15TipsforRestlessLegsSyndrome减缓不宁腿综合症的15个小贴士.docVIP

15 Tips for Restless Legs Syndrome （How to Reduce RLS Symptoms Naturally） 不宁腿综合症的15个小贴士 （如何减缓RLS症状） By Sally Schultheiss, Special to Lifescript Reviewed by Edward C. Geehr, M.D., Lifescript Chief Medical Officer Published November 20, 2012 ?You finally sit down to relax at night after a long day at work, and bam! No sooner do you settle into that easy chair?that a tightening sensation crawls up your legs, making you get up again. How can you rest when your legs are urging you to move? Here are tips to ease the symptoms of restless legs syndrome, so you can get the relaxationyou need... It feels like your legs constantly want to do the cha-cha, but the cause of restless legs syndrome (RLS) may not be in the lower limbs at all. It actually may be in the brain. Scientists have found that low levels in the brain of a crucial chemical, dopamine, and a mineral, iron, may trigger the torturous twitching, tingling sensation thats a hallmark of the disease affecting 10% of Americans. “Anything that affects the body’s metabolism of dopamine will affect RLS symptoms,” says William Anderson, M.D., an internist who practices sleep medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Thats one reason scientists recommend therapies that target the brain to ease RLS symptoms, from raising levels of dopamine and iron to distracting the mind. Here are some tricks you can try ease your symptoms, settle down and relax. 1. Raise levels of dopamine 提高多巴胺的水平 “The problem is usually the dopamine level in the nerves,” says Lorne Label, M.D., chief of staff at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and clinical professor of neurology at University of California, Los Angeles. Increasing dopamine will help ease symptoms, he says. Drugs containing “dopaminergic agents,” such as pramipexole and ropinirole, largely used to treat Parkinson’s disease, increase dopamine and have been shown to reduce symptoms of RLS, according to the National Institutes of Health.