New Delhi, Oct 18: Today's business world is evolving faster than ever before. To remain competitive it has become a necessity for a lot companies to operate continuously and provide services 24 hours a day. As a result, the shift work (especially graveyard shifts) has become a reality of life and a lot of people are likely to do it at some given point in time.
Professions including doctors, police officers, paramedics, journalists, firefighters, typically work non-traditional hours, which prevents them from getting enough sleep. Although working the night shift often means good bucks, it also poses serious health risks that could also compromise your performance. Here are we giving some health hazards that you may receive as a result of overnight work.
Exhaustion
The human brain is programmed to work during the day and sleep at night. Thus, when the sleeping pattern is altered or disturbed, one really feels tired. The adjustments undertaken by the body may result in you feeling stress. Our bodies are constantly operating in cycle. Sleeping, waking, digestion, body temperature and blood pressure run on a 24-hour cycle and determine when our body is ready to eat, sleep and active. These are also called circadian rhythms. For the night shift workers, these rthyms become opposite.
