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Chapter 6 - Patient Prognosis with Restless Legs

Restless Legs Syndrome is not a life threatening disease. In spite of a lot of research in this field, the medical fraternity is still not able to find the exact problem that may be held responsible for this condition. All that we have been able to identify are the underlying conditions that attribute to the problem of restless legs. Even though the instances of this disease are found more prevalent in the adults and older generation, the symptoms are also found to set in as early as at the age of 20 years. Once it sets in, RLS lasts a lifetime and there is no permanent cure for this problem.

The symptoms associated with RLS are progressive in nature. They gradually worsen with age. The progression of symptoms is slower for the people with idiopathic form of RLS who also suffer from associated medical condition. The important thing here is that the patients become aware of the underlying conditions that are contributing to their problem and then effectively deal with them. Reliance on drugs or medications is not healthy in the long run. All medications have some or the other side effect and moreover they provide only temporary relief while the problem persists as such in the long run.

Many therapies and alternate approaches are already well established and have proven to provide relief in majority of the cases. These therapies can control the disorder, decreasing symptoms and increasing periods of restful sleep. The importance of these indirect or non invasive measures cannot be over emphasized. These methods are simple, effective and have no side effects. On the other hand, if the patient does not take appropriate measures and bring about required changes in lifestyle it is very likely that these symptoms will increase in their frequency as well as in their intensity.

It is also possible that a patient may experience remission-periods. These are the instances in which a patient may experience complete absence of symptoms for days, weeks or even months. Occurrence of these remission periods may wrongly assure the patients that they are cured and they become careless and revert to their old lifestyle. However the symptoms will eventually reappear and thus there is no scope for the patient to exercise any kind of carelessness. The only assuring aspect of RLS is that its diagnosis does not mean the beginning of another neurological disease.

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