Treatment for leg cramps during sleep in pregnant women

We all know that each of us comes into this world by being born from our mother’s belly. Our mothers carry us for ten months and give birth to us successfully. Many people may want to know how a life is born? In fact, it takes a long process for our sperm and egg cells to combine and hatch in the mother's body. Maybe everyone is particularly interested in the problem of leg cramps when pregnant women sleep. Let us learn about the treatment methods for leg cramps when pregnant women sleep.

Treatment:

1. Exercise regularly to prevent muscle fatigue. Do adequate warm-up exercises before exercise and stretch the muscles of your legs, waist, back, neck and arms. Do not increase the amount of exercise too quickly, and you should follow the principle of increasing it by 10% every week.

2. Drink water frequently, don’t wait until you are thirsty to drink. When sweating profusely, you should supplement with nutritionally fortified sports drinks.

3. Pay attention to dietary balance, especially supplementing various essential nutrients from the diet. For example, drinking milk and soy milk can supplement calcium; eating vegetables and fruits can supplement various trace elements. You can also choose some calcium supplements containing vitamin D, such as Calcium Tablets, because vitamin D is the carrier for calcium ions to be absorbed by the human body.

4. Pregnant women should change their body posture frequently, move around every hour or so, wash their feet and calves with warm water before going to bed, and supplement nutrients including calcium according to the special needs of the body.

5. People who suffer from cramps at night should pay special attention to keeping warm. You may try stretching your muscles before going to bed, especially the muscles that are prone to cramps.

Although cramps are not a disease in most cases, if they occur frequently, last a long time, and have no obvious cause, you should consult a doctor to find out as soon as possible whether there is an underlying chronic disease.

6. When the calf cramps, first gently massage the back of the calf (calf) from bottom to top, then massage the big toe and the entire leg. If the cramps do not subside, place the foot in a basin of warm water, apply heat to the calf, and move the foot. This will generally help relieve the cramps. [2]

7. The intake of calcium and vitamin B1 should be increased. Calcium intake should be no less than 500 mg per day. Milk, soy products, nuts, sesame seeds, dried shrimps, crabs, eggs, seafood, etc. are rich in calcium and you should eat more of them. In addition, pregnant women should get more sun exposure. Pregnant women with severe calcium deficiency need to see a doctor.

8. Pregnant women should not stand or sit for long periods of time. They should move around every hour and take a walk outdoors for about half an hour every day. At the same time, avoid excessive fatigue.

9. Wash your feet with warm water every night before going to bed, and massage the back of your calves for 3-5 minutes while washing your feet.

10. Pay attention to developing correct walking habits, let your heels touch the ground first; when straightening your calves, bend your toes instead of extending them forward.

The above content introduces us to the relevant content about leg cramps in pregnant women while sleeping, which satisfies the curiosity of many people. We know how we came to this world step by step and how we grew up step by step. We should all learn more about this knowledge so that we can realize that our life is hard-earned.