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Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Mar 1 1:27pm | Replies (165)
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I am guilty of bring a soda drinker. I can go weeks without drinking water. When I do drink water, I get severe leg cramps that can happen day or night. The last one involved my whole leg to the toes. What can cause this?
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@lcallandrn Another person also just posted a question about leg cramps. You may want to join the discussion there. So far I am the only respondent there also but eventually there will be more, I am sure of that.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/nocturnal-leg-cramps-help/?pg=1#comment-339577
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Hi @lcallandrn and welcome to Connect.
Do you have any other symptoms, be they odd or seem unrelated? Cramps can be indicative of other things so I would definitely mention it to my doctor if I was you. Also, it is very typical to get leg cramps if you are not drinking enough water. I can tell days when I have not had enough water/liquid. I tend to get terrible cramps in my feet. It's always a red flag to me because I am supposed to drink a certain amount of water a day to offset a medication I have to take. Even though leg cramps may seem minor if there is anything else at all going on please do check with your doctor.
JK