The saying of “death from overwork” first came from Japan. Death from overwork is a fatal disease attack caused by strong work pressure or stress.
Although people believe that “overwork” causes death, if we look at the existing medical literature, there is no epidemiological investigation evidence to support that “overwork death” is related to overwork.
is it so dangerous to work
In the eyes of many people, various work or life pressures are often considered to be the causes of death. When more and more young lives around us die, people begin to reflect on their lifestyle and health.
People often complain about high work pressure, which is sometimes a manifestation of maladjustment to work. Indeed, every person in society has a job responsibility. Who doesn’t have pressure at the moment when people are rushing forward (money)? If a person does not have basic diseases, the mental stimulation and pressure from work will not lead to “death from overwork”. Any disease is a process from the onset of symptoms to the final outcome. Your responsibility is to find and pay attention to the uncomfortable symptoms of the body as soon as possible. The doctor’s responsibility is to find the cause of the disease in time and accurately according to the symptoms, eliminate or block the progress of the disease as far as possible, restore physical health and improve the quality of life.
In a word, “death from overwork” is mostly caused by the failure to treat the original disease correctly or in time, coupled with their contempt or neglect of physical symptoms, which leads to tragedy. However, work stress, overwork and tension often act as the last straw to crush camels, inducing or aggravating the course of diseases. From this point of view, people in the office and it circles can not be simply regarded as high-risk people of “death from overwork”. Those who have a disease foundation and do not have adequate exercise and sleep at ordinary times should be regarded as risk people of “death from overwork”.
medical explanation of death from overwork
If we have to use medical terms to describe “death from overwork”, “sudden death” is the most appropriate, and “sudden cardiac death” is the most common.
“Overwork death” is not a medical word, nor is it in medical books. It is more like a word to describe social phenomena and a helpless cry of people.
Medically, sudden death refers to the sudden “unexpected, non-human” natural death of a person who usually looks healthy or whose condition is basically stable. It is said that it is a natural death, because the possibility of suicide, homicide, poisoning, allergy, trauma and other deaths has been ruled out. “Sudden” means rapid, so most sudden deaths occur within one hour, and rarely survive six hours.
how to identify “overwork”
Important risk factors of “death from overwork”: disease basis, physical and genetic factors, personal habits, temperature and seasonal changes.
There is no medical diagnostic standard for “death from overwork”. At present, the identification of “death from overwork” is mostly based on the investigation of responsibility or compensation after the event, so that a risk factor evaluation can be conducted to assess the weight of overwork in the cause of death.
From the perspective of “quantity”, he continued to work within 24 hours before death, and worked more than 16 hours a day in the week before death. If the overtime time of one month is more than 100 hours, etc. In terms of “quality”, it is the mental or physical burden of a certain job. For example, irregular work, frequent business trips, shifts or night shifts, sometimes the working environment temperature, noise and time difference can also be taken into account.
what should professionals do?
Fatigue and sleepiness are warning signals for the body. What you need to do is to have a rest instead of blindly stimulating the tired body with “exogenous substances”. The news of PwC’s female master’s degree “overwork” makes people feel insecure, which is a wake-up call for others. At least, it can make you realize that you should pay attention to rest, combine work and rest, and get enough sleep.
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