Customer question:
I have a problem: tearing in my legs at night. Why and what helps?
Anonymous customer.
Answer:
Sleep-related leg cramps are sudden, severe pain in the leg or foot. When the muscle contracts and tightens, it often causes extremely unpleasant discomfort and pain.
Spasms usually start suddenly. Sometimes they can start slowly with less painful warning signs. Muscle spasms can last a few seconds or even a few painful minutes. For some people, they may occur only once a year, while other people may experience cramps every night.
Muscle cramps can be alleviated by stretching the affected muscle and taking magnesium. However, the muscle in the leg may be sensitive and painful for several hours after the cramp.
Sometimes leg cramps can be alleviated with the following measures:
- massaging the painful area
- supplying heat to the muscle
- consumption of magnesium
- moving or rotating the affected leg or foot
The medicine Detralex is used to prevent regular night cramps.
Chronic vein disease is a disease of the veins in the leg where the blood drains too slowly from the lower limbs, so the fluid passes through the wall of the capillaries (smallest vessels) and accumulates in the tissue. The venous disease manifests as painful or tired legs, feeling of heavy legs, tearing in the legs, itching, night cramps in the legs, the appearance of varicose veins (varicose veins), and swelling legs.
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