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What Causes Severe Leg Cramps While Taking Total Parenteral Nutrition?
Is it normal to have extreme leg cramps while taking TPN? it starts after about 6 hours and moves p my legs. I have to use Absorbine Jr. to stop them. I put it on my ankles nd it stops. I go back to sleep and wake about an hour later with cramping in my calves. I use the ointment, go back to sleep, and wake to cramping in both inner thighs. I ve been told to take vitamin E to prevent them. this confuses me because I was told recently that we aren t supposed to take vitamin E. it s supposedly bad for the heart. I have MS, which complicates things even further. Please help.
lactate formation leads to sever cramps as in case due to ms it leads insufficient blood supply and cause in aerobic respiration at muscle level .calcium supplement will help
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What Causes Severe Leg Cramps While Taking Total Parenteral Nutrition?
lactate formation leads to sever cramps as in case due to ms it leads insufficient blood supply and cause in aerobic respiration at muscle level .calcium supplement will help