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I get occasional cramps in my feet, is this different to the tingling and pins/needles feeling that can be symptomatic of diabetes?

This is not even painful but more of a cramp feeling usually after I've been sitting or lying the same place for quite a while. It usually then disappears within minutes if not seconds.
 
Is you blood sugar out of control?ALA 300 mg has helped me ,also a foot massager manual or electric ( like Dr Ho’s can help J
Those symptoms have all but disappeared,
 
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Have you recently started a low carb diet? I found I was getting nasty cramps in my feet and ankles after I started low carbing. It was suggested on here that it may be magnesium deficiency. I bought magnesium spray and apply it to my feet and ankles before I go to bed. Magnesium is apparently absorbed better through the skin than orally. I very very rarely get cramps now.
 
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Pura Vida said:
Is you blood sugar out of control?
ASA 300 mg has helped me ,also a foot massager manual or electric ( like Dr Ho’s can help J
Those symptoms have all but disappeared,
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Did you mean ASA or should that be ALA? aka Alpha Lipoic Acid?
 
Pura Vida said:
Is you blood sugar out of control?
ASA 300 mg has helped me ,also a foot massager manual or electric ( like Dr Ho’s can help J
Those symptoms have all but disappeared,
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Oldvatr said:
Did you mean ASA or should that be ALA? aka Alpha Lipoic Acid?
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I was wondering what the Advertising Standards Authority has to do with it?!
 
Cramping can be caused by anything, including mineral deficiencies such as magnesium, potassium and salt.
 
A good long bath with Epsom Salts is the transitional solution, as Epson Salts contains Magnesium.
 
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