Restless leg syndrome is the condition in which the patient feels an uncontrollable urge to move their legs to relieve the unpleasant sensation. The sensation is typically worse in evenings and night time. It is also known as Willi-ekborn disease. The onset can be at any age and worsens with age. The condition can effect daily activities and sleep. The triggering sensations are described as: crawling, creeping, and pulling, throbbing, aching and itching. There is no known cause for RLS. Sometimes the disease runs in the family or in pregnancy the increased hormone levels may trigger it. Risk factors include: increasing age and in women. Accompanying conditions include: iron deficiency anemia, peripheral neuropathy, kidney failure, spinal cord conditions like a lesion. Treatment includes: massages, warm baths, exercising and skipping smoking and decreasing caffeine intake. Medications that can be used include: dopamine agonists (ropinirole, pramipexole and rotigotine skin patch), sleeping pills.