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Anyone heard of a blood-test for RLS?

Posted by jerrympls on June 7, 2003, at 3:36:38

My sister has been having restless legs at night while attempting to sleep. I did quite a bit of research on the subject including treatments, causes, etc. - but no where did I find that it could be diagnosed with a simple blood test.

Her family doc said they diagnosis Restless Legs Syndrome by testing the level of FERRITIN - which coincidentally is part of hemoglobin/iron level work-up. Anyway, the dr. said she had a level of 12 which he said was LOW - meaning she DID have restless leg syndrome. I looked at my recent test results and found my ferritin level to be even lower at 7.

One of the main treatments for RLS is a medlike Mirapex - but it also seems that iron supplements can help as well.

Anyway, for those of you out there who are amateur psychopharmacologists - is this test a TRUE measure??

Thanks!
Jerry


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