What is overwork death? How to avoid it?

  The concept of “death from overwork” was first introduced by Japanese scholars as a modern disease that causes exhaustion due to long working hours, increased labor intensity, and excessive psychological stress, and even causes the rapid deterioration of latent diseases in the body, followed by death. In essence, it is a sudden death induced by long-term chronic fatigue. According to the World Health Organization, the incidence of “death from overwork” is increasing year by year. With the development of society and the increase of work pressure, “death from overwork” has become an increasingly serious health and social problem. Long-term overload in modern life has led to many people being overworked and suffering from lowered immunity and disease. The key to avoiding “death from overwork” is early detection, early prevention and early treatment. So what symptoms appear, we should be alert to “overwork death”? In our opinion, the symptoms in working life are: weakness, easy fatigue, weakness, lack of freshness, lax thinking, depression, forgetfulness, insomnia, headache, facial pain, eye fatigue, loss of vision, nasal congestion and dizziness, blackness in front of the eyes when standing up, tinnitus, foreign body sensation in the throat, swollen lymph nodes, stomach stuffiness, stiff neck and shoulders, cold hands and feet, sticky palms, constipation, palpitation and shortness of breath, numbness in the hands and feet In addition, it is easy to get motion sickness, fidgeting, and distracted.  Once you have one or more of these symptoms, we must pay attention to them and actively manage them. Make sure to nip this danger in the bud. So how to take care of it? The author combined with clinical summary of a set of prevention methods, for reference.  1, the first thing is to have adequate rest.  Once the feeling of fatigue, should be timely adjustment and rest, to achieve a combination of work and rest, relaxation. Sleep is an important means to dispel fatigue, and strive to have sufficient sleep.  2.Adhere to appropriate exercise.  Walking, jogging, doing exercises, etc. Exercise can increase cardiorespiratory function, increase the body’s immunity, enhance the body’s ability to resist disease, and accelerate the body’s metabolism.  3, maintain a balanced nutrition.  Take more C together S vitamins, trace elements, fresh vegetables and fruits, advocate more carrot juice, orange juice and other juices.  4.Learn to relax, combine work and rest, and keep a relaxed mood. To prevent fatigue, to maintain abundant energy, you must often maintain a happy mood, learn to regulate life, increase mental energy, so that the nervous tension to relax. Those who have the conditions can choose to travel to relax themselves.  5, Chinese medicine conditioning is also a better way.  Mainly according to the disease to identify and treat. Commonly used formulas are: tonifying Zhong Yi Qi Tang, Xiao Chai Hu Tang, Liu Wei Di Huang Wan and so on. In addition, acupuncture and massage is also very effective. When you are tired, you may want to do more massage to help relax the whole body.  6, regular medical checkups, early detection of disease.  Whether young or old, whether manual workers or mental workers, it is best to do an annual physical examination, it is important to maintain the continuity of medical examination, do not interrupt, in order to early detection of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, especially the hidden heart disease, to prevent it.