Restless legs syndrome

Restless legs syndrome is an incredibly common disease. Statistics say that up to ten to fifteen percent of healthy people suffer from it. It is sometimes very difficult to fight against him

Restless legs syndrome

More often than not, people feel goose bumps that run along the knees, there may be a sensation of electrical tingling. There is also burning and trembling. Note immediately that these symptoms can cause severe discomfort, which often becomes a cause of protracted insomnia.

All the symptoms become stronger at the very moment when a person goes to bed and tries to fall asleep. Discomfort leads to the fact that the patient can not lie in place, constantly moving, can not concentrate on anything. Often there is an obsession to get up and walk around the room. It is worth saying that during walking all unpleasant symptoms disappear, but they will return after the person lies on the bed.

Insomnia, caused by restless legs syndrome, can greatly exhaust the person. For this reason, any other neurological disease may develop. In most cases, the legs are twitching for another one to two hours after the person has fallen asleep. In a particularly difficult case, they can not stop until the morning. Strong jerking can lead to the patient waking up. If his body is already exhausted, then he immediately falls asleep. He will not remember revivals, but they will adversely affect the condition of his body.

The restless legs syndrome, the causes of which are different, can not always be easily and simply diagnosed. The fact is that during the day when the patient turns to the doctor, the symptoms are practically absent. For this reason, restless legs syndrome can be mistaken for varicose veins or for any disease associated with joints. Polysomnography is a study that can determine the presence of a disease.

Sometimes the disease can be detected and the analysis of blood. Women often suffer from restless legs syndrome during pregnancy. Sometimes it appears because of kidney failure or any other diseases.

The disease in question rarely causes other ailments. However, with her in the body, there may be problems with the metabolism of such a substance as dopamine. The causes of this failure doctors are still not established.

Never need to think that the problems with the feet, arising at night, will disappear by themselves. If the cause of Restless Leg Syndrome is another disease, then it is enough to simply get rid of it for healing.

If the case is easy, the treatment is carried out with the help of light tranquilizers, as well as natural hypnotics. If the case is more severe, then you need to take medications that help normalize the metabolism of dopamine in the body. At the beginning of treatment the patient takes them slightly, but each time the dose increases and increases. In most cases, drugs are combined - this is the most important reason that treatment should be controlled by a doctor. Let's not forget that independent experiments with drugs have not brought any benefit to anyone.

It is possible to heal without medication. It's about the most ordinary gymnastics. Complexes of exercises designed specifically for people who have restless legs syndrome are very simple, and their implementation does not take much time. It is recommended to complicate the exercises performed gradually, because a rush here is really not a good result.

Also, doctors strongly recommend that patients observe the regime of the day.