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Cramps!!
For the last few days I have started getting cramps in my left hand forcing my hand to really restrict itself and on the top of my left foot.
Any ideas?
thank you.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I used to get it a lot but not much now as I drink more water/squash and take a Magnesium tablet if I feel it starting. The pain is horrendous and my hand goes into the oddest shapes which I have no control over until I quickly gulp down as much water as I can. I always keep water and the tablets by my bedside at night nowadays. You have my sympathy RH, please follow mine and others advice. Good Luck I hope it works for you.
my doctor gave me quinine pills for leg cramps, which worked well. Unfortunately he told me to take them daily, which put me in danger (there's even an NHS advisory not to do this, which he obviously hadn't read even though I asked him about it). But I still take one after an attack, which means it's a few weeks before I get another one, instead of every couple of days.
Thanks - these cramps feel different (if that makes sense) to the leg cramps I have had in the past!
Have to be honest - my left hand is very painful this morning.
Drinking has always been an issue for me and has got worse since my operation - especially as I am unable to drink 1 hour before and 1 hour after!
I will up my intake today and see if it helps, if not I will monitor the situation before seeking medical help.
I really don't think tonic water helps. A litre of tonic water has around 80mg of quinine and that is not enough to have an effect on cramp. Quinine tablets are prescribed at 200-300 mg for cramp.
I drink a lot of tonic water as it is the only thing that helps with my very dry mouth, especially at night, and I am plagued with cramp at times