Feeling ill and cramp!!
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I have had since yesterday afternoon had..food poisoning! Hours later and feeling very weak....hopefully will be able to get pred into me today...but the thing that puzzled me most...both my feet had painful cramp in them at the same time...toes doing weird things...being very drained and wanting to lie down....immediately the cramp started if I did....any suggestions on this...is it because I was running (eventually) on empty...and still am?
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MrsO-UK_Surrey linda17563
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linda17563 MrsO-UK_Surrey
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EileenH linda17563
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However, you are short of sodium and magnesium, partly due to the food poisoning but also partly due to pred. I had cramp like that just due to the PMR - no idea why but it wasn't pred or anything else! Magnesium did help - and it is the standard first line approach for muscle cramps in most of mainland Europe. The blood level isn't any pointer - you maintain blood magnesium at the expense of the stores in the muscles.
Get well soon! (PS, sympathy - because I had something while in China that made being away from a bathroom very unappealing! Several of us had it - but whether it was food-poisoning as such, a virus or just too many spices in the food wasn't clear).
linda17563 EileenH
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EileenH linda17563
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And interestingly - it isn't gluten that's the problem but it is the easier way to get wheat-free. In the hotel where the meeting was they had the most amazing pastry chef! All that happens is I itch badly if I eat wheat starch every day - but I did try the man's wonderful cakes and didn't have any bother at all. Chinese wheat must be different from what is used here - I can eat Canadian wheat too when in France, that's what they use to make baguette.
karren61208 EileenH
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My husband has for years been using a product called Emergen-C which contains 60 mg magnesium and same for sodium (sodium bicarbonate and phosphate). It also has other elements like vitamins C B12, folic acid, calcium and more.
I really appreciate, Linda, that you started this thread today because yesterday I was suffering foot cramping off and on all day. So you reminded me and I took a glass of Ermergen C. It's easy to keep with you. the product comes in individual packets which you mix with 4-6 oz of water. You can use it twice a day if needed and it has less sugar than most of the sports drinks (20-25 calories). My husband puts a packet in his wallet. And it comes in a variety of flavors. Lemon-lime is our favorite.
linda17563 karren61208
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linda17563 EileenH
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EileenH linda17563
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Don't need to ask about gliadin - know about that. I know, I'm boring...
I can eat spelt and kamut, both ancient wheat varieties and easily available here so it's a temptation. Rye is also no problem. It's just the highly processed commercial hard durum wheat used in pasta and UK bread. As you say - gluten-free bread is utterly disgusting. I decided it wasn't worth it. Cheese on oatcakes is the way to go...
linda17563 EileenH
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