The doctor reminds that if you don't drink enough water, dehydration can easily cause muscle weakness and cramps; the picture is a situation photo.

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[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report] Arbo, who works in the night market, has 2 days a week in the past. He suddenly suffered from calf cramps in the middle of the night. The pain was so painful that he could not sleep well in the second half of the night, affecting his quality of life.

After medical examination, it was found that it was caused by overuse of muscles and insufficient water intake. According to the doctor's suggestion, Aber began to drink enough water every day and adjusted the frequency of muscle use, so that the frequency of calf cramps was improved.

Hong Weijie, director of the Preventive Medicine Department of the Family Medicine Department of E-Da Hospital, posted on Facebook "Doctor Hong Weijie's Love Talking Space" to share that Abo works at the night market and stocking up. He will go hiking with friends. In addition, he drinks less water every day, so the doctor judges that the cramps are caused by overuse of muscles and insufficient water.

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Hong Weijie pointed out that cramps in the middle of the night often occur in the calf, and this happens quite often. According to statistics, it occurs about once every 2 months for people over 60 years old, and people over 50 years old have at least one occurrence. 1 time, about 40% of people who get pregnant will have it, and about 7% of children have it.

Hong Weijie pointed out that there are 9 reasons for the cramps in the middle of the night:

● Muscle overuse: Excessive exercise, standing for too long, excessive muscle burden, such as moving things, lifting things, etc.

●Blood circulation is poor: including chronic diseases, poor quality of blood vessels, cardiovascular diseases, peripheral arterial obstructive diseases.

●Dehydration: Dehydration can easily lead to muscle weakness and cramps.

●Nerve discharge abnormally: Some diseases of the nervous system may cause cramps to occur easily.

●Drug effects: such as diuretics, steroids, depression drugs, etc.

● Pregnancy: Pregnancy may cause poor circulation.

●Electrolytes: Abnormalities of electrolytes such as magnesium, calcium, and potassium.

●Drinking.

●The pressure is too high.

6 ways to fix cramps in the middle of the night

1. Regular exercise: It is not suitable to exercise without large or small meals.

2. Supplement enough water: Generally speaking, there are no special diseases. The water supplement for adults is 30 times their body weight. For example, a person of 60 kg needs to drink 1800c.c. of water every day.

3. Don't overuse the muscles: Excessive exercise of the muscles can easily lead to cramps in the middle of the night, so it is very important to be moderate.

4. Balanced nutrition: Take important nutrients such as vitamin D, vitamin B12, potassium, calcium, magnesium, etc.

5. Control chronic diseases and avoid deterioration of blood vessel quality.

6. If the symptoms are too disturbing and obviously affect life, it is recommended to seek medical assistance and drug treatment.

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