Correlation between Restless Feet Syndrome & Erectile Dysfunction

Last Updated on Tuesday, 8 June 2010 06:17 Written by putra Tuesday, 8 June 2010 05:58

Restless Leg Syndrome / RLS appears to have links with the problem of erectile dysfunction. The syndrome is estimated suffered by 23 percent of the population in the world community.

Dr. Xiang Gao, a health care researcher from Harvard University School of Public Health, said an adult male patients with restless legs who always shake his legs at night might have a tendency to experience erectile dysfunction.

The health information research was conducted over four years to more than 23,000 men. In 2000, they were interviewed about the ability of an erection that were categorized into five rating scale ranging from very bad to very good.

Two years later, they were interviewed again in restless legs syndrome related complaints. For your info, all these men have no complaints about diabetes and bone disorders that can increase the restless legs syndrome.

Results of interviews in 2002 said that about four percent or 944 men were suffering from restless feet syndrome disorder. They are the majority of advanced age or approximately 70 years men. Those who didn’t suffer from restless feet syndrome were usually two years younger, had routine exercise, and not smoking. Approximately 53 percent of those who experienced restless feet syndrome also experienced erectile dysfunction.

In 2004 they were re-interviewed about their ability to erect. The health care information research result said that men who experienced restless feet syndrom for 5-14 nights per month have a tendency to 16 percent of erectile dysfunction. While those who experienced restless leg more than 15 nights per month, had a tendency to 78 percent of experiencing erectile dysfunction than those who did not suffer from that syndrome.

Director of Mental Health Hospital, Ingolstadt Germany, Dr. Thomas Pollmacher, criticized the results of Gao’s research. The parameters used in the study are considered weak. “The study also did not explain in the medical relationship between restless feet syndrome and erectile dysfunction,” said Pollmacher.

Responding to the critic, Gao agreed that the restless feet syndrome didn’t have a direct link with erectile dysfunction. He also finally agreed that men who experienced restless feet problems did not entirely got erectile dysfunction. However, he ws committed to continue to deepen their natural health care research.

Gao simply suggest to the men who got restless feet syndrome in order to immediately see a doctor to determine the potential for erectile dysfunction.