Dr Bernadette Carr is here to answer your questions

I am a woman in my 50s. I’ve recently started to get leg cramps when I am in bed. This happens two or three times a week.

 I am healthy and the only medication I take is for raised cholesterol. What should I do?

Leg cramps can be very painful and they can affect your quality of sleep if they happen regularly. Although common, up to three out of four people experience leg cramps at night, the cause in the majority of cases is unknown.