Due to the fact that Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis-Ekbom Disease is usually a chronic condition, this book aims to provide physicians with the necessary tools for the long-term management of patients with RLS. The first part of the book addresses the various comorbidities and long-term consequences of RLS on life quality, sleep, cognitive, psychiatric and cardiovascular systems, while the second part focuses on the management of long-term treatment and the drug-induced complications in primary RLS and in special populations. Written by experts in the field, this practical resource offers a high-quality, long-term management of RLS for neurologists, sleep clinicians, pulmonologists and other healthcare professionals.

The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation estimates that up to 8 percent of the population suffers with restless legs syndrome (RLS). The hallmark of this neurologic disorder is an irresistible urge to move, most commonly at night. It causes uncomfortable sensations often described as creeping, crawling, tugging, burning, or aching feelings in the calves, feet, thighs, and arms. These disruptive symptoms vary in severity and can result in difficulty staying or falling asleep, fatigue, and impaired daytime function resulting from loss of sleep. Written by respected leaders in this field and sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, Restless Legs Syndrome explains what we know about RLS, including its causes and manifestations, and what can be done to manage it. Topics covered include: Causes, symptoms, and diagnosis RLS in children Personal relationships and RLS Resources Lifestyle changes, dealing with daily activities, RLS triggers, and much more This indispensable guide will help millions of people to understand this condition so that they can take control of their lives and make informed decisions. It also will be a useful resource for families, caregivers, and health care providers.

Do you feel an irresistible urge to move when you need to be still? Do you call the urges heebee jeebees, ants crawling under your skin, spider webs on your legs, electric feelings, growing pains, or crazy legs? If so, you may be an RLSer (a person who has Restless Legs Syndrome). If you want to be still through movies, long plane rides, hospital stays, or long days of working at your desk, read "Restless Legs Syndrome: The RLS Rebel's Survival Guide." You will learn to organize and develop effective ways to: Fight the "beast of RLS" Decrease the severity of your RLS Prevent RLS attacks Develop a Bag of Tricks Approach Develop team work with your doctor Help children who have RLS Communicate with RLS supporters.

A guide to the current treatment and ways to cope for those whose sleep and ability to sit quietly are mysteriously stolen every evening. Although written for the lay public and victims of RLS, it may also be of interest to physicians who are baffled by this rest robber.

Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders provides the complete, expert guidance you need to diagnose and manage these challenging conditions. Drs. Stanley Fahn, Joseph Jankovic and Mark Hallett explore all facets of these disorders, including the latest rating scales for clinical research, neurochemistry, clinical pharmacology, genetics, clinical trials, and experimental therapeutics. This edition features many new full-color images, additional coverage of pediatric disorders, updated Parkinson information, and many other valuable updates. An accompanying Expert Consult website makes the content fully searchable and contains several hundred video clips that illustrate the manifestations of all the movement disorders in the book along with their differential diagnoses. Get just the information you need for a clinical approach to diagnosis and management, with minimal emphasis on basic science. Find the answers you need quickly and easily thanks to a reader-friendly full-color format, with plentiful diagrams, photographs, and tables. Apply the latest advances to diagnosis and treatment of pediatric movement disorders, Parkinson disease, and much more. View the characteristic presentation of each disorder with a complete collection of professional-quality, narrated videos online. Better visualize every concept with new full-color illustrations throughout. Search the complete text online, follow links to PubMed abstracts, and download all of the illustrations, at www.expertconsult.com.

Restless Leg Syndrome or RLS is a very common condition in the Western World. Approximately 10% of the general population is affected by this condition. Still, very little is known about RLS. After battling with RLS for several years, I was urged to conduct some research of my own as my doctor wanted to give me medication. The idea of taking medication for the rest of my life, didn't appeal to me. There is no ideal cure for this condition although several researchers are on the quest of finding a medicine with no side effects. In the meanwhile, many people with RLS, including me, have found simple tricks and home remedies to ease the symptoms and fall asleep at night. In the process of researching about RLS, I have found various interesting facts about the body and I have come across over 80 different remedies people have tried. This book is a compilation of all the information that I have gathered. It consists of all the information right from the pathophysiology of RLS to simple tips that you may try for better sleep. The main objective of this book is to help you find a remedy that works for you. There are 83 different remedies that you can try. One of them might work for you. It did for me so I can't see why it wouldn't work for you. I explain how I solved my RLS with sand! RLS is characterised by painful cramps and/or uncontrollable movements of the limbs and/or sensations in the legs that feels like several insects moving up and down your leg. These symptoms become terrible at night making it impossible to fall asleep. The only thing you can do is wake up and move around and wait for the symptoms to calm down. Or at least, that's what I thought. I was wrong, I was committed to find a remedy for my RLS that would help so I could actually sleep at night. I found it and I am sharing it with you. As I am a sufferer, I know how depressing it can become if you can't sleep for days! Covered in this book: - Symptoms - Diagnosis - Pathophysiology - Living with RLS - Diseases that are mistaken for RLS - Causes - Treatment options - 83 Home remedies - How to improve your sleep - Sleep deprivation ... and much more