bad muscle cramps - Liver & Pancreas Disorders Message Board

iluvwv · 09-22-2008, 04:55 PM

my hubby has cirrhosis. last night he screamed and when I got to him he was all bundled up, fingers deformed looking and every muscle in his body was cramped. i thought he had a stroke he looked so bad. it lasted about 10 minutes and then came and went all night. he just had labs done thursday so I called his dr thinking his potassium or other electrolytes were low. they said they were not low and this was another great side effect of cirrhosis. they said to start him on 100 mg of zinc a day. just wondering if anyone knew of anything else that I can do that would help. he was in such pain. so far today he has not done this again but his stomach has hurt really bad since I gave him the zinc.

jayneflop · 09-23-2008, 06:14 AM

hi illuvw havnt been on for ages how you doing and more importantly howz ur hubby doing apart from the cramps his he still down for a transplant,mine isnt doing too bad hes looking better and better every day but still has a long way to go i think hes been off the booze 8 months now,hes still filling up with fluid but hes goes into hospital every few weeks to have it taken off this time hes gone 7 weeks,still waiting to see what there guna do he hasnt got to go to hospital until another couple of weeks hope you are both ok hope to speak to you soon jayne

iluvwv · 09-23-2008, 01:09 PM

hi jayne... good to hear from you. sounds like your husband and mine are about in the same stage. mine got drained aug 8 and it didn't last but about a week. it really hurt him this last time and now he's scared to go back. they upped his fluid pills last thursday so we hope it will help some. he's still on the transplant list, goes to the transplant clinic every 3 months now and to his gastro doc once a month. wish you all the luck. keep in touch.

jayneflop · 09-25-2008, 08:17 AM

hi illuvw yea i think they must be at the same stage,they hurt my husband the time before last but the last time they drained a load off and he has felt great since so tell him not to worry he will be fine,they upped his water tabs too and it does seem to be helping,i hope they put him on the list when he goes next week,does your hubby get bad pains in his stomach and back cuz mine does he seems to take paracetomol like the clappers(soz thats a saying where i come from)means hes always taking them,its great to know they are doing well though aint it even thou its going to take a long time,how are u coping speak to you soon jayne

iluvwv · 09-25-2008, 02:28 PM

Jayne, I think paracetemol is like tylenol isn't it? He shouldn't be taking those. Very very bad for the liver. Yes my hubby has bad pain in his stomach and every where. They have him on oxycodone because it doesn't have the tylenol in it.