Restless Legs Syndrome

What is it that I have - and how is it recognised?Twelve hundred and fifty questions of the kind people really ask in a consultation, and to each of them a full answer that stands on its own. You can open the book at any point at all: no answer assumes another, none refers you to a different chapter or a different volume.This first of the four question volumes is about what the condition is, why it arises and how it is recognised. From the five diagnostic criteria through the questionnaires, the blood tests and the sleep laboratory to the illnesses that feel confusingly similar.Eighteen chapters organise the material, so that it can also be read straight through. Anyone with a particular question will find it through the contents - and will have it answered without having to read anything else first.What is in the book1250 questions and answers in 18 chaptersThe five criteria, explained one by oneHow the diagnosis is made, and what questionnaires and scores meanWhat blood tests and the sleep laboratory really achieveCauses, triggers, heredity and what happens in the brainIron in the brain, and why the symptoms come in the eveningCourse, prognosis, severity and the variantsCramps, nerves, veins: what feels similarWho this book is forFor everyone who has only just heard of this condition, for patients with an uncertain diagnosis, and for anyone who would rather read question by question than chapter by chapter.Volume 49 of 52 in the book series on restless legs syndrome, part 'Questions and Answers'. Every volume can be read on its own.