If you notice recurrent spasms of your hands or feet, call your health care provider.

Your health care provider will obtain your medical history and will perform a physical examination. Laboratory testing of blood and urine may also be done.

Medical history questions documenting hand or foot spasms in detail may include the following:

• Type
  • Do the spasms appear to be involuntary or purposeless?
  • Are they prolonged?
• Time pattern
  • At what age did the spasms first appear?
  • Does the presence of spasms seem variable over weeks to months?
  • Do spasms occur repeatedly (recurrent)?
  • Do several spasms occur in a row (repetitive)?
  • Are the spasms slow or rapid?
  • Can the spasms be voluntarily suppressed?
  • How long have you had spasms?
• Aggravating factors : Is it worse when you exercise?
• Diet: How much calcium-containing food do you eat (such as milk products)?
• Relieving factors
  • What have you done to try to treat the spasms?
  • How effective was it?
• What other symptoms are also present?
  • Do you have numbness or a "pins-and-needles" feeling?
  • Do you have muscle weakness?
  • Do you have fatigue?
  • Do you have muscle cramps elsewhere?
  • Do you have seizures?

Diagnostic tests may include the following:

• Calcium levels (serum calcium)
• Hormone levels
• Renal function tests
• Vitamin D levels (25-OH vitamin D)