Beijing Reader Zhang asked: I am 71 years old, more than a month ago began to sleep at night will be leg cramps, about once or twice a week itself is not a little high blood lipids other diseases. May I ask why leg cramps? A friend said calcium, Vitamin D can prevent and alleviate, is it?
Rocket Army General Hospital Department of Endocrinology chief physician Liquan all answer: Night cramps increase with age, when atherosclerosis or the presence of thrombosis, blood circulation blocked, local tissue ischemia and hypoxia, resulting in calf muscle numbness , Pain and even convulsions.Other diseases such as kidney failure, diabetic neuropathy and osteoporosis are also the causes of night leg cramps.Using other drugs, such as diuretics, may be more likely to lead to leg cramps at night.Therefore, it should be clearly led What is the main reason for leg cramps, for the cause of treatment, in order to obtain effective treatment.
Calcium ions play an important role in the process of muscle excitability and contractions. In the elderly, due to the weakened calcium absorption capacity and increased loss, when the concentration of calcium ion in the blood decreases, the muscles tend to be excited and convulsive, resulting in leg cramps. Therefore, the elderly need calcium supplementation Agent, in order to promote better absorption of calcium, calcium also need to add vitamin D. Commonly used in clinical calcium carbonate, calcium acetate + calcitriol capsules, the effect is better.
