Huon Leh-Kiong Anne, Guilleminault Christian
Adv Otorhinolaryngol. 2017;80:145-147. doi: 10.1159/000470886. Epub 2017 Jul 17.
"Sleep Medicine" is now a specialty in its own right. Currently, there is increasing recognition of the very negative impact sleep disorders have on learning, education, safety, and quality of life. Technological advances will help us to break down diagnoses (e.g., narcolepsy has now been subdivided into types 1 and 2, depending upon the hypocretin levels in the spinal fluid) and to discover relationships to other bodily systems (e.g., type 1 narcolepsy potentially being an autoimmune disorder). The modern lifestyle of many, as characterized by a shortening of sleep periods, shift work, jet lag, and the need to be constantly available, means that advances in sleep medicine may result in a major understanding of more balanced "work-rest lifestyle" modifications.
“睡眠医学”如今已自成一门专业。当前，人们越来越认识到睡眠障碍对学习、教育、安全和生活质量有着极其负面的影响。技术进步将帮助我们细化诊断（例如，发作性睡病现已根据脑脊液中下丘脑分泌素水平细分为1型和2型），并发现其与身体其他系统的关联（例如，1型发作性睡病可能是一种自身免疫性疾病）。许多人的现代生活方式表现为睡眠时间缩短、轮班工作、时差反应以及随时待命的需求，这意味着睡眠医学的进展可能会让人们对更平衡的“工作 - 休息生活方式”调整有更深入的理解。
