What is dangerous for the health of office work (21 photos)

Office work is you do not unload the wagons, but also fraught with yourself a lot of pitfalls that affect your health. In this post, let us consider what are the dangers of office work:

1. Sitting all day takes you years of life


Long time and kept sitting very harmful. Body aches and a feeling of weakness - is the smallest of the emerging issues for this reason: too long sitting can lead to early death. You may face a high risk of muscle and bone disorders, obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and many others, even if you regularly exercise.

2. If you are a regular slouch in the chair, it can lead to chronic diseases


If your job requires you to sit most of the day, you should get a special device that helps to straighten bad posture. If you do not, then you posposobstvuete the development of many chronic diseases, including arthritis and bursitis.

3. Using Desktop with integrated treadmill bodily injury


Although such tables can reduce the risk of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, they also lead to an increase in typos and can lead to falls and injuries.

4. Neglect breakfast wraps for your body constant stress


You are constantly on the run and regularly miss the most important meal? If you do this consistently, you will bring your body to stress and metabolic disorders. People who do not eat breakfast are more likely to suffer high blood pressure, overweight, and they often have problems with the heart, as opposed to those who regularly takes food within two hours after getting up in the morning.

5. Regular meals fast food instead of a full meal increases the risk of cardiovascular disease


Most office workers occasionally eat junk food instead of dinner, but even occasional indulgences may have negative consequences. Portion "fast food", usually contains double the amount of calories, as compared with the same portion of the conventional food. In addition, there are lots of oxidized fats that increase the risk of heart disease.

6. "Incentive" meeting really depressing effect on people


In order to adjust to the productive work of employees, employers sometimes hold team building exercises and motivational meetings. However, studies have shown that attempts to get people to rejoice in what they do not believe, in fact, can only strengthen their discontent.

7. recycled, toxic air clogs the lungs


Department of Environmental Protection calls it a "sick building syndrome". Indoor air can be up to 100 times dirtier than the street, and there are people are exposed to a variety of harmful gases and chemicals. The air conditioners have contaminants, toxic particles, bacteria and fungi dangerous, and all that flying around, especially in buildings in which not thoroughly cleaned.

8. If you are working near the printers and copiers for too long, it can lead to lung disease


Photocopiers are the source of a potentially deadly ozone filters if they are not changed promptly. Even a small amount of this gas can cause chest pain and irritation. The same applies to the laser printer with the developing powder particles which enter the lungs and the bloodstream, which can lead to pulmonary disease and other diseases.

9. How long sit with working laptop on your lap is very harmful


If during operation the laptop is on your lap and not at the table, then from overheating may be problems with the skin. But for men, there are even more alarming news. Researchers at New York University found that from a laptop can raise scrotal temperature, which leads to a decrease in sperm count.

10. Work for more than 10 hours a day can end a heart attack


European researchers found that people who work 10 hours or more each day are at 60% greater risk of money cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and angina.

11. Working without a fixed schedule can lead to weight gain and increase the level of stress hormones


Those who work mainly at night (eg, programmers) are at greater risk of developing Type II diabetes, cancer and heart disease. As it turned out during the study from Harvard University in 2009, people are waking up later, have reduced levels of leptin (the hormone responsible for appetite suppression) and an increased number of stress-related hormone cortisol.

12. harm your eyesight if you look at the monitor infinitely


Despite the fact that computer screens do not emit radiation, stress from prolonged peering may cause harm to your vision, although sometimes it is only temporarily. In addition, you may experience headaches and migraines.

13. From the very bright light increases stress, fatigue and blood pressure rises


Needless to bright lights may cause you more problems than the daily headaches. The body perceives over-illumination as the total darkness, and it confuses your internal clock. You may have health problems such as fatigue, stress, high blood pressure and an increased risk of developing certain forms of cancer.

14. Boredom increases the chances of dying from heart disease or stroke


According to researchers, boredom can actually shorten your life. A study conducted at University College London found that those who complain of boredom, are more prone to heart disease and stroke. It also increases the risk of accidents at work.

15. Dirty keyboard is as dangerous as E. coli and coliform bacteria


The keyboard can be fertile ground for the growth of bacteria if not kept clean. Microbiologists have found that the keyboard can contain up to five times more bacteria than the toilet, including the most dangerous of them, such as E. coli and coliform bacteria, which are normally associated with food poisoning - along with staphylococci, which causes a variety of infections. < br />
16. Microbes in the office literally everywhere


Your keyboard - is not the only breeding ground for bacteria in the office. Door handles and faucets, elevator buttons and a printer, a handshake and a lot more - all hotbeds of bacteria. Germs are everywhere, and some of them can be deadly.

17. Continued use of the keyboard leads to carpal tunnel syndrome


Excessive work with the keyboard - a known cause of carpal tunnel syndrome (carpal tunnel syndrome), which is a painful sprained wrist, which can spread to the whole arm. The disease may have serious consequences, including irreversible nerve damage and muscle atrophy.

18. Deadlines negative effect on learning and memory


Are you nervous when you have to fit into a very short period of time, which in turn greatly hinders your learning and bad for memory, according to data released by Science Daily. This kind of short-term stress can be just as bad for you as well as the stress that lasts for several weeks or months.

19. If you hold the computer mouse in the same place, this may lead to repetitive strain as a result of DC


If your mouse is still in the same place all day long, it can lead to overexertion. Stretching upper limb occurs when your tendons are strained more than it should for extended periods of time. The reason for this can be a constant or repetitive movements awkward position of the hand.

20. Abuse of a smartphone may eventually loosen your hands and wrists


People who constantly use their smartphones to write SMS and emails, prone to muscle fatigue and the so-called "smartphones finger syndrome" or de Quervain's tenosynovitis constrictive. The consequences could be before the bad, the pain reaches the wrist and weaken your hand.

21. Uncomfortable shoes can lead to injury of the spine, muscle spasms and chronic headaches


Luxury boat that you wear can give you the opportunity to feel high and give confidence, but they also harm your body in the most unexpected way.

From 2005 to 2009 the number of visits to doctors women because of problems with his legs increased by 75%.

Uncomfortable shoes can cause spinal injuries, muscle spasms and even chronic headaches and migraines. In addition, the harder you will be, the more time you spend sitting, which in itself is fraught with many problems with health.