The modern treatment of the restless legs syndrome: Diagnostic and therapeutic options

Abstract

Introduction : Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a chronic neurological disorder clinically defined by the presence of irresistible need to get your feet moving, with or without a feeling of numbness. Four necessary and sufficient clinical symptoms defined as subjective symptoms affected individuals, and they are the essential diagnostic criteria: an irresistible urge (urge) to get your feet moving, usually accompanied by unpleasant sensations (dysesthesia), motor 'discomfort', the emergence or worsening of symptoms at rest (vacation) and the emergence or worsening of symptoms during the night. Start discomfort is the most common in the fifth and sixth decades of life, with a prevalence of about 10% in the general Caucasian population of Europe and North America. The women suffer often than men, and in a ratio of 2: 1st A case report : Patients aged 53 years, hypertonic, addressed to a neurologist because of problems in the form of a sense of 'numbness, tingling and burning' in the legs, which are present 2-3 years. Neurological examination was within physiological, not pathological focal manifestations. After the tests prescribed therapy pramipexole, which caused a significant reduction in symptoms. Conclusion: RLS is associated with significant impairment of quality of life, comparable to that seen in chronic diseases such as diabetes and depression. Significant lack of recognition and inadequate treatment of RLS suggests that we need better education about the disorder.