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Restless Leg Syndrome May Increase Your Risk for a Heart Attack

Posted Jun 10 2009 5:47pm 1 Comment

Restless legs It is well known that Restless Leg Syndrome interrupts sleep but can it also increase your risk for heart disease?

A recent study published in Neurology (Jan 2009) found that people with Restless Leg Syndrome are at an increased risk for a stroke and heart disease.  In fact adults with Restless Leg Syndrome were more than twice as likely to develop heart disease or a stroke.  This study evaluated over 3,400 people.  People who had Restless Leg Syndrome symptoms at least 16 times per month were at the greatest risk.

The exact mechanism that leads to this increased risk is unknown but several theories exist:

1) Periodic leg movements throughout the night can trigger an increase in blood pressure and heart rate.

2) Sleep disturbances have been reported to increase the risk for heart disease.  People with Restless Leg Syndrome experience frequent awakenings and poor sleep quality.

People who have Restless Leg Syndrome should discuss their overall risk for heart disease and stroke with their health care provider and optimize all their risk factors in order to prevent a heart attack!

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Really an appreciable information, especially for those who are suffering from any of both heart disease or restless leg syndrome. These two really seems to have any sort of interconnection. Though not found, but to an extent they are really appreciable to have. Such people really need to be consulting their health service provider, as ignorance in such cases may lead you to a devastating result. And you might reach to a level from where you can never be able to recover. So, hiring a health service that provides eConsultations, Online Medications, constant monitoring of health and a complete nutritional dietary program can really help patients to reclaim their health problems easily letting you live a better life. Companies like Elite health who provides a prevention plus program offering these functions are really getting popular these days. There has been a 45% increase in the enrollment ration after the initialization of great recession that we are facing since 2008. The only reason is because of increased stress level leading people to health problems like heart stroke, heart attack, anxiety, etc. In such cases these medication facilities helps you to sustain your immunity towards such diseases.

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