What happens when you sleep at night and your legs are always cramping

Specifically, there are several reasons for leg cramps when we sleep:

1. Overwork during the day.

If we overwork during the day, we may have leg cramps at night.

The reason why this happens is that when we are overworked during the day, the leg muscles will accumulate lactic acid, which will make us feel uncomfortable, and we will also be prone to leg cramps.

2. Loss of water-soluble vitamins and trace elements in the body.

When we sweat profusely, we lose a lot of water-soluble vitamins, as well as trace elements such as calcium and magnesium.

The loss of these trace elements can lead to abnormal conditions in our nervous system, which may lead to leg cramps.

3. Catch a cold. When we sleep at night, we may kick the quilt ......We're going to catch a cold because of it. ......At this time, we may have leg cramps.

4. Calcium deficiency. If our body is deficient in calcium to a certain extent, it will also have corresponding reactions, such as leg cramps.

Massaging and relaxing the leg muscles is an effective way to avoid cramps.

The main causes of leg and foot cramps are:

1) Poor local circulation, peripheral vascular lesions or varicose veins of the feet.

2) Sudden change in ambient temperature.

3) Emotional overtension.

4) Excessive loss of water and salt, resulting in an imbalance of electrolytes in the body.

5) Insufficient levels of minerals (such as magnesium and calcium) in the diet.

6) The incidence of cramps in certain chronic diseases and pregnant women will also increase.

7) Low thyroid, uremia or other physical diseases.

8) Motor neuron disease, spinal radiculopathy or peripheral neuropathy.

9) Certain drugs to lower blood pressure and blood lipids may also cause foot cramps.

10) Unknown reasons.

How to reduce the chances of leg and foot cramps:

1) Pay attention to calcium supplementation: In the stage of puberty, calcium will be relatively lacking, which is more likely to cause cramps.

2) If you are prone to cramps when sleeping at night, stretch on the cramp-prone area before going to bed.

3) Keep your calves warm when sleeping. You can wear more clothes to keep your hands and feet warm.

4) Excessive sagging of the foot plate (in the direction of the soles of the feet) may induce cramps in the lower legs. Avoid letting the foot plate hang too much when sleeping.

5) There have been reports in the literature that vitamin E can reduce the number of attacks, but it is not conclusive.

When the calf is cramping, you can straighten and rub the spasmodic calf muscles, and pull the foot plate that is cramping downward. And pay attention to the warmth of the calf muscles when the cramps are excessive. In folklore**, it is recommended to use your fingers to press the acupuncture points in the person, and you can also try it.

If you are cold or lack calcium, pay attention to keeping warm and scientifically supplementing calcium, such as: often go outdoors, bask in the sun, drink milk, eat fish and shrimp, beans, and egg food. You can also take calcium preparations for emulsion, if there is no improvement, you should go to the hospital for examination**.

Calcium deficiency, coldIt is recommended to supplement calcium and keep warm.