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My son often gets quite bad cramp in his legs/feet - only had problems with it since being diabetic but could be his age (teenager). Anyone else have problems with cramp?
Does he use Lantus? I experience leg cramps occasionally and my sugars are very tightly controlled. There have been lots of reports of Lantus causing this issue and I think it is Lantus that is cause for me.[/QUOT
Yikes !!! So happy to know that. I couldn't figure it out. Thinking nightshade veggies, dairy, dehydration etc
Goes to show it NOT ALWAYS FOOD. haha but not really funny
My son often gets quite bad cramp in his legs/feet - only had problems with it since being diabetic but could be his age (teenager). Anyone else have problems with cramp?
Do you know what your potassium levels are on your annual blood test results?Talked to my consultant about this a couple of weeks ago. Have good control and a good HBA1C but still suffer. The only advice was to drink a tonic water before bedtime as the quinine might help.
Me and none diabetic son hv bananas regularly which does help us.Hey, Phil in Shanghai here.
I was going to create a new post, but this pretty much covers what I wanted to discuss!
I’m one year since my T1D diagnosis (tomorrow!) and remember having tingling and cramping calves waking me up at night before I knew what was wrong with me.
It’s happening again, even though my HBA1c is good (5.9%) and I spend the most nights between 4.3-5.5 and exercise 4/5days a week and walk on average 9k steps/day!
It only happens that I am 10+ over night if I’ve eaten particularly poorly, once a month or something. But I don’t get the cramps on those nights exclusively, just comes randomly. And recently it’s been every night for the past week.
I also wake up with numb thumb and fore finger if I’ve been sleeping on that side.
So...
1. I understand the reason for it happening before diagnosis (when my BS was 22 fasted and my HBA1c was 11.5), since the thickening of the blood would cause the extremities not to be reached.
2. would also understand it if I had abused my body for decades and had Diabetic Neuropathy.
But... I haven’t. And bar the maybe 1-3months pre- diagnosis where my blood was possibly a similar composition to Coca-Cola, since then I’ve been good.
I’m hungover today - and Pushed myself in the gym yesterday - so maybe I can blame it on dehydration and over-exercise.
To list the possible reasons I find from this post and Google:
- dehydration (usually I am good with water intake)
- magnesium or potassium sufficient (maybe)
- diabetic neuropathy (surely not!)
- .... just “one of the blessings of diabetes” to have to put up with?
Bananas aren’t the highest in potassium, google will show a list of lots of high potassium foods. I find effervescent electrolyte tabs to be the best source though, they’re usually pretty cheap too depending where you buy them!!Do you know what your potassium levels are on your annual blood test results?
You may need more potassium. Some people do. Do you eat a banana regularly?
Bananas aren’t the highest in potassium, google will show a list of lots of high potassium foods. I find effervescent electrolyte tabs to be the best source though, they’re usually pretty cheap too depending where you buy them!!