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Restless Legs Syndrome

Restless legs syndrome is an odd, yet common"You actually wake up a little bit when they
disorder that causes people to continuallydo sleep studies and during that period of
move their legs, especially at night whenawakening or almost awaking the blood
they're  trying  to  fall  asleep.pressure goes up and then it comes down
again, and then you have frequent little
As if that wasn't bad enough, now there's newawakening, frequent little increases in blood
research that shows it may increase one'spressure,"says Dr. Howard Maker, a
blood pressure and overall risk forneurologist  at  Beth  Israel Medical Center.
cardiovascular  disease.
The study found blood pressure rates during
This is a neurological problem, sort of inperiodic leg movements rose by an average of
the  same  family  as  Parkinson's.20 points for the systolic reading, which is
the top number, and by an average of 11
Restless legs syndrome is an odd, yet commonpoints for the diastolic reading, which is
disorder that causes people to continuallythe  bottom  or  second  number.
move their legs, especially at night when
they're  trying  to  fall  asleep.The authors argue that drastic blood pressure
surges at night have been associated with a
As if that wasn't bad enough, now there's newhigher  rate  of  stroke  in  the  elderly.
research that shows it may increase one's
blood pressure and overall risk forDr. Maker though, says the jury is still out
cardiovascular  disease.with RLS. "Restless leg syndrome may or may
not have a bad effect on the cardiovascular
This is a neurological problem, sort of insystem it hasn't been proven that these
the  same  family  as  Parkinson's.little increases in blood pressure have been
dangerous, we do know that the patients are
But this latest research does indeed suggestgrateful that the restless legs is diminished
a spill-over effect on the cardiovascularand that is what we are treating, we are
system.making the patients feel better, their
quality  of  life  improves."
Helen Catlin is a nurse who can tell you
first hand what being a patient with restlessAnd, by treating the restless legs, the blood
legs  syndrome  is  like.pressure  issue  presumably  would  go  away.
Patients with RLS may report an almostHelen's blood pressure typically runs in the
irresistible  urge  to  move  the  legs.low range, so she's not at risk; but the
medications have changed her life in the more
The sensations usually are worse duringobvious way. "I get a good night sleep, on
inactivity.the medication I am relieved of the symptoms
totally. I wouldn't know what I would do
"It would bother me at night, sometimes Iwithout  it."
would have trouble going to sleep or
sometimes it would wake me up at night, itDr. Maker points out this was studied in only
would be a sensation of not pain, but enoughten patients, so, a bigger study is required.
discomfort that you would have to move, an
ache a real ache that would only be relievedThat shouldn't be hard to do, because RLS is
by moving your legs, " says Helen. "As itvery common as we mentioned. Affecting about
progressed I realized I was waking up because10-15% of the general population, with men
my  legs  were  bothering  me."and women affected equally. It is often
unrecognized  or  misdiagnosed.
And those frequent awakenings, common for
those with RLS, appear to create aMany patients are not diagnosed until 10-20
cardiovascular  risk.years after symptom onset.



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