 (2.57-4.43)
FT4 is 1.17 (0.64-1.77)
TSH is 4.24 (0.27-4.2)
Anti-Tg is 41.14 (1000 (<5.61)
So the TSH is just a hair too high, but the anti-TPO is off the chart. Is there a thyroid problem or not? What does this mean? I've got an appointment with an endocrinologist, but I just want to get ahead of the game.
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