Women Experience More Legs Syndrome Can not Shut

Move the legs often during stress or at night? Maybe you get Restless Leg Syndrome or RLS. According to researchers in the United States, nearly 23 percent of people in the world experiencing this syndrome, and most sufferers are women.

RLS is a neurological disease due to the unwanted sensation in the feet and the anxiety that encourages the foot to make uncontrolled movements. RLS sufferers always moving his feet to soothe feelings.

Unwanted sensations in RLS patients are the feeling among the hot, jerk or like an insect moving in the foot. Patients with RLS often feel this sensation when sitting or lying down. Sensation that comes once in a while at night it occurred at the knee to the ankle and will end up in the morning.

Patients with RLS often have difficulty sleeping, feeling thirsty, tired during the day, difficulty concentrating and have low recall ability. Some people often underestimate this syndrome and felt no need to be treated, but if allowed to continue to affect daily activities.

Psychiatrist and the doctor said that this syndrome has to do with tension, insomnia, stress, arthritis, seizures, and aging. Some people with RLS also experience Periodic Limb generally Movement Disorder (PLMD), which causes leg cramps for 10 to 60 seconds during sleep at night.

Although the cause is still not known with certainty, researchers speculate that this syndrome caused by hormonal regulation of dopamine imbalance in the brain. The use of drugs that can increase the activity of dopamine hormones can sometimes overcome this syndrome.

A recent study conducted researchers from California say that the syndrome is four times more prevalent in the non-African and American. In addition, 2 of 5 races caucasian women experience RLS syndrome more than men and African Americans. It has increased 10 percent from the previous amount.

“Women are more experienced RLS syndrome. This is because women are mostly iron deficiency and have arthritis than men. It’s become one of the trigger factor RLS,” explained Dr. Ammar Alkhazna from the University of Missouri, Kansas City was quoted as saying by Reuters on Thursday (5/11/2009).

Researchers concluded that after doing a study of 190 patients who underwent tests RLS. A total of 103 participants were African-Americans and 87 non-African-Americans, the majority is Caucasian and 60 percent are women. This study shows RLS syndrome is influenced by factors of race and gender.

In addition, people who iron deficiency, kidney disease, Parkinson’s, diabetes, and the last trimester pregnant women are also at risk of RLS syndrome. Lifestyle changes can reduce this syndrome, such as reducing caffeine, alcohol and cigarettes. Consumption of supplements containing iron, folate and magnesium may also help. In addition, setting a regular sleep pattern, exercise, warm baths and massage on the feet can soothe this RLS syndrome