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Causes of Cramps

This section discusses 298 medical conditions causing Cramps. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Cramps:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Cramps. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Causes of Cramps listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Cramps as a symptom include:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Cramps:

The following list of conditions have 'Cramps' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acanthosis nigricans muscle cramps acral enlargement ... muscle cramps
  • Acid-Base Imbalance ... muscle cramps
  • Acidic dry cell batteries inhalation poisoning ... muscle cramps
  • Acute tin poisoning ... cramps
  • Adenomyosis ... menstrual cramps
  • Adult progressive spinal muscular atrophy, Aran Duchenne type ... cramps
  • Alcoholic Neuropathy ... cramps in calf muscles
  • Alcoholic, reversible acute muscular ... muscle cramp
  • Alcoholism ... premenstrual discomfort
  • Amoebiasis ... stomach cramps
  • Amphetamine abuse ... stomach cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4, juvenile ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 9 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 1 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 2 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 3 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 4 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 5 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 6 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 7 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 8 ... muscle cramps
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, type 6 ... muscle cramps
  • Anaphylaxis ... stomach cramps
  • Anchovy poisoning (clupeotoxin) ... muscle cramps
  • Angiopathy, hereditary, with nephropathy, aneurysms and muscle cramps ... muscle cramps
  • Anterior pituitary hyperhormonotrophic syndrome ... muscle cramps
  • Anterior spinal artery syndrome ... cramps
  • Arachnidism ... stomach cramps
  • Arctic bearded seal poisoning ... muscle cramps
  • Arterial insufficiency ... cramps
  • Asherman's syndrome ... cramping
  • Ativan withdrawal ... muscle cramps
  • Australian Sea Lion poisoning ... muscle cramps
  • Autoimmune peripheral neuropathy ... cramping
  • Autoimmune thyroid disease associated Celiac Disease ... Muscle cramps

    B

  • Bartter's syndrome, antenatal type 1 ... muscle cramps
  • Bartters syndrome, antenatal , type 2 ... muscle cramps
  • Blind loop syndrome ... cramps
  • Bone pain ... Muscle cramps
  • Bonefish poisoning (clupeotoxin) ... muscle cramps
  • Bowel Obstruction ... intermittent abdominal cramps
  • Box Jellyfish poisoning ... muscle cramps
  • Brainerd diarrhea ... mild abdominal cramping

    C

  • Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia ... muscle cramping
  • Carukia barnesi sting ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac Disease ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 1 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 10 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 11 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 12 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 13 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 2 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 3 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 4 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 5 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 6 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 7 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 8 ... muscle cramps
  • Celiac disease, susceptibility to 9 ... muscle cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene ... stomach cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Acetylene Dichloride ... muscle cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Acidic dry cell batteries ... muscle cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Antimony ... stomach cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Arsine ... stomach cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Barium Nitrate ... abdominal cramp
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorfenvinphos ... muscle cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Chlorpyrifos ... muscle cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Coumaphos ... muscle cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Gasoline ... muscle cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Hexane ... muscle cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Methyl parathion ... muscle cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Monocrotophos ... muscle cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Perming lotion ... stomach cramps
  • Chemical poisoning - Strychnine ... muscle cramps
  • Childhood-onset bipolar disorder ... stomachaches
  • Cholera ... muscle cramps
  • Clupeotoxism ... muscle cramps
  • Cocaine overdose ... muscle cramps
  • Codeine withdrawal ... stomach cramps
  • Collagenous celiac disease ... Muscle cramps
  • Conn's adenoma ... muscle cramps
  • Conn's syndrome ... muscle cramps
  • Conn-Louis Carcinoma ... muscle cramps
  • Cramp-fasciculations syndrome ... muscle cramps
  • Cryptosporiosis ... stomach cramps
  • Cyclosporiasis ... stomach cramps
  • Cyclosporiosis ... stomach cramps

    D

  • Dehydration ... muscle cramps
  • Deposition diseases related fibromyalgia ... muscle cramps
  • Depression ... stomach aches
  • Depressive disorders ... stomach aches
  • Diabetes ... muscle cramps
  • Dilaudid withdrawal ... muscle cramps
  • Dilutional hyponatremia ... muscle cramps
  • Disequilibrium syndrome ... muscle cramps
  • Distal hereditary motor neuropathy, type V ... hand cramps
  • Diverticular Disease ... mild abdominal cramps
  • Donepezil toxicity ... muscle cramps
  • Down's syndrome associated Celiac Disease ... Muscle cramps
  • Dysmenorrhea ... menstrual cramping
  • Dysthymia ... stomach aches
  • Dystonia 12 ... muscle cramping

    E

  • Ecstasy addiction ... muscle cramps
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, classic type ... muscle cramps
  • Endometriosis ... excessive menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea)
  • Epstein Barr virus related fibromyalgia ... muscle cramps
  • Exercise induced anaphylaxis ... stomach cramps

    F

  • Familial hematuria, autosomal dominant - retinal arteriolar tortuosity - contractures ... muscle cramps
  • Familial hypopituitarism ... muscle cramps
  • Familial hypothyroidism ... muscle cramps
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - citric acid intolerance ... stomach cramps
  • FOSMN syndrome ... cramps

    G

  • Gitelman syndrome ... muscle cramps
  • Glycogen storage disease type 7 ... muscle cramps
  • Glycogen Storage Disease XIV ... muscle cramps
  • Gonorrhea ... cramps
  • Guam disease ... muscle cramps

    H

  • Hashimoto's Thyroiditis ... muscle cramps, cramps
  • Heart attack ... stomach discomfort
  • Heartburn ... stomach discomfort
  • Heat cramps ... muscle cramps
  • Heat exhaustion ... muscle cramps
  • Heatstroke ... muscle cramps
  • Helicobacter pylori bacteria ... Cramping
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Kombucha ... stomach cramps
  • Hereditary carnitine deficiency myopathy ... muscle cramps
  • Heroin dependence ... Cramps
  • Heroin withdrawal ... muscle cramps
  • Herring poisoning (clupeotoxin) ... muscle cramps
  • Horseshoe Crab poisoning ... stomach cramps
  • Hyacinth poisoning ... stomach cramps
  • Hyperoxia ... cramps
  • Hypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis ... muscle cramps
  • Hypocalcemia, autosomal dominant ... cramps
  • Hypokalemic periodic paralysis ... muscle cramps
  • Hypoparathyroidism ... muscle cramps
  • Hypoparathyroidism familial isolated ... muscle cramps
  • Hypoparathyroidism X-linked ... muscle cramping
  • Hypophosphatemic rickets ... muscle cramps

    I

  • Ichthyohepatotoxication ... muscle cramps
  • Insulin-resistance syndrome, type A ... muscle cramps
  • Intestinal obstruction ... intermittent abdominal cramps
  • Intestinal pseudo-obstruction ... cramps, stomach cramps
  • Isaacs syndrome ... muscle cramps

    J

  • Jejunal diverticulosis ... cramping

    K

  • Kashin-Bek disease ... cramping

    L

  • Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency type A ... muscle cramps
  • Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C ... muscle cramps
  • Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D ... muscle cramps
  • Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2E ... muscle cramps
  • Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2F ... muscle cramps
  • Limbic encephalitis - neuromyotonia - hyperhidrosis - polyneuropathy ... muscle cramps
  • Lion's mane jellyfish poisoning ... muscle cramps
  • Lipid storage myopathy ... muscle cramps

    M

  • Major depressive disorder related fibromyalgia ... muscle cramps
  • Malignant hyperthermia ... muscle cramp
  • Metabolic disorders ... muscle cramping
  • Miscarriage ... menstrual cramps
  • Mitochondrial diseases ... Muscle cramping
  • Motor neuron diseases ... muscle cramps
  • Motor neuropathy ... muscle cramps
  • Multifocal motor neuropathy ... muscle cramping
  • Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block ... muscle cramps
  • Muscle phosphoglycerate mutase deficiency ... cramps
  • Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal recessive, type 2E ... muscle cramps
  • Muscular phosphorylase kinase deficiency ... muscle cramps
  • Myasthenia, Limb-Girdle, with Tubular Aggregates ... muscle cramps
  • Myasthenic syndrome, congenital, associated with acetylcholine receptor deficiency ... muscle cramps
  • Myoadenylate deaminase deficiency ... muscle cramps
  • Myoglobinuria recurrent ... muscle cramps
  • Myoglobinuria, dominant form ... muscle cramps
  • Myokymia ... cramps
  • Myopathy tubular aggregates ... cramps

    N

  • Niacin toxicity ... cramps

    O

  • Opium withdrawal ... cramps

    P

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease ... cramps
  • Pfiesteria piscicida infection ... muscle cramps
  • Phosphoglucomutase deficiency type 1 ... muscle cramps
  • Plant poisoning - Solanine ... muscle cramps
  • Polar bear poisoning ... muscle cramps
  • Porphyria ... muscle cramps, cramping
  • Postpartum hyperthyroidism ... Muscle cramps
  • Postpartum hypothyroidism ... muscle cramps
  • Primary Fibromyalgia ... muscle cramps
  • Primary Hyperaldosteronism ... Cramping
  • Psychiatric disorders associated Celiac Disease ... Muscle cramps
  • Puss caterpillar poisoning ... muscle cramps

    R

  • Refractory Celiac Disease ... Muscle cramps
  • Renal rickets ... muscle cramps
  • Respiratory alkalosis ... muscle cramps
  • Rheumatoid arthritis related fibromyalgia ... muscle cramps
  • Ringed seal poisoning ... muscle cramps
  • Rippling muscle disease ... muscle cramps
  • Rippling muscle disease, 1 ... muscle cramps
  • Rippling muscle disease, 2 ... muscle cramps

    S

  • Sarcoglycanopathy ... muscle cramps
  • Sardine poisoning (clupeotoxin) ... muscle cramps
  • Sea nettle sting ... muscle cramps
  • Sea wasp poisoning ... muscle cramps
  • Sea wasp poisoning (Chiropsalmus quadrigatus) ... muscle cramps
  • Sea wasp poisoning - Chironex fleckeri ... muscle cramps
  • Secondary Dysmenorrhea ... menstrual cramping
  • Secondary Fibromyalgia ... muscle cramps
  • Shamrock poisoning ... cramps
  • Shigella boydii infection ... stomach cramps
  • Shigella dysenteriae infection ... stomach cramps
  • Shigella flexneri infection ... stomach cramps
  • Shigella sonnei infection ... stomach cramps
  • Short Bowel Syndrome ... cramping
  • SLE related fibromyalgia ... muscle cramps
  • Sleep disturbance related fibromyalgia ... muscle cramps
  • Slickhead poisoning (clupeotoxin) ... muscle cramps
  • Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome ... stomach cramps
  • Spastic paraparesis ... muscle cramps
  • Strain ... muscle cramping
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 1 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 10 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 11 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 12 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 13 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 2 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 3 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 4 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 5 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 6 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 7 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 8 ... Muscle cramps
  • Susceptibility to Celiac Disease 9 ... Muscle cramps
  • Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome ... cramps

    T

  • Tacrine toxicity ... muscle cramps
  • Tarpon poisoning (clupeotoxin) ... muscle cramps
  • Tension myositis related fibromyalgia ... muscle cramps
  • Thyroid hormone plasma membrane transport defect ... muscle cramping
  • Timme syndrome ... muscle cramps
  • Torsion dystonia ... cramps
  • Torsion dystonia, autosomal dominant ... cramps
  • Torsion dystonia, autosomal recessive ... cramps
  • Torsion dystonia, X-linked ... cramps
  • Trichinosis ... slight stomachache
  • Troell-Junet syndrome ... muscle cramps
  • Turner syndrome associated Celiac Disease ... Muscle cramps
  • Type 1 diabetes ... muscle cramps
  • Type 1 diabetes related Celiac Disease ... Muscle cramps
  • Type 2 diabetes ... muscle cramps

    U

  • Ulcerative colitis ... mild lower abdominal cramps
  • Uremia ... muscle cramps

    V

  • Venous Insufficiency ... cramping
  • Visceral pain ... Cramps
  • Vitamin A embryopathy ... Cramping

    W

  • Walrus poisoning ... muscle cramps
  • Water Intoxication ... muscle cramps
  • William's syndrome associated Celiac Disease ... Muscle cramps

    Y

  • Y chromosome pericentric inversion ... Pelvic cramps
  • Yellow sac spider poisoning ... stomach cramps
  • Young Simpson syndrome ... Muscle cramps

    Z

  • Zadik Barak Levin syndrome ... Muscle cramps

    Conditions listing medical complications: Cramps:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Cramps' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    M

  • Magnesium wasting renal ... muscle cramps

    S

  • Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning ... muscle cramping (from vomiting/diarrhea)

    More Information About Cramps

    List of 298 causes of Cramps

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Cramps in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Cramps

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Cramps as a side effect.

    • Fungizone Intravenous
    • Dyazide
    • Maxzide
    • Maxzide-25
    • Moduretic
    [See detailed list of 107 drug side effect causes of Cramps]

    Drug interaction causes of Cramps:

    Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Cramps.

    • Birth Control Pill and Vitamin C interaction
    [See detailed list of 1 drug interaction causes of Cramps]

    Medical Textbooks about Cramps

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Cramps. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Cramps (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • Dyspepsia
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Dyspepsia
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Abdominal Pain
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • Abdominal pain
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
    • Dyspepsia
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Abdominal Pain
    • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
    • Dyspepsia
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
     

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