Sleep cramps calf pain is generally due to cold, electrolyte disorders, muscle injury.
1. Cold: the general night temperature is lower than the daytime temperature, when sleeping without paying attention to warmth or even turn on the air conditioning temperature is too low, will lead to muscle stimulation by the cold, thus causing contractile dysfunction, induced by the symptoms of calf cramps.
2. Electrolyte disorders: when the human body due to a lot of sweating, diarrhea and other reasons lead to a large loss of sodium, calcium, potassium ions, will be due to electrolyte disorders induced muscle spasms, which can be manifested in the calf cramps when sleeping pain.
3. Muscle injury: excessive exercise during the day may lead to calf muscle strains, causing local muscle contraction dysfunction, which may be manifested as painful calf cramps during sleep.
In addition to the above reasons, epilepsy, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation compression of the nerve, lower limb occlusive vasculitis can also lead to sleep cramps and calf pain, so if the symptoms of sleep cramps and calf pain, you need to go to the regular hospital in a timely manner to clarify the cause, by the doctor according to the situation of the individualized treatment plan, so as not to delay the condition.