How Long Working Hours can get you severe Diseases

We often work hard during our working hours to make a good living and make our living standard better. But does our working hours affect our health ? The answer is "Yes". Our working condition and working hours affect our health a lot, and if you are working continuously for longer hours then you are unintentionally putting yourself at risk of several health conditions. In this article we will tell you about potential health hazards of long working hours.

A 35 year old physical therapist worked for 60 to 75 hours per week in a hospital. She started to notice the effect of these long working hours on her body as her periods disappeared, she cracked a tooth while she was grinding her teeth, felt extreme fatigue and abdominal pain. It even lead to over-consumption of alcohol and over-eating. But all that ended five years ago as she came to know that all these negative effects on health were due to long working hours. Now she is fine after reducing her working hours to 40 hours per week and it also helped her in building a loving relationship.

She was lucky, but everybody don't understand the symptoms and get some lifelong lifestyle disorders. Her story tells us that working too long is sometimes an addiction and it harms the body just like any other addiction.

Long working Hours are not a proof of your dedication for work !
Most of the people thing that working long proves their dedication for work. But the truth is just opposite. Long working hours affects your health which reduces your work efficiency and you end up performing worst than an average guy.

Which Diseases can affect you due to long working hours ?

• Stroke : 33% more chances of stroke if yo spend more than 55 hours per week at work.
• Heart disease : 13% more chances of heart diseases. 
• Mental health problems : Anxiety, depression, ADHD and OCD are some diseases that you can get due to long working hours.
• Diabetes : Women are 63% more risk than men if they devote more that 45 hour per week for work.
• Abnormal heart rhythms : 40% more chances of getting this disease if you work more than 55 hours per week.

Being Workaholic

It is a condition when long working hours make you an addict and you can't stay away from work. Even when your are at your home with your spouse and kids, you still think about work. Adrenaline releases in your blood when you work, and withdrawal symptoms appear when you don't. This condition is very critical as it urges your brain to keep engaged with work and leave aside every other important things in your life.

Symptoms of being workaholic

• Enjoying work more than home, family and friends.
• Working for long hours and planning to devote even more time.
• Feeling bored at home and constantly thinking about work.
• Others start telling you that you are ignoring them and not listening to them
• You don't enjoy vacations and feel urge to return to work.

Some facts about health effects of Long Working Hours

• Constantly thinking about your work even when you are not working, affects your health more adversely.
• Long working hours kill people. In Japan they call it "karoshi" which means death from overwork.
• Sometimes relationship problems lead people to spend more time in office, which can lead to workaholic behavior, which ruins the relationships even more.
• One in two workaholic's marriage end up as a divorce.
• 10 Million Americans work for 60 hours or more per week.
• Workaholics prefer cigarette or coffee instead of a break.

Note : All workaholics can't be considered at the same risk. If you are working longer with interest or hobby then it might not hurt you. But in most of the cases people don't like their own job.