spasms

[marymoto]

hello i keep getting these spasms i will feel my finger or hand contract and then it cramps my whole hand and goes down my arm this is really painful when i try to undo the cramp by manually straightening out my fingers what causes this?

[mommies4]

However I too have Spasticity,spasms every where including my face.My left calf cramped for 6 weeks or so felt like the worst charlie horse EVER... Wnet to the ER along with other pain at that time they gave me a anti siezsure meds that took it away.
  My GEN PRAC.took me off that and put me on Lyrica 150 mg.is all i can take more made me to sleepy. I do take flexaril at night.Feels like im trying to jump out of my body at night when i lay down to sleep,yeah sleep whole other issue !!  Good Luck
                                                                               mommies4

[jensequitur]

As far as I know, that kind of drastic spasm is spasticity.  Spasticity is caused by damage to the spinal cord.  When a muscle loses part of its connection to the spinal cord, it has a default setting, which is tensed up.  So if it can't talk to the spine, it'll spasm.  

Sounds like you've got some damage to the spinal cord in that area, possibly a lesion.

I would talk to your neurologist about Baclofen, or something similar.  I can't afford it, so right now we're trying out Flexaril.  That seems to take the edge off, but I wouldn't recommend it for severe spasticity.

[marymoto]

i am not really a milk drinker but i eat yogurt and love cheese, i do use milk for my cereal i take calcium on a regular basis.

[marymoto]

hi jen no this one is not from the side panel lol. thought i would ask as i had about an hour where this kept happening.my hand kind of locks up in a somewhat distorted position when this happens had it once or twice in my legs but so far whatever it is seems to be affecting arms and hands repeatedly.

[siv1]

I've those spasms and cramps, all my blood test showed there were no deficiancy in anything(minerals, vitemins and so on). According to neuro, it is related to my M.S.

[jensequitur]

I have damage to my spinal cord, which causes spasms.  My doctor refers to it as spasticity.  It wouldn't hurt to take calcium and potassium, however.

[caregiver222]

Generally this is due to low calcium or sometimes magnesium.

Try drinking a couple of glasses of milk.

It's not spinal.

The specific drug is quinine sulfate, which, unfortunately the FDA no longer approves for mjuscle cramps. It was sold over-the-counter for this purpose for a century. It's abailable, but onloy through the underground.

[jensequitur]

;-)  Was this another question from the side panel?

It sounds like spasticity to me - injury to your spinal cord will cause unusual cramps or spasms in the muscles leading to that area.