Urbaniak Camilla, Reid Gregor
Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, N6A 4V2, Canada.
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Western University, London, ON, N6A 5C1, Canada.
Womens Health (Lond). 2016;12(2):193-8. doi: 10.2217/whe.15.101. Epub 2016 Feb 22.
Humans have been exploring space for almost 55 years but space travel comes with many psychological and physiological changes that astronauts have to adapt to, both during and post flight missions. Now, with the reality of such missions lasting years, maintaining proper health of the flight crew is a high priority. While conditions such as nausea, bone loss, renal calculi and depression have been recognized, and approaches to medical and surgical care in space considered, the influence of the microbiota could be of added significance in maintaining astronaut health. While probiotics have long been part of the Russian cosmonaut diet, their use for specific health concerns of women has not been assessed. In this article, we explore the ways in which the microbiome may influence the health of female astronauts during long space flights, and present a rationale for the use of probiotics.
人类探索太空已近55年，但太空旅行会带来许多心理和生理变化，宇航员在飞行任务期间及任务结束后都必须适应这些变化。如今，随着此类任务持续数年成为现实，维持机组人员的身体健康成为当务之急。虽然诸如恶心、骨质流失、肾结石和抑郁等状况已为人所知，并且也考虑了太空医疗和外科护理的方法，但微生物群在维持宇航员健康方面可能具有额外的重要意义。虽然益生菌长期以来一直是俄罗斯宇航员饮食的一部分，但尚未评估其对女性特定健康问题的作用。在本文中，我们探讨了微生物群可能影响女性宇航员在长时间太空飞行期间健康的方式，并提出了使用益生菌的理论依据。
