[Restless legs syndrome]

The restless legs syndrome is restlessness of the extremities, particularly the legs. It occurs mainly during the hours before going to sleep or during the sleep and it frequently causes a refractory insomnia. The patients feel a typical, almost indefinable, particuliar crawling sensation reminiscent of the movement of worms. The intensity of this feeling may vary from time to time. From literature and our experience we concluded that this syndrome is not a disease of itself but an early symptom of an intoxication or auto-intoxication process.