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Conquering Restless Legs: Victory over Defeat

Do your legs have the heebie jeebies and creepy crawlies especially at night Do you just have to move them Do these symptoms play heck with your sleep Then you just might have restless legs syndrome RLS a condition for which treatment is available. While I was still in training to become a neurologist I got excited when I made a diagnosis of Ekbom's syndrome as RLS was then known. In those days the condition seemed rare and exotic something a doctor almost never encountered.Nowadays in my community practice of neurology I see cases of RLS almost every day. So where were all these people 25 years ago Unless the disease has suddenly started propagating like mad one has to conclude that previously the patients weren't talking the doctors weren't listeningor both.Estimates of the prevalence of this condition vary widely but in a large study conducted in five European countries 5.5% of the population over the age of 14 had this condition. RLS occurs in both genders but is slightly more frequent in women. RLS occurs at any ageincluding in childhoodbut becomes more common with advancing years.Although there is now much more awareness of restless legs syndrome among doctors and...
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Do your legs have the heebie jeebies and creepy crawlies especially at night Do you just have to move them Do these symptoms play heck with your sleep Then you just might have restless legs syndrome RLS a condition for which treatment is available. While I was still in training to become a neurologist I got excited when I made a diagnosis of Ekbom's syndrome as RLS was then known. In those days the condition seemed rare and exotic something a doctor almost never encountered.Nowadays in my community practice of neurology I see cases of RLS almost every day. So...
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