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What Causes Restless Legs Syndrome?
I m 69 and had polio when I was 4 years old. I ve struggled with leg aches most of my life, but now it is getting worse. I ve been given ropinorole, but it s just getting worse. I often have to soak my legs in water as hot as I can stand, but sometimes, I end up doing that more than once in a night. I was told when I was in Jr. High that it was due to the polio I had as a child. I do have an appointment with a neurologist in October, but I was trying to find out more about what might be causing this. The symptoms are restless legs, need to stretch my calf muscles, twist my ankles, or stand up to stop the twitchy feeling. Just wondering if there could be some other reason I m suffering with these symptoms.
Tue, 26 Dec 2017
multiple cause but commonest causes are :
Northern European countries tend to have the highest prevalence estimates, followed by Germanic/Anglo-Saxon countries, and then Mediterranean countries. The prevalence declines in regions further south and east. Studies in Turkey and India have found a 2 to 3 percent.
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Neuropathy related to a variety of underlying causes, including diabetes, alcohol, amyloid, motor neuron disease, poliomyelitis, and radiculopathy have been observed with increased frequency in patients presenting with RLS.
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Northern European countries tend to have the highest prevalence estimates, followed by Germanic/Anglo-Saxon countries, and then Mediterranean countries. The prevalence declines in regions further south and east. Studies in Turkey and India have found a 2 to 3 percent.
Low iron store in body
deranged kidney functions
pregnancy
spinal cord diseases
multiple sclerosis
Parkinson's disease
Neuropathy related to a variety of underlying causes, including diabetes, alcohol, amyloid, motor neuron disease, poliomyelitis, and radiculopathy have been observed with increased frequency in patients presenting with RLS.
fibromyalgia
rheumatological diseases
migraine chronic
etc..
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