Heat cramps: Difference between revisions
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#Gatorade or NS IV | |||
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Revision as of 21:15, 27 August 2011
Background
- Painful, involuntary, spasmodic contractions of skeletal muscles
- Usually affects calves, thighs and shoulders
- Occurs to pts who are sweating profusely and replace fluid losses with water
- May occur during exercise or during a rest period several hrs later
Treatment
- Self-limited
- Pain is difficult to tx; often does not respond to opiates alone
- Gatorade or NS IV
Source
Tintinalli