Restless Leg Syndrome
Medgeeks with Andrew Reid
Medgeeks
4.8 • 997 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever felt restless?...of course, we all have! But imagine having a creepy crawly sensation when you are trying to sleep.
No, this isn't about arachnophobia, it's restless leg syndrome. According to many studies, roughly 20% of people suffer from restless leg syndrome.
Join us for this week's podcast with Dr. Niket Sonpal where we review the clinical manifestations, diagnosis and management of Restless Leg Syndrome.
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| 0:00.0 | For those of you who grew up in the 90s, you'll remember a TV show called Seinfeld. |
| 0:04.5 | And during an episode called The Money, a woman who Kramer dates suffers from something called |
| 0:09.7 | The Jimmy Legs is a real medical condition in fact and was actually featured in this |
| 0:14.8 | entire episode. What basically happens is a person's legs begin to twitch uncontrollably and |
| 0:20.4 | most individuals find that they're able to cope with the symptoms by moving their legs from time to time. |
| 0:25.0 | Now if you've ever seen the episode, it's actually quite funny. |
| 0:28.0 | What ends up happening is Kramer convinces this new love interest to let him sleep at home after they've had an |
| 0:33.8 | evening of amorous activity so you can get a good night's sleep. This then |
| 0:37.7 | spirals into a variety of side plots but essentially what happens is |
| 0:41.5 | for some reason or another |
| 0:43.0 | Kramer now wants to sleep at her place again but she herself has also |
| 0:47.0 | realized that she gets a much more peaceful night's sleep and so therefore does not |
| 0:50.6 | allow Kramer to share her bed again. |
| 0:53.0 | So what are the Jimmy legs? |
| 0:54.2 | Well, it's a condition also known as Willis-Eckbaum disease, |
| 0:57.7 | but you know it more commonly as restless leg syndrome. |
| 1:01.2 | It's a common sleep-related movement disorder characterized by an |
| 1:04.5 | unoff and pleasant or uncomfortable sensation to move the legs that only occurs |
| 1:09.1 | during periods of an activity, especially at night, and it becomes relieved by movement. |
| 1:14.4 | During sleep, most patients with restless leg syndrome |
| 1:16.5 | have characteristic limb movements as well. |
| 1:18.8 | And so because of this, they may also have periodic limb movements of sleep, |
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