Restless Legs Syndrome Treatment and Symptoms entities Restless Legs
Restless legs syndrome (RLS, or Wittmaack-Ekbom's syndrome, which is not to be confused with Ekbom's syndrome) is a poorly understood and often misdiagnosed neurological disorder. Description RLS may be described as uncontrollable urges to move the limbs in order to stop uncomfortable, painful or odd sensations in the body, most commonly in the legs. Moving the affected body part eliminates the sensation, providing temporary relief. The sensations and need to move may return immediately ...
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Restless Legs Syndrome Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- We Move
- National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/
- Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Job Accommodation Network http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/infoctr/index.htm
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
Resources
- Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Restless Legs Syndrome (National Institutes of Health)