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I am 65 years old. I am having restless sensation in my calves after I go to bed in the night for the last 8 years. It starts mostly within half an hour to an hour of hitting the bed disturbing my sleep. I have to keep stretching, turning and twisting for a long time before it subsides. Initially exercising of calf muscles would improve the situation but for the last two years exercises do not really help. Is it rls or something else? is it attributed to some deficiencies? do I have to get some tests done? pl advise me for diagnose and remedies.
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Might be you are suffering from neuropathy it's kind of tingling sensation associated with pain and sometimes numbness people also describe it as ants crawling on feet and leg specially in night main cause is diabetes other causes can be nerve compression, b12 deficiency, peripheral vascular disease etc if you have similar features start tab. Mecobal od once after breakfast for 2 weeks can take tab. Ultracet sos in night for pain get your cbc hba1c bsl f tft b12 levels vitamin d3 levels blood pressure checked stop alcohol if you are taking review with reports.
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