A 23-year-old female asked:

i have been getting bad leg cramps in the middle of the night in my calves. (the whole calve). it wakes me up and i want to cry what could be causing?

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Dr. Marion Mcfarland answered

Emergency Medicine 47 years experience

Muscle: Usually from tight muscles that need stretching but also imbalance in your potassium or magnesium in your blood can also cause this.

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