When:
🗓️ September 23
Where:
🌐 Everywhere
Since:
2012❓
September 23 is the birthday of the Swedish neurologist professor Karl-Axel Ekbom who wrote the first doctoral thesis on Restless Legs Syndrome in 1945
Restless Legs Syndrome is also called Willis-Ekbom disease because the first person to describe RLS was Sir Thomas Willis
in the year 1672.
Thus, both the names of Sir Thomas Willis and
Professor Karl-Axel Ekbom are included in the name of the disease for their combined efforts.
Even though they lived centuries apart, writing down the knowledge was the bridge to new insights.
Restless Legs Syndrome is also called Willis-Ekbom disease because the first person to describe RLS was Sir Thomas Willis
in the year 1672.
Thus, both the names of Sir Thomas Willis and Professor Karl-Axel Ekbom are included in the name of the disease for their combined efforts.
Even though they lived centuries apart, writing down the knowledge was the bridge to new insights.
#RestlessLegsAwarenessDay
