The cause of cramps at night
cramps at night, a very common phenomenon, but few know the cause and how to fix it. According to Dr. Scott Garrison, Dean of Health of the University of Alberta family (Canada ), cramps occur when excessive nerve signals to the muscles in one department at a time, which makes muscles shrink, causing discomfort and pain. Also, sit or is a long time in a fixed posture can also cause "congestion" on a nerve. This is why the symptoms of cramps occur while sleeping. Whether it's sleeping, you can still feel the pain in your calf muscles. Cramps happen will become more frequent and more painful over the age of 50, by then the descending neural cells make the remaining cells have to work harder to transmit information from the brain to the muscles. So, cramps occur more easily. The cause of night cramps at night cramps, a symptom that comes to 60% of adults will experience this pain regularly. But surprisingly few people do not know why, and often suffer silently. Status cramps occur more in the hot months of summer. Meanwhile, the concentration of vitamin D in the blood have the ability to adjust the increased muscle growth but cause cramps. Dr. Garrison said, these nutrients play a key role in developing and muscle recovery but this process causes excessive muscular work. The experts also give some explanations for the phenomenon of cramps at night. - If the day to do strenuous physical work, or standing often cross the hard earth makes muscles suffer great motivation and stretching unevenly, causing muscle fatigue. - In some cases, cramps may also occur regarding the imbalance of fluids and minerals in the body such as calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium. - in addition to the above reasons, cramps can be caused by a number of other conditions, such as disease causing varicose veins, thyroid disease, anemia, diabetes sugar, Parkinson, legs vascular disease, cirrhosis, neuropathy, ... Therefore, if the situation at night cramps occur regularly, you should not subjective, must seek now to have treatment timely. measures to reduce symptoms of cramps at night - Avoid sitting for long periods, the posture of the foot resting comfortably right. - to reduce the likelihood of symptoms, you should stretch your legs and stretch the calf before bedtime. A scientific study in 2012 in the Netherlands showed that in older adults would be less painful cramps if they perform leg stretching at least 3 minutes before bedtime. - If midnight beaten by cramps wake you apply some tips as to the bed and walk around in 1 minute, can apply heat or ice sore muscles; shake and massage the cramp and then raise the legs up. - Many studies have also found a link between the phenomenon of cramps and dehydration. Therefore, make sure to fully complement the body of water to prevent cramps at night. - People get cramps at night should add foods rich in potassium (bananas, apricots, dates, grapes, beans, broccoli, cabbage, oranges, grapefruit, tomato, pork, potatoes, tuna ...). - pregnant women, dieters, who used diuretics may also experience .. leg cramps. Since then, the amount of calcium and phosphorus in the body is reduced. Please go to the doctor to be treated promptly.
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