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Also known as WED, Willis-Ekbom disease, Wittmaack-Ekbom syndrome, RLS, restless leg syndrome
disabling neurological pathology characterized by the irresistible urge to move the legs
Key facts
- Other names
- Willis–Ekbom disease (WED), Wittmaack–Ekbom syndrome
- Specialty
- Sleep medicine
- Symptoms
- Unpleasant feeling in the legs that briefly improves with moving them
- Complications
- Daytime sleepiness, low energy, irritability, sadness
- Usual onset
- More common with older age
- Risk factors
- Low iron levels , kidney failure , Parkinson's disease , diabetes mellitus , rheumatoid arthritis , multiple sclerosis , pregnancy, certain medications
- Diagnostic method
- Based on symptoms after ruling out other possible causes
- Treatment
- Lifestyle changes, medication
- Medication
- Dopamine agonists , levodopa , gabapentinoids , opioids
- Frequency
- 2.5–15% (US)
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