| Addison's Disease | The Condition
"...The muscles are weak and often go into spasm..."
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Alcohol Consumption |
As A Treatment
"...Why should this be? ... Alcohol reduces coronary artery spasm in response to stress;..."
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Angina |
The Condition
"...Causes & Development The primary cause is atherosclerosis, although platelet aggregation, coronary artery spasm, non-vascular mechanisms such as hypoglycemia, and increased metabolic need (as in hyperthyroidism) can also be important..."
Recommendation Magnesium
"Magnesium insufficiency-induced coronary artery spasm, more common in men than women, is now recognized as an important cause of myocardial infarction and may be of significance in angina pectoris..."
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Asthma |
Recommendation Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)
"Supplementation with 1gm of vitamin C per day reduces the tendency of the bronchial passages to go into spasm [Lung 1976;154: pp..."
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Cocaine Addiction |
Our Question about severity of chest pain
"...Sometimes the arteries feeding the heart go into spasm, causing the severe chest pains that make users go to hospital..."
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Cold Hands and Feet |
The Condition
"...Stress Some people's blood vessels are hypersensitive to cold and tend to go into spasm, a condition known as Raynaud's Syndrome..."
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IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) |
The Condition
"...Sometimes the spasm delays the passage of stool, leading to constipation..."
Recommendation Stress Management
"Stress stimulates colonic spasm in people with IBS..."
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Ivy Leaf |
As A Treatment
"...211] Animal studies have shown the saponins found in ivy extract prevent the spasm of muscles in the bronchial area..."
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Low Back Pain |
Recommendation Magnesium
"Some doctors consider the use of magnesium to be beneficial for reducing muscle spasm..."
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Magnesium |
As A Treatment
"...Capable of preventing arrhythmias (heart beat irregularity), magnesium has been shown to cut platelet aggregation (blood stickiness) and avert spasm of the coronary arteries..."
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Magnesium Requirement |
The Condition
"...Signs & Symptoms Signs of magnesium deficiency include confusion, disorientation, loss of appetite, depression, muscle contractions and cramps, tingling, numbness, abnormal heart rhythms, coronary spasm, and seizures..."
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Meyer's Cocktail |
As A Treatment
"...Reasons For Use The "cocktail" is indicated for chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, depression, muscle spasm, asthma, hives, allergic rhinitis, congestive heart failure, angina, ischemic vascular disease, acute infections, and senile dementia..."
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Muscle Cramps / Twitching |
Recommendation Marijuana
"...A book is available on the Internet about this subject called Muscle Spasm, Pain & Marijuana Therapy: Testimony from Federal and State Court Proceedings on Marijuana's Medical Use edited by R..."
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Muscular Dystrophy |
The Condition
"...Its name underscores an unusual symptom found only in this form of dystrophy - myotonia - which is similar to a spasm or stiffening of muscles after use..."
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Neck Pain |
The Condition
"...Pain is also generated when muscles go into spasm..."
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Peppermint Oil |
As A Treatment
"...Reasons For Use Peppermint oil has been shown to inhibit intestinal spasm and relieve gas..."
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Prolotherapy |
As A Treatment
"...Stability is increased as pain and muscle spasm decrease..."
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Prostatitis |
The Condition
"...This problem is not well understood, but may be related to a voiding dysfunction involving the spasm of muscles involved with the voiding process..."
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Rabies |
The Condition
"...The larynx begins to spasm and a voice change may be noted..."
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Raynaud's Phenomenon |
The Condition
"...Raynaud's is caused by tiny arteries that go into spasm, clamping down on the blood supply to the fingertips (and, less often, the toes)..."
Recommendation Inositol Hexaniacinate
"...30 people in one study with Raynaud’s disease took 4gm of inositol hexaniacinate each day for 3 months and showed less arterial spasm..."
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Stress |
Our Question about eyelid twitching
"These twitches are a spasm of the motor nerves that control the eyelids..."
Relationship to Coronary Disease / Heart Attack
"Stress may increase magnesium excretion and the resulting temporary magnesium depletion may make the heart more sensitive to electrical abnormalities and vascular spasm that could lead to cardiac ischemia..."
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
The Condition
"...Subarachnoid hemorrhages commonly cause arteries nearest to the site of bleeding to spasm and become narrower, so medicines may be used to prevent this reaction..."
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Tetany |
Related Topic
"A condition of physiologic calcium imbalance marked by tonic spasm of muscles and often associated with deficient parathyroid secretion..."
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Tonic-Clonic |
Related Topic
"A muscle spasm which is both tonic, occurring over an extended period of time, and clonic, marked by contractions and relaxations of the muscle occurring in rapid succession..."
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Torn, weak, or Stretched Ligaments or Tendons |
The Condition
"...If lax ligaments can lead to muscle spasm, loss of movement, and all sorts of painful sensations and feelings, what can be done? The only non-surgical treatment for this ligamentous strain or laxity problem is called prolotherapy..."
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Torticollis (Loxia, "Wryneck") |
The Condition
"...Pain and spasm may be temporarily lessened with application of heat or ice..."
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White Peony Root |
As A Treatment
"...Pain in the hypochondrium, stomach and abdomen due to disorder of the liver-qi or spasm and pain in the extremities..."
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