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Does Blood Sugar Cause Severe Cramps?
I have borderline diabetes, my a1c is 6.3. last night before I went to bed I had a hand full of jelly beans and woke up in the middle of the night with sharp muscle pains in my left thigh, like my muscles were tearing apart, and my right leg had a cramp from the back of the knee down to my foot which I was able to walk off in about 30 minutes. the sharp pains in my left leg went away after laying down and rubbing it for about 1/2 hour or so. Is the sugar causing these cramps
Fri, 17 Jan 2014
even when the sugars are normal. some people will develop muscle cramps at night.it will come down if u take cap Evion 400 mg 2 times daily.then also the pain persists u should under go neurological examination to role out proximal or peripheral diabetic neuropathy.
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