What's wrong with my child's leg cramps?

During a child's growth stage, the body will undergo many changes, but some children will suddenly experience leg cramps, which is very uncomfortable. This has happened to me myself. Although the cramps lasted only a short time, they were very painful. Leg cramps occur most often when children wake up in the morning. Many parents think that it is caused by malnutrition, so they start to supplement nutrition blindly. This method is wrong, so parents all want to know what is going on with their children's leg cramps.

There are several reasons why leg cramps occur while sleeping:

①Cold stimulation. Exercising in a cold environment in winter without sufficient warm-up, or swimming in low water temperatures in summer can easily cause leg cramps. If you don't cover yourself with a blanket when you sleep at night, your calf muscles will be stimulated by the cold and will cramp so much that you will wake up in pain.

② Muscles contract too quickly and continuously. During strenuous exercise, the whole body is in a state of tension, the leg muscles contract too quickly, the relaxation time is too short, the local metabolic product lactic acid increases, the muscle contraction and relaxation are difficult to coordinate, thus causing calf muscle cramps.

③Excessive sweating. The exercise time is long, the amount of exercise is large, and there is a lot of sweating, but the salt is not replenished in time. A large amount of fluid and electrolytes are lost in the body, metabolic waste accumulates, and the local blood circulation of the muscles is poor, which is also prone to cramps.

④Excessive fatigue. The calf muscles are most susceptible to fatigue when traveling long distances, climbing mountains, or climbing heights. Because every time you climb up, one foot supports the weight of the whole body. The strength required for the muscles of this leg to lift the foot will be six times the body weight of the person. When it is fatigued to a certain extent, cramps will occur.

⑤ Calcium deficiency. Calcium ions play an important role in muscle contraction. When the calcium ion concentration in the blood is too low, muscles become easily excited and cramp. Teenagers grow and develop rapidly and are easily deficient in calcium, which is why they often suffer from leg cramps.

After reading the above article, do you have a certain understanding of the causes of leg cramps in children? Female friends should read this, whether they are married or unmarried women. It will be helpful for their future children because everyone hopes that their children have a healthy body. You can usually teach your children more about this kind of knowledge just in case.