What can abdominal muscle spasms look like

Patients with abdominal muscle spasms may present with involuntary muscle contractions accompanied by significant pain and stiffness of the abdominal muscles. Muscle spasm is a spontaneous tonic contraction of the muscles, which can be caused by intense exercise and cold stimuli. At the onset of abdominal muscle spasm, patients may experience strong muscle contraction, elevated tension, and accompanied by severe pain, abdominal muscle stiffness, limb activity function limitation and other symptoms. The amount of pain lasts from a few seconds to tens of seconds, and in the middle of the night, the patient may be awakened by the pain. General abdominal muscle cramps are normal phenomenon, after a period of rest, the symptoms can be relieved on their own, no need to worry too much. Before exercise, need to do adequate preparation, avoid strenuous exercise. Daily can more sunshine, appropriate supplemental calcium, can eat more milk, beef, eggs and so on. If the abdominal muscle spasm patients for a long time pain intolerable situation, should go to the regular hospital, for relevant examination, under the guidance of the doctor to take relevant therapeutic measures.