Some people lie down after a long day and feel an unbearable urge to move their legs, a crawling or pulling sensation that simply won’t stop until they get up and walk. It doesn’t feel like a cramp. It doesn’t go away with a stretch. It comes back the moment they try to rest again.<\/p>\n
This is restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis-Ekbom disease. A cross-sectional study conducted at hospitals in Karachi, published in International Scholarly Research Notices (2015), found a point prevalence of 23.6% in a Pakistani sample, with women affected at twice the rate of men. Despite this, the condition is widely misdiagnosed in Pakistan as anxiety, varicose veins, or ordinary leg fatigue.<\/p>\n
Understanding what RLS actually feels like, what drives it, and what genuinely helps is the first step toward getting the right care.<\/p>\n