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Calambres musculares
Definición:
Son contracciones (movimientos) involuntarias, y a menudo dolorosas, de los músculos.
Nombres alternativos:
Calambres en los músculos; Espasmos musculares
Consideraciones generales:
Los calambres musculares son comunes y se pueden interrumpir estirando el músculo afectado, el cual se puede sentir duro o que protruye.
Los calambres musculares son diferentes de las fasciculaciones musculares , las cuales se abordan por separado en otro artÃculo.
Causas comunes:
Los espasmos musculares pueden causar calambres y se producen generalmente por lo siguiente:
- Fatiga muscular
- Ejercicio pesado
- Deshidratación
- Embarazo
- Hipotiroidismo
- Niveles reducidos de magnesio y de calcio en el cuerpo
- Otros problemas metabólicos
- Alcoholismo
- Insuficiencia renal
- Medicamentos
- Fecha de revisión: 7/21/2006
- Versión en inglés revisada por: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
- Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.
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