Leg often cramps, not necessarily calcium deficiency, which diseases should be alert to?

Everyone must have experienced leg cramps. Sometimes I fell asleep and was suddenly awakened by the pain of leg cramps. To tell the truth, leg cramps are really painful, just like the muscles in the leg are cut by a knife. It is generally believed that leg cramps are caused by calcium deficiency, but there are other reasons that may lead to leg cramps.

The first reason is overwork.

After people exercise or do high-intensity work, people's muscles may have anaerobic breathing. Anaerobic respiration produces lactic acid. After anaerobic respiration, lactic acid will accumulate and leg cramps will easily occur if the muscles are not stretched and relaxed in time. Therefore, if you have leg cramps, which may be caused by high-intensity work or exercise, you need to stretch and relax your muscles as soon as possible.

The second reason is lumbar disc herniation.

The spine of a person with lumbar disc herniation will be deformed, and the deformed spine will compress the nerves for a long time, resulting in numbness and cramps in the legs. We should pay attention to this situation in time, because it is not only the problem of leg cramps, but also the problem of lumbar disc herniation. It is necessary to find it in time and treat it in time.

The third reason is arteriosclerosis and occlusion of lower limbs.

When the blood vessels in our body harden, the blood vessel wall becomes very narrow, which will lead to insufficient blood supply. When people are active or exercising, they will produce a lot of metabolic wastes. When people stop exercising, the inner wall of blood vessels narrows, so the speed of blood flow will slow down. If those metabolic wastes are not cleaned up in time, cramps will occur.

The above situation is the cause of cramp except calcium deficiency. We must pay attention to it for your reference only.