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<\/p>\nDo you feel a creeping,\u00a0throbbing, pulling, itching or needles and pins in your legs while sitting or lying?<\/p>\n
Are these symptoms overwhelming and you feel an irresistible urge to move to stop the sensations?<\/p>\n
If yes, you may are suffering from Restless Legs Syndrome.<\/p>\n
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Restless Legs Syndrome\u00a0 is a condition in which your legs feel extremely uncomfortable typically beginning at night when you try to sleep. The symptoms\u00a0 are most commonly located in the deep of the calves, in the feet and thighs, but also can affect arms. Initially the patient\u00a0often\u00a0get an exaggerated sense of positional awareness of the affected leg, later the sensations appear\u00a0or intensify even while sitting. Movement\u00a0of the affected part of the body, for instance walking around brings an immediate relief, although temporary and partial and the sensations immediately return after the movement stops. These symptoms often lead to a\u00a0severe\u00a0sleep deficiency with secondary tiredness and loss of concentration in job or while\u00a0driving a car. Some people with severe RLS are not even able to go to work.<\/p>\n
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RLS affects estimated 7 to 10 % of the young to middle aged people and 10 to 20 % in those older than 60 years. In the Middle East region approximately 3% of the general population is affected. It is twice as often in women as in men.<\/p>\n
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We have to differentiate between two kinds of RLS:\u00a0 the primary and the secondary RLS Syndrome.<\/p>\n
The primary – idiopathic- RLS is a neurological disease with\u00a0unknown causes. A disturbance of the dopaminerg system is suspected.<\/p>\n
60 % of the symptoms that occurs among family members are triggered by genetic genesis. Medication which interferes\u00a0with the dopamine system helps reliably.
\nThe secondary – symptomatic – RLS is most commonly associated with iron deficiency, venous disorders, polyneuropathy ,folacit deficit, Diabetes ,renal diseases or pregnancy. 25 % of pregnant women develop a RLS syndrome in the last 3 months of their pregnancy.RLS can also be induced by antiemetic and anti depressive and antipsychotic drugs.
\nA primary RLS should not be considered till possible medical conditions are ruled out, especially venous disorders and polyneuropathy.<\/p>\n
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Patients suffering from these symptoms should go for medical advice including a neurological\u00a0examination and electrophysiology to exclude a polyneuropathy. When symptomatic geneses are excluded the neurologist will find the adequate treatment.<\/p>\n
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Dr. Jutta Marquardt<\/p>\n
Do you feel a creeping,\u00a0throbbing, pulling, itching or needles and pins in your legs while sitting or lying? Are these symptoms overwhelming and you feel an irresistible urge to move to stop the sensations? If yes, you may are suffering from Restless Legs Syndrome. Restless Legs Syndrome Symptoms Restless Legs Syndrome\u00a0 is a condition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n