The Relationshi̇p Between Restless Legs Syndrome and Vi̇tami̇n B12 Levels in Pregnancy

Backgrounds: Restless legs syndrome is a disorder which increases in pregnancy. Symptoms that occur during pregnancy can become permanent. Also the biochemıcal parameters can effect the sypmptoms of RLS. This study aimed to investigate the possible relationship between restless legs syndrome and Vitamin B12 Results:Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Education and Research Hospital was included in our randomly selected 100 pregnant women that applied to the Gynecology and Obstetrics outpatient clinic. Pregnant women were divided into two groups: one group with restless leg syndrome, and one group without. It was investigated whether there is a statistically significant difference between the Vitamin B12 levels between the two groups. This study revealed that patients with RLS had significantly higher serum Vitamin B12 levels in comparison to controls Conclusıon: This study found no significant relationship between vitamin B 12 and RLS, it is essential to examine the possible relationship in larger patient groups in terms of evidence-based medicine