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What causes heat cramps?
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Heat,exhaustion: Dehydration, electrolyte abnormality like loss of potassium, calcium, magnesium, muscle break down.
Answered 5/21/2016
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I've heard about a technique of alternating heat and ice to relieve calf cramps, does this work?
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I have calf cramps and I have used icy hot and heat but its still here it has now become an everyday thing. I was wondering what can I do to relive it?
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When I get my periods I need Ice and cold. No one I know is like that. They use heating pads, I scream in pain. Don't cramps contract with heat, why am I different? Is this normal?
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