Common causes of Muscle cramps

Causes of Muscle cramps that are very common

The following causes of Muscle cramps are diseases or medical conditions that affect more than 10 million people in the USA:

• Diabetes - muscle cramps
• Diabetes mellitus
• Thyroid disease
• Type 2 diabetes - muscle cramps
• Varicose veins

Causes of Muscle cramps that are common

The following causes of Muscle cramps are diseases or conditions that affect more than 1 million people in the USA:

• Celiac Disease - muscle cramps
• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - muscle cramps
• Kidney disease
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Pregnancy
• Rheumatoid arthritis

Causes of Muscle cramps that are uncommon

The following causes of Muscle cramps are diseases or conditions that affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:

• Multiple sclerosis
• Type 1 diabetes - muscle cramps

Causes of Muscle cramps that are very rare

The following causes of Muscle cramps appear in the population at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - muscle cramps
• Cholera - muscle cramps
• Dermatomyositis - cause multiple muscle cramps
• Motor neuron diseases - muscle cramps
• Polymyositis - cramps in many muscles
• Tetanus

Causes of Muscle cramps without any prevalence information

The following causes of Muscle cramps are ones for which we do not have any prevalence information.

• Acanthosis nigricans muscle cramps acral enlargement - muscle cramps
• Acid-Base Imbalance - muscle cramps
• Acidic dry cell batteries inhalation poisoning - muscle cramps
• Acute or chronic diahorrea
• Alcoholic Neuropathy - cramps in calf muscles
• Alcoholic, reversible acute muscular - muscle cramp
• Alkalosis
• American black widow spider bite
• 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
• Anchovy poisoning (clupeotoxin) - muscle cramps
• Angiopathy, hereditary, with nephropathy, aneurysms and muscle cramps - muscle cramps
• Anterior pituitary hyperhormonotrophic syndrome - muscle cramps
• Arctic bearded seal poisoning - muscle cramps
• Ativan withdrawal - muscle cramps
• Australian Sea Lion poisoning - muscle cramps
• Autoimmune thyroid disease associated Celiac Disease - Muscle cramps
• Bacterial infection
• Bartter's syndrome, antenatal type 1 - muscle cramps
• Bartters syndrome, antenatal , type 2 - muscle cramps
• Bonefish poisoning (clupeotoxin) - muscle cramps
• Box Jellyfish poisoning - muscle cramps
• Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia - muscle cramping
• Carukia barnesi sting - muscle cramps
• Cauda equine eschemia
• 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 - Acetylene Dichloride - muscle cramps
• Chemical poisoning - Acidic dry cell batteries - muscle cramps
• 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 - Strychnine - muscle cramps
• Ciguatera poisoning
• Circulatory disorders
• Clupeotoxism - muscle cramps
• Cocaine overdose - muscle 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
• Dehydration - muscle cramps
• Deposition diseases related fibromyalgia - muscle cramps
• Diabetes - muscle cramps
• Diabetes mellitus
• Diabetic ketoacidosis - muscle breakdown may cause muscle cramps
• Dilaudid withdrawal - muscle cramps
• Dilutional hyponatremia - muscle cramps
• Disequilibrium syndrome - muscle cramps
• Distal hereditary motor neuropathy, type V - hand cramps
• Donepezil toxicity - muscle cramps
• Down's syndrome associated Celiac Disease - Muscle cramps
• Dystonia 12 - muscle cramping
• Ecstasy addiction - muscle cramps
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, classic type - muscle cramps
• Electrolyte imbalance
• Epstein Barr virus related fibromyalgia - muscle cramps
• Excessive perspiration
• Exercise
• Exertion
• Familial hematuria, autosomal dominant - retinal arteriolar tortuosity - contractures - muscle cramps
• Familial hypopituitarism - muscle cramps
• Familial hypothyroidism - muscle cramps
• Gitelman syndrome - muscle cramps
• Glycogen storage disease type 7 - muscle cramps
• Glycogen Storage Disease XIV - muscle cramps
• Growing pains
• Guam disease - muscle cramps
• Hashimoto's Thyroiditis - muscle cramps
• Heat cramps - muscle cramps
• Heat exhaustion - muscle cramps
• Heatstroke - muscle cramps
• Hereditary carnitine deficiency myopathy - muscle cramps
• Heroin withdrawal - muscle cramps
• Herring poisoning (clupeotoxin) - muscle cramps
• Hyperflexion
• Hypoadrenocorticism - hypoparathyroidism - moniliasis - muscle cramps
• Hypocalcaemia
• Hypocalcemia
• Hypokalemia
• Hypokalemic periodic paralysis - muscle cramps
• Hypomagnesemia
• Hypoparathyroidism - muscle cramps
• Hypoparathyroidism familial isolated - muscle cramps
• Hypoparathyroidism X-linked - muscle cramping
• Hypophosphatemic rickets - muscle cramps
• Hypothyroidism
• Ichthyohepatotoxication - muscle cramps
• Inadequate oxygenation
• Infection - many infections cause muscle aches and pains.
• Insulin-resistance syndrome, type A - muscle cramps
• Intermittent claudication - usually causing calf muscle pain
• Irikanji sting
• Isaacs syndrome - muscle cramps
• Kidney disease
• Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency type A - muscle cramps
• Lead poisoning
• 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
• Loss of salt
• Lower motor neuron disease
• Lumbar nerve root entrapment
• Magnesium wasting renal - muscle cramps
• Major depressive disorder related fibromyalgia - muscle cramps
• Malignant hyperthermia - muscle cramp
• McArdle's disease
• Metabolic disorders - muscle cramping
• Mitochondrial diseases - Muscle cramping
• Motor neuropathy - muscle cramps
• Multifocal motor neuropathy - muscle cramping
• Multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block - muscle cramps
• Muscle injury
• Muscle metabolism disorders
• Muscle spasm
• 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
• Myophosphorylase deficiency
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Pfiesteria piscicida infection - muscle cramps
• Phosphofructokinase deficiency
• Phosphoglucomutase deficiency type 1 - muscle cramps
• Physical exercise
• Plant poisoning - Solanine - muscle cramps
• Polar bear poisoning - muscle cramps
• Porphyria - muscle cramps
• Postpartum hyperthyroidism - Muscle cramps
• Postpartum hypothyroidism - muscle cramps
• Pregnancy
• Primary Fibromyalgia - muscle cramps
• Psychiatric disorders associated Celiac Disease - Muscle cramps
• Puss caterpillar poisoning - muscle cramps
• Red back spider bite
• Refractory Celiac Disease - Muscle cramps
• Renal rickets - muscle cramps
• Respiratory alkalosis - muscle cramps
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• 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
• 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 Fibromyalgia - muscle cramps
• See also causes of muscle pain
• SLE related fibromyalgia - muscle cramps
• Sleep disturbance related fibromyalgia - muscle cramps
• Slickhead poisoning (clupeotoxin) - muscle cramps
• Spastic paraparesis - muscle cramps
• Spinal cord injury
• Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning - muscle cramping (from vomiting/diarrhea)
• Statins
• Strain - muscle cramping
• Strychnine poisoning
• 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
• Tacrine toxicity - muscle cramps
• Tarpon poisoning (clupeotoxin) - muscle cramps
• Tension myositis related fibromyalgia - muscle cramps
• Thyroid disease
• Thyroid hormone plasma membrane transport defect - muscle cramping
• Timme syndrome - muscle cramps
• 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
• Unaccustomed excercise
• Uremia - muscle cramps
• Varicose veins
• Virus
• Walrus poisoning - muscle cramps
• Water Intoxication - muscle cramps
• William's syndrome associated Celiac Disease - Muscle cramps
• Young Simpson syndrome - Muscle cramps
• Zadik Barak Levin syndrome - Muscle cramps

All Causes of Muscle cramps

The full list of all possible causes for Muscle cramps described in various sources is as follows:

• Acanthosis nigricans muscle cramps acral enlargement - muscle cramps
• Acid-Base Imbalance - muscle cramps
• Acidic dry cell batteries inhalation poisoning - muscle cramps
• Acute or chronic diahorrea
• Alcoholic Neuropathy - cramps in calf muscles

See full list of possible disease causes of Muscle cramps

Drug side effect causes of Muscle cramps

• Gen-Xene
• Tranxene
• Clorazepate Dipotassium
• Apo-Clorazepate
• Novo-Clopate

Drug interaction causes of Muscle cramps:

• Bumex (Bumetanide) and Lanoxin (Digoxin) interaction
• Diachlor (Chlorothiazide) and Lanoxin (Digoxin) interaction
• Diuril (Chlorothiazide) and Lanoxin (Digoxin) interaction
• Diucardin (Hydroflumethiazide) and Lanoxin (Digoxin) interaction
• Saluron (Hydroflumethiazide) and Lanoxin (Digoxin) interaction

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