Treatment and Cautions for Restless Legs Syndrome

People who are suffering from Agitated Legs Disorder or restless legs syndrome and addicted to drugs like caffeine, alcohol, and nicotine are requested to stay away from them. This particular disease is caused by iron deficiency which can be treated by taking iron supplements.

Agitated Legs Disorder can be handled by taking measures and divided into two categories:

•        Changing your lifestyle
•     Proper medication

Changing your lifestyle

• Massaging legs on daily basis
•  Can take a hot bath in the evening
• Can apply heat to your leg muscles
• Can do some activities that can divert your mind like watching T.V. or listen to the music or read a book
• Exercises can also play a main role like yoga
• Stretching and walking also help in avoiding the pain

Proper medication

Dopamine agonists are usually recommended by the doctors for the treatment which mainly includes: ropinirole, pramipexole and rotigotine skin patch. But there are some side effects of these medicines which includes: nausea, dizziness, headache

Agitated Legs Disorder

Agitated Legs Disorder also known as "Restless legs syndrome" causes itchy feelings in your forelegs. Thus, you always have a desire to move your legs continuously will give you temporary relief. Whenever one is resting at the end of the day he/she feel more pain. No cure needed if signs are mild. Prescription can help you in removing these symptoms if the condition is disturbing.

What are the indicators of restless legs syndrome?

Many individuals with agitated legs disorder find it hard to explain proper feeling that what is going in their legs. They have a feel like a crawling sensation, or like water running down in your legs, or like itchy bones, or feeling just uncomfortable. Another group of people also describe a deep pain in their legs. The nasty feelings make you have a desire to move and feel restless.

• Mainly feeling uneasy when someone is sitting down or lying on the bed, sitting in the office or cinema seat.
• In many people this uneasy condition occurs in the evening, particularly when trying to sleep. With these symptoms one cannot get a comfort sleep and feel tiredness for the next whole day.
• One can get relief by moving, walking, rubbing gently (massaging) or stretching your legs.
• This problem usually affects both legs but sometimes, the arms to get affected from this problem.

Treatment and Cautions for Sore Throats

Even though there is not any medication for a sore throat began with cold virus, but there are different methods that help you felt more relaxed:

Self-Care Remedies:

• You can drink warm liquids, eat cool and soft food.
• Gargling with warm salt water help you in reducing swelling and give you relieve from anxiety. It can help relax a sore throat and breakdown secretions. Gargling also help you in killing bacteria in the throat. (You can Gargle at least an hour with 1 tsp (5 g) of salt which should be dissolved in 8 fl oz (240 mL) of warm water)
• You can smoky environments and smoking.
• You can use a humidifier or vaporizer which eventually help you feel more relaxed and soothing the swollen air passages. It may also give you relief from throatiness. 
• You can also get an over-the-counter medicine as prescribed by the doctor.
• You can also take some rest, can eat a healthy food, and drink sufficient amount of fluids.

Difference between Tonsillitis and Sore Throat?

Sore throat (pharyngitis) is a common disease among people of all ages especially in winters. Pharyngitis is due to swelling of the pharynx—the back of the throat, which is a source of sore throat, plus itching in the throat and difficulty in swallowing. It is generally initiated by an infection in the throat. Aching in the throat is the only symptom. Furthermore, you may also have a gravelly voice, minor cough with high temperature, headache, tired, and the glands in neck may swell. The aching naturally grows over 2 to 3 days and then slowly but surely goes within a week. In reported cases the aching lasts longer than a week. People may also get a sore throat if they have a cold or flu-like sickness.

Tonsillitis is a contagion of the tonsils at the back of the mouth. Symptoms are somewhat similar to that of sore throat, but it may be more severe than Sore Throat. In specific, fever and normally feeling unwell tend to be worse. You may be able to see some fluid which looks like white spots on the enlarged red tonsils.