Today, March 17 is World Sleep Day and this year’s theme is:

“Sleep is essential.”

ᴛᴏᴅᴏs ʟᴏs sᴇʀᴇs ᴠɪᴠᴏs ᴅᴜᴇʀᴍᴇɴ, ᴇʟ sᴜᴇñᴏ ᴇs ᴜɴ ᴘɪʟᴀʀ ᴅᴇ ɴᴜᴇsᴛʀᴀ sᴀʟᴜᴅ ʏᴀ ǫᴜᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄɪᴘᴀ ᴇɴ ᴍúʟᴛɪᴘʟᴇs ᴍúʟᴛɪᴘʟᴇs ғᴜɴᴄɪᴏɴᴇs ғᴜɴᴄɪᴏɴᴇs ғɪsɪᴏʟóɢɪᴄᴀs:

✅ Promotes memory consolidation
✅ Restores and preserves body energy
✅ Contributes to thermal regulation
✅ Activates the immune system by promoting the immune response and reducing the activation of the inflammatory cascade
✅ Regulates the endocrine-metabolic system Promotes the elimination of cellular waste thanks to the activation of the glyphatic system which is responsible for “cleaning the brain” of all substances that accumulate during wakefulness metabolic system
✅ It favors the elimination of cellular waste thanks to the activation of the glyphatic system that is in charge of “cleaning the brain” of all the substances that accumulate during wakefulness
✅ In children, it also promotes brain growth and maturation.

And all this while you sleep!!! Let Netflix and HBO tremble because they will never live up to a good night’s sleep!!!!

In the Neurology Service we have a Sleep Medicine Unit, dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. This type of disorders can affect any age, and our specialists Dr. Laura Lillo and Dr. Milagros Merino, respond to patients who come for these reasons to consultation.

The main reasons for consultation in this unit are: insomnia, restless legs syndrome, night terrors, sleepwalking, narcolepsy, hypersomnia, and sleep disorders. Our quality of life is affected when we do not sleep properly, that is why it is so important to detect when there is a sleep problem.