[Restless Legs Syndrome : A Threat to the quality of life].
Restless legs syndrome is a disorder associated with the imperative need to move the legs, starting at different times of day and it gets worse at night, relieved by activity, affecting the quality of life and sleep who sufferers it. Despite being a common disorder at any age, in adults with a prevalence of up to 10%, is not diagnosed by doctors and first level specialists that is why diagnostic and therapeutic interventions get delayed contributing to the perpetuation of symptoms and worsening quality of life. Since its diagnosis is purely clinical, getting familiar with this disorder is essential to ensure proper focus and thus rule out other diseases commonly confused with this one. Restless legs syndrome has a multi-factorial etiology that ranges from a genetic and hereditary, which are called primary restless legs syndrome, to its association with multiple pathologies, known as secondary restless legs syndrome. As for its management, drug therapy and non-drug therapy is aimed at symptom control, as its cure is not possible, although occasionally the condition can refer to later repeat in months or years.
Especialidad de Geriatría. Departamento de Medicina Interna. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia.
Mauricio
M
Castaño-Cárcamo
Profesor Asociado de Psiquiatría. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia. Director Científico Fundación Sueño Vigilia Colombiana. Bogotá, Colombia.
Franklin
F
Escobar-Cordoba
Centro de Trastornos Respiratorios del Sueño (CENTRES) - Clínica Anglo Americana. Lima, Perú 5 Profesor de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú
Jorge
J
Rey de Castro
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000209:etiology
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D018491:Dopamine Agonists