BALANCE BETWEEN LIFE AND WORK

INTRODUCTION OCCUPATIONAL LIFE STYLE DISORDERS  PEOPLE ARE PREDISPOSED TO VARIOUS DISEASES BASED ON THEIR WAY OF LIVING AND OCCUPATIONAL HABITS.  THEY CAN PREVENTABLE AND CAN BE LOWERED WITH CHANGES IN DIET, LIFESTYLE, AND ENVIRONMENT.  THE CHANGED HABITS DUE TO INCREASING JOB REQUIREMENT, SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE AND COMPETITIVE LIVING ARE THE MAIN CULPRITS.

 MAIN FACTORS:  BAD FOOD HABBITS  PHYSICAL INACTIVITY  WRONG BODY POSTURE  INSUFFICIENT SLEEP  SMOKING, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO  LESS WATER INTAKE  DISTURBED BIOLOGICAL CLOCK.

 PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH NECK $ HEAD 1) CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS 2) MIGRAINE 3) TENSION HEADACHE

CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS  THIS IS A GENERAL TERM FOR AGE RELATED WEAR AND TEAR AFFECTING THE SPINAL DISCS IN YOUR NECK.  AS THE DISC DEHYDRATE AND SHRINK, SIGNS OF OSTEOARTHRITIS DEVELOP, INCLUDING BONY PROJECTIONS ALONG THE EDGES OF BONES- “BONE SPUR”  VERY COMMON AND WORSENS WITH AGE.

MIGRAINE  A RECURRENT THROBBING HEAD ACHE THAT TYPICALLY AFFECTS ONE SIDE OF THE HEAD AND IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY NAUSEA, DISTURBED VISION, AND EXTREME SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT AND SOUND.

TENSION HEAD ACHE  FACTORS  STRESS  IMPAIRED SLEEP  SKIPPING MEALS  ANXIETY  OVER EXERTION

 DIFFERENT CONDITIONS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO TENSION HEAD ACHE…SUCH AS VISION PROBLEMS OR EYE STRAIN, OVER EXERTION, MUSCLE STRAIN CAUSED BY POOR POSTURE.  WHILE CERTAIN FOODS SUCH AS PROCESSED, CHOCOLATE, JUNK FOODS, RED WINE CAN TRIGGER.

 PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH BACK 1) LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS 2) LUMBO-SACRAL STRAIN

LUMBAR SPONDYLOSIS  SPONDYLOSIS IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A GROUP OF ARTHRITIS BASED SPINE CONDITION THAT CAUSE INFLAMMATION IN THE VERTEBRAE AND SOME TIMES JOINTS OF THE SPINE.  GENERALLY OCCURS IN THE LOWEST SECTION OF THE LUMBAR SPINE.

LUMBO-SACRAL STRAIN  THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF LOW BACK PAIN.  THE INJURY CAN OCCUR BECAUSE OF OVERUSE, IMPROPER USE OR TRAUMA.  TYPICAL SYMPTOMS ARE PAIN AND SPASM THAT ARE LOCALISED OVER THE POSTERIOR LUMBAR SPINAL MUSCLE BELLIES LATERAL TO THE SPINOUS PROCESS OR AT THE INSERTION OF THE MUSCLE AT THE ILIAC CREST.

 OTHER CAUSES: 1. EMOTIONAL STRESS 2. IMPROPER POSTURE 3. OVER WEIGHT 4. OUT OF THE SHAPE 5. SITTING IN THE SAME POSITION FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

 PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH STOMACH 1) ABDOMINAL FLATULANCE 2) CONSTIPATION 3) ACIDITY

ABDOMINAL FLATULANCE  FLATULANCE IS THE STATE OF HAVING EXCESSIVE STOMACH AND/OR INTESTINAL GAS[ WASTE GAS PRODUCE DURING DIGESTION], THAT IS USUALLY RELEASED FROM THE ANUS WITH SOUND.

CONSTIPATION  A CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS DIFFICULTY IN EMPTYING THE BOWELS, USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HARDENED FAECES.  IS A CONDITION IN WHICH YOU HAVE FEWER THAN 3 BOWEL MOVEMENTS A WEEK, OR HARD, DRY AND SMALL BOWEL MOVEMENTS THAT ARE PAINFUL OR DIFFICULT TO PASS.

ACIDITY ACIDITY REFERS TO A SET OF SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY AN IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE ACID SECRETING MACHANISM OF THE STOMACH. COMMON PROBLEM THAT OCCURS DUE TO CONSUMPTION OF SPICY $ FRIED FOODS.

 IT ALSO OCCURS BECAUSE OF LESS INTAKE OF WATER, NOT TAKING MEALS ON TIME or DUE TO OVEREATING.

 LIFE-STYLE DISORDERS 1) HYPERTENSION 2) DIABETES MELLITUS 3) OBESITY 4) HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA

HYPERTENSION  BLOOD PRESSURE IS THE FORCE EXERTED BY THE BLOOD AGAINST THE WALLS OF BLOOD VESSELS, AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS FORCE DEPENDS ON THE CARDIAC OUTPUT AND THE RESISTANCE OF THE BLOOD VESSELS.  HTN IS HAVING A BLOOD PRESSURE HIGHER THAN 140/ 90 mm Hg.

DIABETES MELLITUS  D.M IS A GROUP OF METABOLIC DISEASES IN WHICH THERE ARE HIGH BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS OVER A PROLONGED PERIOD. POLYURIA POLYDYPSIA POLYPHAGIA

OBESITY  OBESITY IS AN ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF BODY FAT, USUALLY 20% or MORE OVER AN INDIVIDUALS IDEAL BODY WEIGHT.

 THE MACHANISM FOR EXESSIVE WEIGHT GAIN IS MORE CALORIES ARE CONSUMED THAN THE BODY BURNS AND THE EXCESS CALORIES ARE STORED AS FAT/ ADIPOSE TISSUES.

HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA  THIS IS A CONDITION CHARECTERIZED BY VERY HIGH LEVELS OF CHOLESTEROL IN THE BLOOD.

 COMPLICATION 1) STROKE 2) CARDIAC FAILURE

STROKE THE SUDDEN DEATH OF BRAIN CELLS DUE TO LACK OF OXYGEN CAUSED BY BLOCKAGE OF BLOOD FLOW or RUPTURE OF AN ARTERY TO THE BRAIN.

CARDIAC FAILURE  OCCURS WHEN THE HEART IS UNABLE TO PUMP SUFFICIENTLY, TO MAINTAIN BLOOD FLOW TO MEET THE BODY’S NEEDS.

 PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS 1) INSOMNIA

INSOMNIA INSOMNIA IS A SLEEP DISORDER IN WHICH THERE IS AN INABILITY TO FALL ASLEEP OR TO STAY ASLEEP AS LONG AS DESIRED.

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PREVENTION  MAINTAINING HEALTHY DIET  REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY  QUIT SMOKING AND ALCOHOL  SUFFICIENT SLEEP  DRINK SUFFICIENT WATER  TAKE BREAKS FROM LONG TIME POSTURE  PERIODICAL HEALTH CHECKUPS $ AVOID SELF MEDICATION  BE HAPPY ALWAYS……

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