Spasms are called involuntary contractions of striated muscles, which provoke internal and external stimuli. The nature of this ailment is varied. Seizures vary in duration and intensity.
Cramped leg: reasons
In fact, there can be many reasons for such an anomaly. Let's analyze the most common of them.
- If a person has a cramped leg, the reasons may be violations of the biological or electrolyte composition of the blood. That is, there is a lack of certain trace elements in the body (potassium, calcium, magnesium).
- Vitamin D deficiency can also cause cramps.
- If a person has a cramped leg, the reasons may be a lack of oxygen - local hypoxia.
- There are cramps and a professional plan, from overexertion of the muscles of the arms or legs. These can be athletes or people whose profession is associated with weight lifting and physical activity.
- If a person has a cramped leg, the reasons may be a lack of sugar
- In patients with diabetesdiabetics can also cramp their legs due to excessive use of sugar-lowering drugs.
- If a person has cramps in his legs and arms, the reason may also be osteochondrosis of the spine. Everything happens due to the fact that the nerve fibers coming out of the spine are compressed, which is why there are violations of the nerves responsible for motor function.
- Viral infections, such as the flu, can also affect nerve endings, leading to leg cramps.
- A stroke or a recovery period after it can provoke disturbances in the motor zone.
- Too much alcohol in the body.
- If the patient's leg muscles cramp, the reasons may be overwork, for example, the person walked for a long time. And also the reasons may lie in a long stay in a poorly ventilated room.
- Another reason is hereditary factor.
macaw in the blood.
Regular convulsions should be alarming and at least make you go for a consultation with a doctor. You can check with specialists such as a neurologist, phlebologist (a specialist in the treatment of vein diseases), an endocrinologist, a vascular surgeon.
What to do?
As with many other diseases, in this case, you can turn to the experience of traditional medicine.
Lemon juice fights cramps
The recipe is simple and effective. It is necessary to rub the diseased clean foot with lemon and allow to dry. You do not need to wash your foot, so go until the next rubbing. The procedure should be performed in the morning and evening for two weeks daily.
Try celandine
Make a special ointment to treat cramped hands and feet. To do this, in proportions of 1 to 2, take and mix celandine juice and petroleum jelly. Apply the ointment daily to sore muscles at bedtime for two weeks.
A bow from our ailments
Always stock up onion skins, because you don't know where and when you'll need it. They wash their hair with a decoction of the husk, make sitz baths for hemorrhoids, and even use it in the garden from pests. For our recipe, you will need a small handful of washed husks, which we pour with a glass of boiling water for 15 minutes. Before going to bed, you need to drink the prepared decoction - then the cramps will not bother you, and your sleep will be sound.
