Muscle cramps or spasms
A muscle cramp is a sudden and involuntary contract of one's muscle(s). Such cramps are usually harmless, and may result from certain medications or from long periods of exercise.
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A 61-year old male asked:
I am experiencing muscle cramps or spasms (painful), severe. The following also describes me: Muscle cramps or spasms. What should I do?
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A 17-year old female asked:
I am experiencing back pain (severity: severe) (side: upper) . The following also describes me: Muscle cramps or spasms. I've had it for a month.Help
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A 24-year old female asked:
I am experiencing muscle cramps or spasms (worsened by: during exercise) . The following also describe me: Back pain and Headache. What should I do?
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A 37-year old male asked:
I am experiencing back tenderness to touch. The following also describe me: Muscle cramps or spasms and Back pain. What should I do?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I am experiencing back pain (severity: severe) (side: lower) . The following also describe me: Muscle cramps or spasms, Obesity, and Stiff joints. What should I do?
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A 31-year old male asked:
I am experiencing sciatica. The following also describe me: Muscle cramps or spasms (painful), severe, Pain shooting down the leg, Hunched or stooped posture, Back pain, and Leg weakness. What should I do?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I am experiencing leg pain, difficulty walking and legs cramping. The following also describes me: Muscle cramps or spasms (painful), severe. What should I do?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I am experiencing stiff knee and numbness or tingling. The following also describe me: Knee pain, Muscle cramps or spasms, Knee buckling, and Wrist pain. What should I do?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I am experiencing morning sickness, panic attack, restless (tossing and turning) sleep and muscle cramps or spasms (worsened by: dehydration (fluid loss)) . The following also describe me: Headache, Feeling anxious, Trouble sleeping, Dizziness, Difficult
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A 36-year old male asked:
I am experiencing back pain (severity: severe) (side: lower) . The following also describe me: Muscle cramps or spasms, Pain shooting down the leg, Leg weakness, Back tenderness to touch, Leg pain, and Difficulty moving joint. What should I do?
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A 40-year old male asked:
I am experiencing back pain (severity: severe) (side: lower) but not pain shooting down the leg, back tenderness to touch, leg tingling, muscle cramps or spasms, leg numbness, leg pain, obesity, stiff joints, leg weakness, and hand pain.
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A 56-year old male asked about a 17-year old male:
My son is experiencing back pain (severity: severe) (side: both) , back tenderness to touch, muscle cramps or spasms, and hip pain but not stiff joints, hand pain, joint swelling, knee pain, painful swollen joints, and hunched or stooped posture.
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A 16-year old female asked:
I am experiencing shoulder pain, popping or snapping sound from shoulder joint, shoulder muscle weakness, arm weakness, and muscle cramps or spasms but not shoulder stiffness, neck pain, trouble sleeping, painful swollen joints, visible deformity of shou
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A 21-year old female asked:
I am experiencing constipation, enlarged or tender lymph nodes, irritability, pimples, muscle cramps or spasms, mood swings, dry or cracking skin ...
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A 23-year old male asked:
I am experiencing neck pain and nasal congestion but none of: neck strain, headache, muscle cramps or spasms, jaw pain, shoulder pain, muscle weakness, fatigue, numbness or tingling, or arm weakness. The following also describes me: none of: Stress. What
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A 24-year old female asked:
I am experiencing neck strain, neck pain, nasal congestion, ear ache, headache, sensitive to noise, muscle cramps or spasms, shoulder pain, light sensitivity, fatigue, and back pain. I have had a sore throat and fever in the last 2 days. ?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I am experiencing breast tenderness, pain during sex, nausea (severity: severe) and muscle cramps or spasms (painful), severe. The following also describe me: Lower abdominal pain, Abnormal vaginal bleeding, Excessive menstrual cramps, and Abdominal pai
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A 33-year old asked:
Do the symptoms of fibromyalgia include muscle cramps & spasms and/or shooting pain from nerves?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Can tight,spasming hip, butt, low back muscles on one side cause leg to hurt? Had steroid shot in butt gave a little relief but still feels crampy
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A 32-year old female asked:
What do I do for estreme leg, feet and hand muscle cramps? Kept me up all night--still spasaming. Tried diazapam that I have for occasional cramping and drank some tonic water for the quinine and drank gator ade for the electrolights.
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A 26-year old male asked:
Can abdominal surgery like appendix taken out cause stomach cramps or muscle spasms in the intestines after a couple months? Is it unusual
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A female asked:
What can I do to relieve very intinse leg cramps or muscle spasms? Like someway without buying medicines? My stepdad works all day on his feet and has diabetes. When he lays down of the evening hes havin very intense and painful cramps in his legs and d
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A 33-year old female asked:
How to stop the muscles in the butt from spasming? Tried what seems to be everything
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A 41-year old asked:
What is good for muscle cramps and spasms?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Why does it feel like my scalp muscles are spasming?
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A 33-year old female asked:
I pulled a muscle in my upper back i think and it keeps spasming. Would a massage be good for this or will it exacerbate the problem?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I broke my fibula 3 weeks ago still painful and the muscle around it feels like it's spasming and tightening should I be worried i go to ortho tom.
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A 21-year old male asked:
Can a digital rectum exam damage the nerves or muscles in/around the anus/ rectum? I had one done around 5 days ago and now have spasming and pain.
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have veginismus. would botox help? many Drs say that botox toxin injection will release the Virginias spasming and help the virginas muscles relax
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A 43-year old female asked:
Would massage help a spasming muscle in your head? Could it stop it spasming?
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