Do not underestimate in case you have legs that are always moving or restless legs syndrome, always desired to move back and forth or kicking while
sleeping. Restless leg syndrome occurs most often in adults, middle-aged, and older. Stress makes it worse and vice versa disrupted sleep because of this syndrome causes the risk of stress. The cause is unknown in most patients.
Research shows patients with restless legs syndrome two times more vulnerable to heart assault. This disorder does not cause heart assaults, but could be a hint of risk factors that require to watch out for, said Dr. Arshad Jahangir, a heart specialist from the Mayo Clinic New york, as quoted from Dailymail.
Restless leg syndrome is a neurological disorder which causes the foot will move even when they was sleeping. This disorder is of the factors triggering the stress due to greatly reduce the quality of sleep. But the relation with heart health is not because this syndrome may cause stress. Moreover, patients with restless legs syndrome tend to have thickening of the tissue lining the wall of the heart so as not fluent in pumping blood.
A study at the University of New York show, thickening of the heart wall tissue at 45 percent experienced by patients with restless legs syndrome who moves his feet over 35 times in the coursework of the night. The fewer moves, the smaller the risk of thickening.
In a continuous observation for three years, patients with restless legs syndrome who experienced thickening in the heart tissue two times more in danger of heart assaults and even death. While the legs did not move much while sleeping, their heart is comparatively safe.
The study, by Dr. Ralph Brindis of 584 patients with restless leg syndrome, and introduced at the American College of Cardiology conference in New Orleans recently. Of the institutions that finance them are the National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
