For the last 12 years I’ve been screaming from the rooftops that INFLAMMATION is the cause of Restless Legs Syndrome.
I was banned for life from the three largest online RLS communities … RLS.org, RLS.org.au and a UK community called “Health Unlocked.”
It was actually pointed out to me by a member of Health Unlocked that after I was banned, members were not allowed to reference me or anything that I had posted on my website.
There have been several scientific studies over the past decade that “suggested” that inflammation and RLS were strongly linked, but it was always concluded that more testing was needed to be done.
No scientist was willing to give the RLS-INFLAMMATION link a full throated endorsement.
That is until now.
In a 2022 study lead by Dr. Joseph Dowsett, his team identified a definite link between RLS and inflammation.
The study was called “CHRONIC INFLAMMATION MARKERS AND CYTOKINE-SPECIFIC AUTOANTIBODIES IN DANISH BLOOD DONORS WITH RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME”
From that study:
“Our results support the existence of links between systemic inflammation and RLS.”
After being called a kook for the last 12 years, I feel like I’ve finally been vindicated. This is a good day for me.
The really good news about this study is that it should lead to many OTHER studies attempting to verify Dr. Dowsett’s conclusion.
That’s good news for RLS sufferers. Once a sufferer understands that their underlying issue is really inflammation, that may prompt them to take action rather than depend on terrible drugs that only mask the symptoms.
The truth is, if the inflammation is not dealt with, it will CONTINUE to manifest in a variety of ways. IBS, Crohn’s, Fibromyalgia etc.
The Restless Legs Blog (or how I tried to convince Big Pharma that my legs are better) 