癫痫是多种原因导致的脑部神经元高度同步化异常放电所致的临床综合征,其病因复杂,发病率高,对患并者日常生活影响大。睡眠占人生1/3的时间,是维持机体健康必不可少的生理过程。研究发现睡眠障碍与癫痫关系密切,文章选取睡眠障碍中发病率较高的阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停综合征,从流行病学、病理生理联系、危险因素及治疗方面综述二者的关系。 Epilepsy is caused by a variety of causes of brain neurons highly synchronized abnormal discharge clinical syndrome, its etiology is complicated, the incidence is high, and the daily lives of patients with large impact. Sleep 1/3 of human life time, is essential to maintain the health of the body’s physiological processes. The study found that sleep disorders and epilepsy are closely related to the selection of sleep disorders in the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, from the epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors and treatment of the relationship between the two reviewed.