Occupational stress is not new, studies indicate that the recent trends have made it increasingly difficult for employees to adequately balance the responsibility of their jobs and their families as employees are working longer hours and bringing more work at night.
Experts agree that work stress is a set of physical and mental reactions that an employee suffers when subjected to external factors. These reactions can be physiological, cognitive, behavioral or emotional, and they are usually accompanied by physical or mental exhaustion, anguish and feelings of impotence or frustration at the inability of the individual to cope with the situations that generate that stress.
The causes of this type of stress can be an excess of workload, also by the high level of responsibility that tests the worker and by bad relations in the work environment. These three causes alone are detrimental, but can sometimes combine and cause much more serious health damage.
There are 2 types of work stress:
1. EUSTRESS: This is the positive version of work stress, because when it appears it prepares the body to face situations of great pressure and responsibility. Its main function is to protect the body from all the threats that the work stress can provoke, achieving a balance and giving rise to some point to pleasurable sensations.
2. DISTRESS: This kind of stress can be identified because it reduces the capacity for attention, decision and action, modifying our mood and interpersonal relationships. This is the negative version of work stress, is given in response to excessive workload and is where we often see serious health symptoms. Workplace stress is bound to be the new epidemic of the 21st century.
In conclusion, work stress is not something that should be taken lightly for us in Kenya, it is really a disease to which attention must be paid and take action to be able to control it. It is true that we are all exposed to suffering it but we all have the ability to cope it. Consult an expert on the subject and put into practice some of the exercises that exist to achieve a balance.
What a better way to start the year than taking care of your health? Mobile Health recommends you to have an annual medical checkup, this is a complete medical examination that allows you to know more about your health, prevent or reduce disease risk factors and early detect any condition, so that the treatment is more effective and the diagnosis more favorable.
The medical examinations that are carried out are varied, because it is a preventive method, according to several factors, your doctor will indicate you to which specialists you will be remitted. In addition to the studies, together with the physician, they should determine actions and strategies for health care.
According to specialists for this checkup you need to go with a 12 hours fasting period, comfortable clothes in case you are asked for resistance tests and well rested. Annual medical check-ups are different according to gender, age, family history, risk factors and habits.
According to experts, the annual medical check-up can be done at any age, but after 18 years it becomes essential, especially if there is a history of any illness in the family. From the age of 65, specialists recommend doing two annual medical check-ups.
The annual medical check-up allows you to detect any alterations in time, in addition to indicating if you have good health and areas for improvement. Avoid stress, eat healthy and exercise according to the doctor, who will also tell you if you need to get this check again done again in less time.
Obesity affects the whole population of the world. Obese people have a greater risk of developing different types of cancer. There is a consistent evidence that higher amounts of body fat are associated with malignancies of kidney, breast, ovary, pancreas, colon, rectum and other diseases including:
· Liver cancer
· Breast cancer
· Kidney cancer
· Pancreatic cancer
· Endometrial cancer
· Gastric cardia cancer
· Colorectal cancer
· Gallbladder cancer
· Ovarian cancer
· Esophageal cancer
· Thyroid cancer
The good news is that cancers could be prevented every year if everyone has a healthy weight. To avoid this situation, Mobile Health suggests you to change your eating habits. It is important to eat regularly and avoid skipping meals. Prevent the sedentary lifestyle by exercising, going out to exercise with friends and having fun, so let's move Kenya and have a better life.
There are situations in life that can cause depression. This is why taking care of your mind is just as important as taking care of your body. The physical well-being affects your emotional health, and in the same way certain actions that you carry out for your emotional health will positively affect your body. Emotions influence your life, do not fall into stress and negativity. Today Mobile Health wants to help you improve your emotional health with these tips:
1) Accept the moments as they are: It is often more complicated to accept a difficult moment, however you must accept and think positively, something can be learned from that situation.
2) Stay Active: Ideal for taking care of your mental health. Apart from your daily activities, make your brain have challenges, learn new things, this will keep you more active.
3) Avoid disturbing yourself: When you are angry, breathe and calm down, observe things unrelated to your anger. You will see yourself calming down.
4) Rest, take time and do things for yourself: Dedicate yourself a few minutes a day. Do something you like, for example practice your favorite sport.
5) Remove Negative Emotions: Accumulating negative emotions can affect your physical and emotional health, discourage them.
6) Welcome the laughter: Practice smiling. Although there might be times when you lack the reasons, it sounds crazy, but laughter is health.
7) It’s also worth crying: When you feel that you need it, cry and let it go.
8) Value yourself and value others: Remember how positive you and the people around you are.
9) Spend time with those you love: Do not forget those people who are important to you and spend some time with them.
Keep in mind the importance of taking care of yourself physically and mentally. Put these tips in practice to help you take care of your emotional health.
Ebola is a viral infectious disease that we all have heard of. It causes hemorrhagic fever and it´s the responsible for numerous deaths over the years in different parts of the world. Well, finally we have some good news!
In recent days, numerous test had been executed with an experimental vaccine against Ebola that in its first results appeared to offer 100% protection against this terrible disease.
The study was conducted in 11, 841 Guinean residents. Of the 5,873 people who received the vaccine, none were infected with the Ebola virus in the next 10 days, when 23 patients of those who did not receive the vaccine were infected.
The results are so promising that even though they do not yet have the approval of any regulatory agency, production has already begun and there are 300,000 doses in case of emergency due to an outbreak.
Nevertheless, Vaccines still have to be improved. It appears to be effective only with one of the two most common strains of the disease and it seems that the protection it offers is not for an extended time. Joint pain and headaches can also be mentioned as some of the most common side effects.
"The vaccine is a big step in the right direction for the final solution but not the ultimate solution," said Dr. Garry Nabel, global scientific director of health for the pharmaceutical company Sanofi.
Studies confirm that moderate beer consumption is good for the heart. The United States Heart Association presented a Pennsylvania State University study that looked at cholesterol for 80,000 people and found that good cholesterol is higher in people who drink one beer every day than in those who don´t drink alcohol.
Other investigation carried out on a group of people with high cardiovascular risk between 55 and 80 years in Spain concluded after daily and moderate consumption of beer for 28 days, that beer is good for the heart due to a decrease in inflammatory markers And stabilizers linked to cardiovascular problems.
Experts from Barcelona´s Hospital indicated that moderate consumption of beer and a healthy diet reduces the possibility of suffering a stroke, since beer has about 50 polyphenols, whose antioxidant effect contributes to control blood pressure, fat and resistance to insulin.
Also if you had a heart attack you can improve the function of the heart, said a specialist at the Center for Cardiovascular Research in Barcelona, as the properties of beer help to heal the tissue after suffering a heart attack.
These studies were based on the moderate intake of beer with or without alcohol and confirm the positive effects of the beer on the heart. But remember, it should be consumed in moderation.
