Hand cramping can occur for many reasons and cause significant discomfort in some people. Often, hand cramps are caused by muscle spasms, which are described as an uncontrollable or involuntary muscle contraction. These spasms or contractions do not allow the muscle to become relaxed and can become excruciating in some cases.
Serum levels of prolactin may increase as a consequence of epileptic seizures. The hormone release is caused by the propagation of epileptic activity, usually from the temporal lobe to the hypothalamic-pituitary axis.
However, if prolactin levels fail to rise postictally, this does not confiim that an epileptic seizure had not taken place. Only in the case of a prolactin rise may one conclude that an epileptic seizure had oc- curred [9,15,37,38]. The interpretation of prolactin in repetitive seizures is controversial [6,26].