A syndrome characterized by unpleasant tickling, burning, prickling, or aching sensations in the leg muscles.
Symptoms tend to come on at night in bed; they may also be triggered by prolonged sitting.
The condition tends to run in families and is common in middleaged women, people with rheumatoid arthritis, smokers, and during pregnancy.
The cause is unknown, and there is no single cure; some patients benefit from cooling the legs, others from warming them.
Treatment with levodopa and calcium channel blockers can sometimes help.
A condition in which the patient experiences unpleasant sensations, and occasionally involuntary movements, in the legs when at rest, especially at night. No pathological changes have been identi?ed. It is sometimes indicative of iron-de?ciency ANAEMIA, but in many cases the cause remains a mystery and the variety of cures o?ered are a testimony to this. Some anti-epileptic drugs are said to help (see EPILEPSY).... restless legs syndrome
Locking at the knee (Prickly Ash bark). Legs aching from no known cause (Hawthorn, Motherwort). Legs, pins and needles (Cramp bark). Legs swollen, due to heart weakness or kidney disorder (Broom). Ankles, ‘giving way’ sensation (Cramp bark). ... legs
pl. n. abnormal out-curving of the legs, resulting in a gap between the knees on standing. A certain degree of bowing is normal in small children, but persistence into adult life, or later development of this deformity, results from abnormal growth of the *epiphysis or arthritis. The condition can be corrected by *osteotomy. Medical name: genu varum.... bow-legs
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