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All about shift work sleep disorder

Written by: David Castillo on July 17th, 2010

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Do you work during night shifts? If you answered “yes,” then you are at the risk of developing shift work sleep disorder.

As companies are demanding more productivity, employees are subjected to heavier work quotas. This leads to excess stress and more health problems.

Around 20 percent of employees in industrialized economies work in shifts. As a result, theses sleep routines of these employees are disrupted.

Shift work sleep disorder disrupts your internal body clock, because your work shift is unnatural. You sleep when you’re body should be awake, and you’re awake when you’re supposed to be sleeping.

As a result, you struggle to stay awake during your night time shift and you have trouble sleeping during daytime. Cholesterol and blood pressure levels will rise and you will start to lose your appetite. If you have existing health conditions, like asthma and diabetes, they maybe aggravated. Plus, you will have a weakened immune system.

Apart from health, your ability to perform your daily functions will be affected as well. You will have difficulty concentrating, which will affect your productivity and driving skills.