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Suggest Remedy For Cramps In The Legs
hello, for the last two days I have gotten a leg cramp in the front of my leg, when I woke up I stepped out of bed but when I picked my foot up it turned in and I had no control of it. I have been getting cramps in my calves for a few weeks but now it is in both and now the front, am i lacking a vitamin or is something crazy going on??
Wed, 9 Sep 2015
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Leg cramps can be due to deficiency or idiopathic in which no cause can be found. You should test your serum calcium, potassium and vit.D3. If all tests are normal than get alkaline phosphatase and liver function tests done, this excludes muscle pathology. Start muscle relaxant and multivitamin in the mean time to get relief. Kindly consult after all tests are done.
Thanks.
Leg cramps can be due to deficiency or idiopathic in which no cause can be found. You should test your serum calcium, potassium and vit.D3. If all tests are normal than get alkaline phosphatase and liver function tests done, this excludes muscle pathology. Start muscle relaxant and multivitamin in the mean time to get relief. Kindly consult after all tests are done.
Thanks.
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