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Muscle cramps or spasms, severe
Muscle cramps or spasms (painful), severe
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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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 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 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 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 61-year old asked:
I have severe muscle cramps?
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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 19-year old female asked:
Past few days waking up with bad muscle cramps in the armpit and Brest area. Pain continues throughout the day only not as severe. Quite bad at night?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Bedtime muscle cramps and spasms. Only at night. Severe. Being put on a low dose of diazepam. I think carisoprodol but my docs a shrink. Advice?
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A 45-year old female asked:
What medication(s) can be used for severe muscle cramps around the neck and shoulder region after undergoing a triple heart bypass procedure 3 weeks ago?
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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 32-year old male asked:
My wife has severe arm pain in bothnarms, and burning as well from her shoulders to her fingers. Also muscle cramps in both arms . Leg spasms. Help!?
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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 26-year old female asked:
Severe muscle cramps in side at bottom of rib cage for 3 months. Lasts 30seconds-10minutes. Family history of autoimmune worries me. No aggravating factor?
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A 35-year old female asked:
I drink plenty of water but I have severe muscle cramps in my legs every night. Why?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can high dose diuretics cause severe muscle cramps, low iron and low iron saturation? Can any docs explain?
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A 61-year old asked:
I have taken a statin for 20 years. In the last year, zocor (simvastatin) caused severe muscle cramps. Now lovastatin does too. What alternative to stations?
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A member asked:
I have severe muscle cramps in legs mostly at nightime include background information that will enable doctors or dentists to answer your question.?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Muscle cramps along inside of rib cage from stomach to collar bone. Happened a couple of times, not very severe. Something to worry about?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Ive been doing a very low carb diet for a long time now I eat protein and fats and all my blood tests and electrolytes have been good. I get severe muscle cramps all over my body everytime i do physical activity. Can very low carb diet cause this?
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A 42-year old female asked:
I have suddenly taken severe cramp back of thigh, calf and heel on outer part. I also have a lump on my calf muscle inner leg, had pain for an hour?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have severe muscle cramps in my limb girdle muscles. My ck level is 849esr 25c-reactive 25. Emg normal except my bicep showed damage. Thyroid normal?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Severe Charlie horse in abdominal muscles sometimes when bending & reaching across w/ right hand. Localized cramp spreads vertically on right side. Extremely painful (worse than labor). lasts minute or two. 1-3 month for yrs. How to stop?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Experiencing severe inner thigh muscle cramps in both legs. Have spine injury to l5&s1. Have had 2 series of epidural steroid injections.
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A 70-year old female asked:
Severe muscle cramps. Feet, legs, groin, neck, shoulders, every nigh.Tried flexaril, zanaflex, (tizanidine) k, even lidoderm.Have sent lab test. What now?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I think i may have exhaustion. Im 18 years old i stay up all night and sleeping of a day.got severely dehydrated march 4th, muscle cramps,fatigue,drye eyes,always tired.loss appetite, poor concentration,disoriented,tired,anxious,blurry vision??
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A 56-year old female asked about a 59-year old male:
Hubby has severe muscle cramps in his legs , stomach, sides. Potassium level fine. Drinks plenty if water. What can help? Usually every night.
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