Hand cramps

Introduction It is a spontaneous tonic contraction of the muscles. The muscle spasms that occur in the calves and toes are the most common, and the pain is unbearable during the attack. Especially when the cramps are in the middle of the night, people often wake up. For a long time, they can not relieve pain and affect sleep. When the child has some symptoms, it should be diagnosed as calcium deficiency: not easy to fall asleep, not easy to enter deep sleep state, love to cry after falling asleep, easy to wake up, sweating after falling asleep. Paroxysmal abdominal pain, diarrhea, cramps, sternal pain, "X' leg, "O" leg, chicken breast, gray nails or white marks. Anorexia, partial eclipse. Irritable, restless during the day. Mental retardation, late talk. Steps later, 13 months later, the toddler started. The teeth were late, and the teeth were released 10 months later. The teeth were sparse, irregular, and not tight. The teeth were black pointed or zigzag. The hair was sparse and the health was not good. It is easy to catch a cold.

Cause

Cause:

1. Arteriosclerosis. Age increases, arteriosclerosis, and blood supply are constrained accordingly. Once the climate changes and the weather gets colder, the obstacles become more prominent, and cramps appear on the hands and feet. This is the main reason why middle-aged and elderly people have cramps in the middle of the night.

2. High blood lipids. Because of high blood lipids, high blood viscosity, and slower blood flow, it is more likely to have cramps in the middle of the night.

3. Calcium deficiency. Calcium deficiency is also a common cause. Especially after menopause, women are more common. Once the body is deficient in calcium, not only the elderly, but also young people will cramp, not only at night, but also prone to cramps during the day.

Fourth, heart disease. Especially people with heart failure will make their hands and feet cramps worse. Because the muscles of the whole body depend on the heart to supply blood, the heart is not fully functional, and the blood supply will of course be worse.

an examination

Diagnosis: Symptoms of calcium deficiency:

(1) Children

When the child has some of the following symptoms, it should be diagnosed as calcium deficiency: not easy to fall asleep, not easy to enter deep sleep state, love to cry after falling asleep, easy to wake up, sweating after falling asleep. Paroxysmal abdominal pain, diarrhea, cramps, sternal pain, "X' leg, "O" leg, chicken breast, gray nails or white marks. Anorexia, partial eclipse. Irritable, restless during the day. Mental retardation, late talk. Steps later, 13 months later, the toddler started. The teeth were late, and the teeth were released 10 months later. The teeth were sparse, irregular, and not tight. The teeth were black pointed or zigzag. The hair was sparse and the health was not good. It is easy to catch a cold.

(2) Youth

Calcium deficiency in adolescents can cause obvious growth pain, soft legs, cramps, poor grades in physical education, fatigue, irritability, lack of concentration, easy fatigue, partial eclipse, anorexia, tooth decay, poor tooth development, allergies, and colds.

(3) Young and middle-aged

Under normal circumstances, young and middle-aged people have heavy life pressures. The intense rhythm of life often makes them neglect some physical discomfort. In addition, there is no typical symptom of calcium deficiency in this age group, so it is easy to cover up the condition. When there are frequent symptoms such as fatigue, fatigue, cramps, back pain, allergies, and flu, you should be suspected of calcium deficiency.

(4) pregnant women and lactating women

In women in an extraordinary period, calcium deficiency is more common. However, with the popularity of prenatal and postnatal knowledge, people are more familiar with the symptoms of calcium deficiency in this period. When they feel loose teeth, their limbs are weak, often cramped and numb. Back pain, joint pain, rheumatism. Dizziness, and suffering from anemia, prenatal hypertension syndrome, edema and insufficient milk secretion should be diagnosed as calcium deficiency.

(5) elderly

After adulthood, the human body slowly enters the negative calcium balance period, that is, the absorption of calcium is reduced and the excretion is increased. Most of the elderly suffer from calcium deficiency due to the loss of calcium. The symptoms of their self-diagnosis are senile skin itching. Heel pain, lumbar vertebrae, cervical vertebrae pain. The teeth are loose and fall off. The obvious humpback and height are reduced. Loss of appetite, peptic ulcer, constipation. Dreaming, insomnia, irritability, irritability, etc.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of hand cramps:

1, writing sputum: writing snoring is due to occupational factors for a long time engaged in fine hand movements, resulting in hand muscle spasm, a symptom group mainly based on writing dysfunction.

2, hand acid: hand acid is divided into two types, one is temporary hand acid, the other is persistent hand acid, refers to the acidulence discomfort of the hand.

3, finger stiffness and pain: rheumatoid arthritis, often the proximal finger joint of the finger is involved, there is morning stiffness (morning finger stiffness, difficult to make a fist), generally multiple joint pain, often symmetry, travel The characteristics of walking. May also be proliferative arthritis, generally older, more than 40 years old, X-ray examination has bone hyperplasia.

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