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Leg pain in night can be quite uncomfortable and can cause disruptions in sleep apart from making a person anxious about its cause..
Here's how to prevent it.. Nocturnal leg pain is also called Charley Horse and is a common condition..
While it's possible to get leg cramps due to extreme physical activity or dehydration, especially in summer, certain medicines or health conditions could also be behind it..
"Leg pain at night-time, or nocturnal leg pain, also called Charley Horse, is not very uncommon and most of the time it is usually self-diagnosable and self-treatable..
"Some uncommon causes like tendinitis, DVT, insufficiency fractures, varicosity of veins, peripheral arterial disease, and Metabolic like gout or electrolyte dysfunction should not be excluded, especially if the pain is intractable or difficult to deal with," adds Dr Jha...
