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What Cause Lower Abdominal Spasms?
Question: first my lower abdonmen feels like it spasms and now in my chest above my breast it feel like a strap is tighting and muscle cramps in arches of feet and calfs
Brief Answer:
Description below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
After going through the description, I understand your concern regarding your symptoms. Most of the time, these cramps occur for no known reason, and they're usually harmless.
Infact, till date there is no clear cut evidence for the cause of muscle cramps. But the most common cited theories include -
- Altered neuromuscular control
- Dehydration
- Electrolyte depletion
- Poor conditioning
- Muscle fatigue
- Doing a new activity
Self-care Activities that might help prevent muscle cramps include:
• Drinking plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration
• Stretching your leg muscles or riding a stationary bicycle for a few minutes before you go to bed
• Massaging the cramped muscle with your hands or with ice
• Walking or jiggling the leg
• Taking a hot shower or warm bath
• Foods such as bananas, potatoes, prune juice and dried fruit may be helpful in relieving muscle cramps
• Including calcium fortified foods like seafood and fish, almonds, flaxseed, oats, parsley, prunes, sesame seeds, tofu and XXXXXXX can help to stave off muscle spasm. Vitamin D supplements will also help in relieving myalgia's.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
Description below.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
After going through the description, I understand your concern regarding your symptoms. Most of the time, these cramps occur for no known reason, and they're usually harmless.
Infact, till date there is no clear cut evidence for the cause of muscle cramps. But the most common cited theories include -
- Altered neuromuscular control
- Dehydration
- Electrolyte depletion
- Poor conditioning
- Muscle fatigue
- Doing a new activity
Self-care Activities that might help prevent muscle cramps include:
• Drinking plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration
• Stretching your leg muscles or riding a stationary bicycle for a few minutes before you go to bed
• Massaging the cramped muscle with your hands or with ice
• Walking or jiggling the leg
• Taking a hot shower or warm bath
• Foods such as bananas, potatoes, prune juice and dried fruit may be helpful in relieving muscle cramps
• Including calcium fortified foods like seafood and fish, almonds, flaxseed, oats, parsley, prunes, sesame seeds, tofu and XXXXXXX can help to stave off muscle spasm. Vitamin D supplements will also help in relieving myalgia's.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I drink a lot of water and have a fruit and ka le smoothy every morning and take cyclobenzaprine 10mg 3 times a day also take gabapentin 400mg at night to sleep and symtoms seem to be spreading thru body
I am very active and drink plenty of water and drink a fruit and XXXXXXX smoothy every morning also take 10mg of cyclobenzaprine 3 times a day and 400mg of gabapentin at bed time and spasms are spreading thru body and sometimes movement of body cause sharp spasm like pain and tightness sometimes in arches,and back also in neck, and in chest different pain for different movement and getting worst
I am very active and drink plenty of water and drink a fruit and XXXXXXX smoothy every morning also take 10mg of cyclobenzaprine 3 times a day and 400mg of gabapentin at bed time and spasms are spreading thru body and sometimes movement of body cause sharp spasm like pain and tightness sometimes in arches,and back also in neck, and in chest different pain for different movement and getting worst
Brief Answer:
Detailed clinical examination & inv. are needed.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
As your spasms are spreading throughout body and getting worse , a detailed clinical examination and appropriate investigations are needed to establish the correct cause of your spasms. I suggest you to consult a Internal medicine specialist for further workup and management.
Warm regards.
Detailed clinical examination & inv. are needed.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
As your spasms are spreading throughout body and getting worse , a detailed clinical examination and appropriate investigations are needed to establish the correct cause of your spasms. I suggest you to consult a Internal medicine specialist for further workup and management.
Warm regards.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Dr. Saurabh Gupta
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement
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