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What Causes Frequent Leg Cramps?
What causes frequent leg cramps. Some are quite severe. I drink plenty of fluids and i do walk at least a mile a day and I haven t been eating any differently from before when I didn t have them. Most of them occur in the middle of the night and wakes me up from my sleep.
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Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Hi ,
It is better to get the following investigations done like sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, TSH, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D levels.
Dehydration /Electrolyte imbalances , Thyroid disorders, Vitamin Deficiencies, chronic smoking can all cause leg cramps. So better to identify the cause and then treat.
In the meantime you can take a tablet of Evion - LC at night for a week. It is vitamin E and levocarnitine combination.
It is better to get the following investigations done like sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, TSH, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D levels.
Dehydration /Electrolyte imbalances , Thyroid disorders, Vitamin Deficiencies, chronic smoking can all cause leg cramps. So better to identify the cause and then treat.
In the meantime you can take a tablet of Evion - LC at night for a week. It is vitamin E and levocarnitine combination.