Often, the syndrome of restless legs is developing after 40 years. Nevertheless, there are cases of its occurrence in the youth and even in childhood.
Causes
To date, the exact reasons for the development of this ailments have not yet been established. However, some factors that could cause manifestation of syndrome were identified. Our site will celebrate the main ones:
- Caffeine abuse.
- Excessive physical exertion.
- Reception of some drugs.
- Defeat the spinal cord.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Thyroid disorder.
- Some pathology of the nervous system (for example, peripheral neuropathy).
- Renal and heart failure.
- Diabetes.
- Amyloidosis.
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- Porphyrin disease.
- Lack in the body of some microelements and vitamins (for example, iron, calcium and potassium).
- Multiple sclerosis.
- Alcohol abuse.
- Operations on the stomach.
Types and forms
To carry out the diagnosis of this syndrome, polysomnography is carried out by a test in which the person's behavior is recorded, especially the signals observed during sleep. Such a test is often carried out to identify the reasons for frequent awakening at night and drowsiness during the day.
In addition, blood test is prescribed for diagnosis. It is used to determine the content in the body of magnesium and iron. Iron deficiency most often provokes the development of the secondary form of the disease. Therefore, an analysis is carried out that determines the level of protein in serum. The presence of an iron deficiency patient says the amount of protein in the blood below 40 μg / l. Sometimes presence anemia No symptoms are confirmed, and it can be identified only as a result of some clinical tests.
In order to diagnose syndrome, an electroneuromiography is also used, which allows measuring the speed of pulses by motor and sensitive fibers. If a patient has been identified by a polyneuropathic syndrome, it is required to perform additional diagnostics. It is necessary in order to find out the causes that caused the disease. To exclude uremia and diabetes, one of the first is carried out blood chemistry.
To eliminate the presence of other pathologies, a survey and examination of the patient is conducted, identify the symptoms of diseases that their signs are similar to the manifestation of restless leg syndrome. In particular, it turns out whether the patient has peripheral vessels, polyneuropathy, convulsive syndrome, acatisia, stenosis of the lumbar channel and radiculopathy.
Treatment
In the treatment of restless leg syndrome, the emphasis is done on the therapy of the underlying disease that caused its manifestation. But it is not always known.
Patient is recommended to reduce or completely eliminate alcohol and caffeine. Also symptoms of syndrome are noticeably reduced by smoking. People with this ailment will be useful to active rubbing of legs, cold and hot baths, mental activity with increased attention. Some physiotherapeutic procedures are recommended, namely dirt, massage, Magnetotherapy and lymphopress.
Medicinal preparations are prescribed. For example, the treatment uses funds used in Parkinson's disease. These are benzodiazepines, anticonvulsants, as well as some narcotic substances. Treatment of this syndrome is directed, first of all, to reduce the symptoms of the disease that interfere with the normal sleep of the patient.
If the disease was caused by the deficiency of iron, then to restore its reserves in the body, as well as to eliminate the secondary shape of restless legs syndrome, patients are prescribed iron sulfate tablets. These drugs are usually accepted orally.
With light forms of this disease, tranquilizers or sleeping pills are prescribed. Only one should know that when taking some means it is possible to add.
With more severe forms of syndrome for treatment, drugs with dopaminergic effects are used. Such funds are appointed in very small doses.
When taking some drugs, complications that may appear in the form of vomiting, pronounced nausea, headache and discomfort in the area of the stomach and intestines. If in these cases try to cope with the situation with the help of an increase in the dose of the drug, then this may further complicate the course of the disease. In this case, the use of dopaminergic agents is. Sometimes it takes enough time to stop symptoms of syndrome.
From irrecommose treatment methods, our site will notice frequently used:
- Daily gymnastics, which is especially useful for people leading a sedentary lifestyle.
- Compliance with the day mode, t. E. You need to get up and go to bed approximately at the same time.
- Foot massage that can be done both hands and special massages.
- About 2-3 hours before sleep, you need to abandon the use of coffee, tea, alcohol and other tonic drinks.
