A 79-year-old woman had a habit to eat a mango every night before sleep and experienced muscle cramps during sleep. Her muscle cramps may be resulted from potassium overload due to overeating mangos. 1. Introduction Mangiferin is a polyphenolic compound abundant in the stem bark of Mangifera ...
An analysis of 549 pregnant girls associated marginally higher intakes of those omega-3 fatty acids found in cod liver oil (more than 0.87 g/day or 1 tsp/5 mL of cod liver oil) in the early phases of pregnancy with an increased incidence of high blood pressure. The dosage associated with...
I got severe stomach cramps that would cause me to double up with pain. These pains came like clockwork with each subsequent pogrom. We heard curses, shouts, cries of pain, rifle and pistol fire, and women screaming, all through the day and night. My mom remembered a prayer in Hebrew ...
Five days later, Kara developed stomach cramps that made her howl with pain. Every day she spent in a community hospital near her New Paltz home grew more harrowing for the family as her E. coli infection kept fulfilling worst-case scenarios. The Ramoses were stunned to learn that there is...
Another painful syndrome which typically occurs at night is restless legs syndrome. It is characterized by the onset of paresthesia or poorly defined pains usually localized in the legs and which arise when the patient lies down and prepares to go to sleep. The paresthesia compels the patient ...