Immunity system dysfunction caused by insomnia and methods of treatment

AUGUSTYNOWICZ, Kinga, SZYMAŃSKA, Ewa, OSTASZEWSKA, Sandra, ŚWIĄDER, Kinga, CHRZANOWSKI, Jakub, MORAWSKI, Przemysław, PACTWA, Filip, POPIŃSKA, Zuzanna & ŁOGINOFF, Jan. Immunity system dysfunction caused by insomnia and methods of treatment. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2023;13(4):87-91. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.13.04.009 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/42035 https://zenodo.org/record/7645426 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2023; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 21.01.2023. Revised: 29.01.2023. Accepted: 16.02.2023. Immunity system dysfunction caused by insomnia and methods of treatment Kinga Augustynowicz Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im. Wojskowej Akademii Medycznej – Centralny Szpital Weteranów Stefana Żeromskiego 113, 90-549 Łódź ORCID 0000-0003-4547-9599 Ewa Szymańska Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Opolu Aleja Wincentego Witosa 26, 46-020 Opole ORCID 0000-0002-3091-7122 Sandra Ostaszewska Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im. Wojskowej Akademii Medycznej – Centralny Szpital Weteranów Stefana Żeromskiego 113, 90-549 Łódź ORCID 0000-0003-3708-6920 Kinga Świąder Faculty of Medicine, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi Plac Gen. Józefa Hallera 1, 90-647 Łódź Jakub Chrzanowski Szpital Bielański im. Ks. Jerzego Popiełuszki Cegłowska 80, 01-809 Warszawa ORCID 0000-0002-5077-4755 Przemysław Morawski Faculty of Medicine, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi al. Tadeusza Kościuszki 4, 90-419 Łódź ORCID 0000-0002-1975-4350 Filip Pactwa Faculty of Medicine, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi al. Tadeusza Kościuszki 4, 90-419 Łódź ORCID 0000-0002-9559-5072 Zuzanna Popińska Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University Bratislava Špitálska 24, 813 72 Bratysława, Słowacja ORCID 0000-0002-8224-6770 Jan Łoginoff Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University Bratislava Špitálska 24, 813 72 Bratysława, Słowacja ORCID 0000-0002-9239-1920 Abstract Introduction: Sleep is a very important part of human health. Research over the past several years has shown that sleep disorders such as insomnia can affect the risk of infectious diseases. This review describes the immunocompromising mechanisms of insomnia and the consequences associated with this disorder. This review also includes treatment methods. Material and methods: The work was based on the articles published in PubMed, medical books and websites. Results: Insomnia has an influence in the markers of inflammation and there are few methods of treating insomnia. Conclusions: Sleep influences the two primary effector systems which in turn regulate immune responses. Sleep disturbance like an insomnia increase the risk of infectious disease. Treatment can lower the markers of inflammation and helps relieve the symptoms of insomnia. Keywards: „Sleep”, „Insomnia”, “Immunity”, „Infectious disease”