Posts Tagged ‘serum ferritin’

Restless Legs Syndrome & Iron

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

This study adds more evidence that functionally low iron is one of the causes of Restless Legs Syndrome. The investigators documented significant improvement in individuals if they had a low-normal serum ferritin to begin with. Interestingly, dopamine deficiency is another cause of RLS—low iron is among the factors that can cause insufficient dopamine production. RLS is a brain problem.

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