Restless Legs Syndrome Awareness Day

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), also called Willis–Ekbom disease, is a neurological disorder characterized by an urge to move the legs, usually accompanied by uncomfortable sensations, which occur mainly at rest and are relieved temporarily by movement.

1672: Thomas Willis (English physician) gave the earliest well-recognized description of RLS. He described patients with an irresistible need to move their limbs, particularly at night, causing severe sleep disturbance.

1945: Karl-Axel Ekbom, a Swedish neurologist, published a systematic clinical description of the disorder and popularized the term “restless legs.”

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