Dr Oz Relief for Restless Leg Syndrome – Home Remedy Lavender Soap for RLS
Over 12 million Americans suffer from restless leg syndrome. Dr. Oz explores the causes and how you can get relief.
Dr oz says you don’t have restless leg syndrome through the day but you feel the effects of RLS during the night. Over 12 million Americans suffer from restless leg syndrome (RLS). Dr. Oz explores the symptoms, the causes, and what food and lifestyle choices can be helpful or harmful when it comes to getting relief.
Half the folks have a genetic link to RLS, it strikes ages 45 and older, but kids can get it also. Dr Oz went to say women in their last months of pregnancy can get restless leg syndrome. It gets better after you deliver, and goes away.
Susan from Calgary Alberta, Canada joined Dr Oz and explained the 4 key symptoms for RLS
Dr Oz Restless Leg Syndrome Symptoms
1. Strong urge to move your legs
2. Worse lying down, sitting still
3. Worse at night
4. Feel relief when moving around
Dr oz says with restless leg syndrome people classically get irritation at the back of their calf, and when you move your leg it gets better. The discomfort can start in your ankle, it can start in your hip, it can be anywhere including your body trunk, or your arms. People describe it with multiple words such as creeping, crawling, tingling, pulling, itching, gnawing and aching, and the only way they get relief is by walking around.
Dr Oz said restless leg syndrome can strike anytime that your still!
3 things that are harmful for RLS
Dr Oz 3 C’s
1. Cocktail
2. Caffeine
3. Chocolate
Dr Oz lavender Soap Helpful RLS
1. Prescription Drugs — Sometimes drugs can be the cause such antidepressants, antihistamines, and sleep medications may cause RLS. But there are also new pharmaceutical drugs out there to help.
2. Iron deficiency — RLS is common in people with iron deficiency, so if your iron levels are low such as anemia.
3. lavender Soap – Home remedy Dr Oz heard about, and some folks swear by and it’s soap.
You take the lavender soap and you put it under the sheets (foot of the bed) so you actually have the odour coming up through the sheets. Dr Oz said he thinks the lavender is relaxing within itself and may be beneficial, and perhaps the other ingredients in these naturally made soaps people believe it relax’s their legs and they don’t have as many symptoms.
Although no cure exists for Restless Legs Syndrome, different types of treatment can be used to manage the condition and relieve discomfort. If your symptoms are mild, self-help may be sufficient treatment. If your Restless Legs Syndrome is caused by an underlying condition, treatment of the underlying condition often cures the RLS.
Treatment For RLS
Medications used to treat restless leg syndrome include carbidopa-levodopa, opioids (such as propoxyphene) or tramadol (Ultram) for intermittent symptoms, carbamazepine, clonazepam, diazepam, triazolam, temazepam, baclofen, bromocriptine, and clonidine. Also, recently, gabapentin (Neurontin) has been found helpful. The FDA has now approved ropinirole (Requip) and pramipexole (Mirapex) for the treatment of restless leg syndrome. Other treatments that have been helpful for some patients include avoiding caffeine, warm/cold baths, electric nerve stimulation, oral magnesium, and acupuncture.
