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Heat-induced muscle spasms usually go away on their own.

Authors and Editors

Author: John P. Cunha, DO

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Previous contributing authors and editors: Author: Douglas S Lee, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Simi Valley Hospital.

Coauthor(s): Lynne Richardson, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Vice Chair and Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Ron Fuerst, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina College of Medicine; Director, Children's Emergency Center, Children's Hospital of Richland Memorial Hospital.