i woke up in the middle of the night and my leg was hurting soooo bad in the muscle sort of and it huuuuuurt and then it it stopppped in like 5 min and it has happened twice and i want to no wat it is and how to stop. my leg was hurting in the calf area and then it just stopped plz help
2007-03-17 04:49:33 · 5 answers · asked by kimaya 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Sounds like a "charlie horse". Try eating more bananas-might be a lack of potassium.
2007-03-17 04:59:25 · answer #1 · answered by Smiley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to get these regularly when I was a teenager. I'd wake up in extreme pain with my calf tensed up to the max. All I could do was rub it for a few minutes and then it would go away.
A few years later it stopped and has never happened again. How old are you? I think it was suggested to me that it might be "growing pains".
2007-03-17 15:58:12 · answer #2 · answered by Dib 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you are having cramps in your leg. I too have suffered from that before and it is very painful. I have to get out of the bed and stand on my feet before it will go away. Massaging the area helps it go away too.
You can buy some potassium supplements and take them and that will help and also eat more foods that have potassium in them such as dairy foods, fish , dried fruits, bananas, sweet potatoes,nuts etc.
2007-03-17 12:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by Vergie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get those a lot. They are called Charle Horses i have no clue why LOL!!! You get them because you dont have enough potassium. Eat a Banna they have a lot of potassium in em or you can aso go to tha store and get potassium pills. They should go away once you eat pottasium. Take a pill lose tha pain! LOL! They have a pill for almost everything! (; (: ;D
2007-03-17 21:44:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be careful if you continue to have calf pain it may be a sign of a blood clot. Usually they can not detect blood clots below the knee.
2007-03-17 13:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋