Abstract Muscle cramps appearing in liver cirrhosis substantially affect the quality of life these patients. The prevalence painful muscle can be up to 88%. exact mechanism by which occur is unknown. management this symptom not easy because there no uniformly accepted recommendation about what kind supplementation or medicine (or both) used exactly. aim our study review treatment options for ci...

E xercise-associated muscle cramping (EAMC) is a common condition that requires medical attention during sporting events. It is common among athletes who participate in long-distance endurance events, such as triathlon and marathon or ultra-marathon distance running, and it is documented in many other sports, including basketball, the various football codes, tennis, cricket and cycling.1 The pr...

Purpose. Imatinib treatment causes muscle cramps in up to 40% of patients, but their pathogenesis is unknown. We present a case series illustrating an association between imatinib, relative hypocalcaemia, and the development of cramps. Patients. The index patient developed muscle spasms and cramps after receiving imatinib for gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) for 5 months. The adjusted ser...

BERGERON, M.F. Muscle cramps during exercise V is it fatigue or electrolyte deficit? Curr. Sports Med. Rep., Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. S50YS55, 2008. Skeletal muscle cramps during exercise are a common affliction, even in highly fit athletes. And as empirical evidence grows, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are two distinct and dissimilar general categories of exercise-associated muscle cr...

A 79-year-old woman had a habit to eat a mango every night before sleep and experienced muscle cramps during sleep. Her muscle cramps may be resulted from potassium overload due to overeating mangos.