Nausea when tired. Overwork

Update: December 2018

Constant fatigue, apathy, decreased performance are attributed to changing weather, lack of sleep, and lack of vitamins. Doctors say: chronic fatigue is a direct path to depression and decreased immunity. Let's look at overwork in detail: causes, symptoms and treatment. We'll tell you how not to neglect yourself and quickly regain strength.

Overwork used to be understood as a condition associated with long absence good rest. Today, overwork is considered as the body’s reaction to constant or excessive irritants of a mental, mental, and physical nature.

The discrepancy between the severity and duration of work and rest time triggers this process. Unfavorable living conditions, constant stress, poor nutrition aggravate and perpetuate the condition.

Depending on the causes, physical, nervous, and mental fatigue are distinguished: the last two types are similar in manifestations and often accompany each other. It is possible that both physical and mental fatigue with mixed symptoms develop.

Fatigue is physiological state body, and overwork is pathological!

Fatigue

Overwork is preceded by fatigue, the symptoms of which are a signal for a person. Fatigue is a shift in the psychophysiological state of the body and leads to a temporary decrease in labor efficiency. Fatigue from light exertion, decreased performance, mood swings, more long time recovery and rest speak of fatigue. It's time to stop doing the work, reduce the intensity, take a break.

Physical fatigue

Develops gradually. At first there is mild fatigue, non-intense pain syndrome in the muscles. The symptoms go unnoticed, the person continues physical labor or sports, does not reduce the load, which leads to the height of physical fatigue.

Symptoms of physical fatigue:

constant feeling of fatigue, after sleep, rest, massage;
increasing muscle pain: at rest, with tension;
restless sleep: waking up for no reason, difficulty falling asleep;
violation emotional background: apathy, lethargy or irritability;
discomfort, pain in the area of the heart;
tachycardia;
decreased appetite;
white coating on the tongue;
trembling of protruding tongue;
weight loss;
in women - menstrual irregularities.

Symptoms of overwork appear at work. It is impossible to fulfill one’s professional duties fully and efficiently.

Treatment

Available means and methods that speed up recovery from fatigue.

Bath

An ancient Russian way to eliminate fatigue, recover from hard physical labor, increase performance, and strengthen the immune system. Frequency – 1-2 times a week, after the session – massage. You should not go to the bathhouse immediately after exercise, if feeling unwell, acute diseases and a number of other contraindications.

Baths

Water helps to “wash away” fatigue and the heavy burden of the day.

oxygen bath. Shown when physical fatigue, after injuries, for diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Procedure time - 7 minutes, per course - 15 procedures, daily;
vibrating bath. Activates protective and restorative mechanisms, blood circulation, stabilizes metabolism, eliminates muscle fatigue. Procedure time – 3-5 minutes, per course – 15 procedures, daily;
bubble bath(with air bubbles passing under high pressure, water temperature 37 C). Promotes relaxation, eliminates nervous tension. Procedure time – 10 minutes, per course – 10-15 procedures;
pine bath. Has a calming effect and eliminates physical fatigue. Procedure time – 10 minutes, 2 times a week, can be done regularly;

Shower

If you don't have time to go to medicinal baths, a regular shower will help:

a hot shower with water temperature + 45 C has a tonic effect;
a warm rain shower soothes, refreshes, and eliminates muscle pain;
cascade shower increases muscle tone;
A contrast shower supports the body's performance and speeds up recovery.

Massage

A universal procedure that has a positive effect on the central and peripheral nervous system, heart, blood vessels, digestion, and metabolism. Duration of massage: 10 minutes on each leg, 10 minutes on the back and neck, 10 minutes on upper limbs, 10 minutes abdominal area and chest.

What to do if there is no time for all these procedures?

Eliminate overloads, do not give up the usual physical activities fully. Change activities, take a short vacation.
Take a walk every day fresh air.
Eliminate nervous tension as much as possible (don’t live with other people’s problems, don’t get nervous over trifles, etc.) see;
Review your diet: saturate your menu with fruits, vegetables, herbs, and lean meats.

Mental fatigue

Often interpreted as ordinary fatigue. People take vacations, go to the sea, but their condition does not improve. Leads to the condition:

continuous work at the computer (more than 8 hours a day);
periods of increased mental stress (reporting period, etc.);
a large amount of information received in a short time;
being under stress;
dissatisfaction with work, salary, etc.

Symptoms:

Primary	Secondary
Periodic headaches for no reason	Memory loss, absent-mindedness
Feeling tired even after sleep	Soreness of the axillary and cervical lymph nodes
Pale, grey colour faces	Increased body temperature
Blue spots under the eyes	Depression, mood changes
Fluctuations in blood pressure	Stomach ache
Redness of the sclera of the eyes (the main symptom of computer fatigue)	Loss of appetite, weight loss
Problems falling asleep	Insomnia, night sweats

Worsening of the condition is accompanied by vomiting, nausea, severe irritability, nervousness, loss of concentration, and memory impairment. There are frequent acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory viral infections.

There are 3 stages of development mental fatigue:

Easy. Problems falling asleep even when severe fatigue, feeling tired after a night's sleep, decreased physical and mental performance.
Average. Added: heaviness in the heart area, anxiety, fatigue. Hand trembling with little physical activity. Rough sleep With frequent awakenings, nightmares. Disorders at work digestive system: decreased appetite, pale facial skin, reddened sclera of the eyes. In men - decreased libido and potency. In women - menstrual irregularities.
Heavy. Neurasthenia manifests itself - increased excitability, irritation, lack of sleep at night, drowsiness at night. daytime, disruption of the functioning of all organs and systems.

Stages 2 and 3 of fatigue require treatment.

Treatment

The main principle of treatment is to reduce stress of all types that led to the condition. How to recover from mental fatigue?

First stage. Complete rest 1-2 weeks, including hiking in the fresh air, proper nutrition. Relaxing baths and aromatherapy sessions (mint,) will help. After this period, you can gradually add intellectual and physical activity, excluding overload. Recovery occurs within 2 weeks.
Second stage. Complete refusal of any intellectual activity: work with documents, reports, projects. Relaxing auto-training, massage, and relaxation in a sanatorium are useful. Recovery occurs within 4 weeks.
Third stage. Hospitalization in a specialized medical institution: dispensary or specialized sanatorium. The first 2 weeks are rest and relaxation, the next 2 weeks are active sport. Intellectual loads can be introduced after 4 weeks in very measured doses. Full recovery takes 4 weeks.

When the first signs of mental fatigue develop, there is no need to wait for progression. Take a short vacation for 2-5 days, change the type of activity, engage in active recreation, auto training. Other methods of relaxation are also suitable: a warm bath, yoga, outdoor recreation. Give up coffee and alcohol, normalize your wakefulness and rest patterns, and eat well. It is important to improve your sex life.

You should not prescribe medication to yourself: this may worsen the condition, because... for mental fatigue drug therapy not shown. Medicines prescribed in severe cases, with the development severe depression, neurosis.

Nervous fatigue

Stress, emotional overload, negative emotions do not leave their mark on the body and lead to nervous fatigue. First symptoms nervous fatigue:

persistent fatigue;
insomnia at night and drowsiness during the day;
pessimism;
anxiety;
increased sensitivity to external stimuli;
tachycardia, blood pressure surges;
general symptoms of fatigue: fever, pain in the legs, arms, back, discomfort in the stomach and intestines;
exacerbation of chronic diseases.

The person becomes impatient, irritable, anxious, and unsure of himself. Self-esteem falls, problems arise in the sexual sphere, memory deteriorates, and the mood is consistently depressed.

During nervous fatigue there are three stages:

hypersthenic: fussiness, irritability, understanding that there is a problem, but the inability to cope with it. Poor control over emotions, provoking quarrels and conflicts. Headache, muscle pain, insomnia, decreased ability to work;
annoying weakness: hot temper, pessimism, anxiety. Heart pain, shortness of breath, allergic reactions;
hyposthenic: apathy, lack of interest in life, depressed mood, indifference.

Treatment is similar to mental fatigue. It is important to rule out the factors that led to the condition.

Overwork in children

This dangerous condition leads to health problems. Overwork is most often preceded by severe fatigue. Causes:

babies: violation of the daily routine, problems with breastfeeding;
preschoolers: stressful situations, dysfunctional family environment, excessive attempts by parents to develop their children in every possible way, to raise geniuses;
younger schoolchildren: physical and mental stress, overload with lessons, short night sleep;
senior schoolchildren: hormonal changes, high intellectual load, conflicts with peers.

The first symptoms of overwork in children are not pronounced, which complicates the diagnosis. Please pay attention to:

moodiness/tearfulness for no apparent reason;
restless sleep, screams in sleep, erratic swinging of legs and arms;
impaired concentration during activities or games.

There are three stages of overfatigue in children (classification according to S.L. Kosilov):

	Minor	Expressed	Sharp
Interest in the material	Lively interest, children ask questions	Weak. Children do not ask clarifying questions	Apathy, complete absence interest
Attention	Rarely distracted	Scattered. Children are often distracted	Weak. Reaction to new material absent
Pose	Fickle. Characterized by stretching of the legs and straightening of the torso	Children often change positions, turn their heads to the sides, prop them up with their hands	Children constantly want to stretch out and lean back in their chair.
Movements	Accurate	Slow, unsure	Fussy, impaired fine motor skills, handwriting

In addition to the above, characteristic general signs fatigue: insomnia, daytime sleepiness, poor appetite, irritability, moodiness, unreasonable fears, weakness and headaches. Children lose interest in learning and fall behind. Join often psycho-emotional disorders: unpleasant facial expressions, antics, mimicking others, aggression. Obvious symptoms of overwork in teenagers: they begin to snap, become rude, and ignore the comments and requests of adults.

Treatment of overfatigue in children

If you do not begin to correct this condition in a timely manner, everything can turn into neurosis, vegetative-vascular dystonia, insomnia. Needed A complex approach, it is better to contact a pediatrician and a psychologist who will prescribe sessions of auto-training, psychotherapy, massage, vitamin preparations. In parallel follows:

adjust nutrition. No fast food, nutritious and regular meals;
increase feasible physical activity and: sports, swimming, physical therapy;
spend more time outdoors: active walks 1.5-2 hours a day.

Prevention of overwork

Overwork is not a disease, but the approach is the same: it is easier to prevent it than to correct it later. Sticking to simple recommendations, you will be able to remain active throughout the year, and a working holiday will be enough to recuperate.

Get plenty of rest on your weekends.
Don’t overload your brain with TV, heavy music, or other people’s problems.
Change your activities: if your main work is physical, don’t neglect books at home, and vice versa.
Engage in feasible sports: walking, jogging, morning work-out, swimming pool, bike.
Visit relaxing treatments: bathhouse, sauna, swimming pool, massage.
Avoid drinking alcohol at the first sign of fatigue. Instead of relaxation, you will personally introduce into the body toxic substances and make the situation worse.

Think carefully about your vacation. I want to do everything at once. But if you have 3-4 days off, it’s better to go out of town with your family, relax in nature, rather than go abroad for new experiences.

Parents must provide:

supply of fresh air to housing: regular ventilation of premises;
daily walks: regardless of the weather, even if it’s raining outside, you can breathe fresh air under a canopy;
good nutrition: more vegetables, fruits, herbs, natural meat and dairy products;
quiet time before bed: reading a book, putting together a puzzle, coloring;
adherence to daily routine: A child’s nightly sleep should be at least 9-10 hours.

Knowing the symptoms of overwork, modern approaches to treatment and prevention, it is easy to prevent the transition borderline state into illness. If not treated, acute condition will turn into chronic fatigue - nervous or physical exhaustion, the symptoms of which are more serious. Social complications, health problems, and communication problems arise. The quality of life suffers greatly, and long-term serious illnesses are possible.

Take overwork seriously - it is not just fatigue, but a protracted pathological condition that can lead to illness. Follow a daily routine, alternate periods of activity and rest, avoid overwork and overload.

Overwork is pathological condition human body caused by constant (chronic) fatigue. There is probably no person in the world who has not suffered from overwork at least once in his life. In our rapidly changing world, people are suffering more and more from this disease.

Overwork- a state of mind and body familiar to more than 90% of adults.

Below on the House of Knowledge you will find out what the symptoms of overwork are and how to deal with it.

Symptoms of overwork.

First of all, a person feels depressed, lethargic, his coordination of movements, well-being, appetite and sleep deteriorate. I often have a headache. But it also happens the other way around - excessive unhealthy nervous excitement. Such a person, as a rule, has trouble falling asleep, disturbing memories pop up in his mind, and in the morning he feels overwhelmed. Efficiency noticeably decreases and it is difficult for him to concentrate, and in order to remember something, an overtired person has to re-read the same thing several times.

For some people, their functions are impaired due to overwork internal organs and systems: heart rate quickens, increases arterial pressure, sweating, discomfort in the heart, sometimes abdominal pain, nausea, and a burning sensation in the esophagus appear.

Physical fatigue. Recovery after physical fatigue.

I'll say frankly: if you are physically tired, pills or medicine will not help.

Paradox 1.
First of all, you should review your own daily routine, and sometimes work extra.

Instead of rest - work?

Yes! And this is not the only paradox that you will have to face when overworked. It turns out that fatigue itself protects the body. It signals unfavorable changes and the need to immediately eliminate irritants.

Recovery in response to signals of fatigue is called restoration. It does not occur immediately: breathing, for example, returns to normal faster than heart rate or blood pressure, and even slower than processes in the brain. The stronger the body is trained, the faster its normal state is restored.

Paradox 2.
Another paradox: the path to increased performance necessarily lies through... fatigue. For example, if you don’t get tired during training, consider your efforts wasted - you won’t become stronger.

IN functional state a person after training there are three phases:

First phase- fatigue;
Second phase- restoration of the original level;
Third phase- improvement of well-being.

So, you should not be afraid of fatigue (overwork), but the inability to overcome it (I want to warn you: you can only load the body under the guidance of a trainer or doctor).

Mental fatigue. Recovery from mental fatigue.

Somewhat different features of mental activity and brain fatigue. It is known that intellectual load, no matter how strong it is, affects a relatively insignificant part of the nerve cells cerebral cortex. If, for example, you are tired after solving a physics problem for a long time, this does not mean that the whole body feels this way. Switch your attention to another activity, say, read a fiction book, and the tired part of the cerebral cortex will return to a state of rest, at which time another part of the brain will start working. After some time, the fatigue goes away and you can return to physics again.

In order not to overwork the brain, it is useful to draw up a kind of mental work schedule every day, in which intense mental activity would alternate with activities of a different nature: drawing, music, reading art books, etc. All these activities relieve neuropsychic tension well.

And yet, the effectiveness of mental work is best enhanced by active movements, physical exercise and labor.

Goethe said: " The most valuable thoughts come to my mind when I walk".

Rousseau also wrote about this: " Walking in some way enlivens and inspires my thoughts".

Among the ancient Greeks, the need to combine mental and physical labor even became a proverb. About “nobodies” (people who can do nothing) they said: “ He can neither swim nor write".

Modern Scientific research confirmed the deep rationality of such alternation of activities. After all, our body is complete system. By tensing your muscles, you increase your readiness to work. nervous system, and it in turn activates brain activity. So, doing physical work, gymnastic exercises, walking, running, playing sport games, that is, by rationally combining muscle tension with subsequent relaxation, you can successfully maintain high intellectual performance for a long time.

I hope it’s now clear why there is no paradox in the fact that the doctor recommends that the patient work, or rather engage in other activities, to overcome fatigue?

How to relieve excessive nervous tension?

After all, it also causes a lot of harm to our health and leads to a decrease in performance.

Again, nervous tension in itself does not threaten anything. Modern dynamic life forces us to solve many problems every day, to choose the best from many options for actions and decisions, as a result of which several functional structures simultaneously “compete” in the brain. And even two such “competitors” cause nervous tension.

It’s only bad if it’s excessive stress, unproductive. As a rule, it reminds itself of itself by increasing anxiety and excitement. When such tension is caused primarily by positive emotions, it is not difficult to overcome. At negative emotions, for example, with fear, painful doubts and the like, nervous tension intensifies, and the further you go, the more wastefully the energy and functional resources of the brain are spent. In this case, chronic fatigue or overwork occurs.

Often the cause of excessive nervous tension is habit, or even the need to simultaneously solve several problems, “split” attention and energy on them. Repeating such situations, especially daily, is very harmful to health.

At a young age, the other extreme is also dangerous - constantly caring about peace, avoiding difficulties and problems, the number of which will only increase every year. Those who grew up “sissies” will not find it easy to cope with them.

I remember a case when a young man, graduating from school, could not choose a profession to his liking. This irritated both him and his parents. Nervous tension increased every day. The guy walked around depressed, increasingly feeling tired and overworked. In order to somehow get rid of the unpleasant feelings, he decided to postpone the final choice of profession until later. After graduating from school, he got a job temporary work with a good income. For a while everything seemed fine. But after a few months, gloomy thoughts again began to annoy him, disturb him, and he could no longer help here. Finally, casting aside doubts, he entered the technical school that he liked best. But the nervous tension experienced earlier did not just go away during my student years. young man I had to treat my neurosis for a long time.

Overwork– a condition that is increasingly encountered modern man. And although many still treat this condition with irony, doctors have long included it in the classification of diseases. So, first of all, you should understand that overwork is a disease with its own causes, symptoms, stages of development of the disorder, treatment and possible consequences.

However, if the reasons are more or less clear (too long and hard labour, insufficient time and quality of rest, unfavorable working conditions, poor nutrition, psycho-emotional stress, etc.), then signs of body fatigue– the concept is more flexible. Many attribute this diagnosis to themselves after just one too difficult day, while others, on the contrary, do not take it seriously. obvious symptoms disorders requiring immediate treatment. Meanwhile, to identify in time external signs overwork is very important, since timely diagnosis will help to avoid severe systemic consequences.

Signs of overwork

Although the symptoms of this condition are too often misunderstood, there are some objective signs of fatigue:

fatigue does not go away after several hours of rest (for example, in the morning after an 8-hour night's sleep);
constant headaches for no apparent reason;
redness of the eyes;
swelling and/or change in complexion;
inability to fall asleep despite fatigue (especially early in the morning);
increased blood pressure;
irritability and nervousness;
absent-minded attention, memory impairment, inability to concentrate;
nausea, vomiting, risk of fainting;
emotional disorders.

It is easy to notice that many signs of overwork in adults can in one way or another manifest themselves as a result of other diseases and disorders - there are no unique symptoms on this list that clearly indicate a diagnosis. For example, blood pressure, nausea, headaches, red eyes may be clear signs hypertension or other heart diseases vascular system, and swelling and changes in facial skin color often indicate problems in the functioning of internal organs. In addition, we must not forget about age-related changes, which women especially notice. But each of the above symptoms is an objective sign of overwork if it manifests itself in combination with others against the background of increased physical and mental stress (mainly due to hard work).

Consequences of overwork

Signs of fatigue and overwork must constantly be in the control zone of each of us, if only because the consequences of inattention to similar violations very serious. Among them it is worth noting:

a noticeable decrease in the body’s immunity and resistance;
reduction in work accuracy and, as a consequence, significantly more high risk injuries and/or errors with serious consequences;
development of neurasthenia, hysteria and neuroses.

The best way to avoid these consequences is to get sufficient quality and quantity of rest before the first signs of physical and mental fatigue appear. You can read about how to relax at work in the article at the link. No less useful in this context will be the relaxation technique from the authors of our site, which will not relieve you of overwork, but will allow you to quickly relieve psychological stress.

The primary symptoms of fatigue are somewhat different due to the genesis of the process. If the cause of the uncomfortable state is mental overstrain, then an early sign of fatigue is reduced to:

To memory impairment.
Problems with the speed of information processing.
It becomes difficult for a person to concentrate.
There is a feeling of emptiness and fog in the head.

The appearance of this symptomatology is associated with prolonged and intense mental labor, for example, preparing a student for an exam, work related to permanent solution mental tasks.

If professional activity a person is associated with physical activity, it can be hard physical work or monotonous work, even with a small load. For example, such a condition can be observed in a person working on an assembly line, in an athlete after a grueling workout, in a truck driver after a long drive, and so on. Early signs of fatigue of this nature appear:

There is a desire to sleep.
Apathy.
Performance decreases:
- The person begins to work automatically.
- If on initial stage a worker could perform several actions at the same time, for example, directly perform his professional actions, talk, look out the window, then, over time, his strength is only enough for work.
- Gradually, movement coordination fails and the worker’s body begins to spend more energy to do the same work.
- Labor productivity is falling.
- There is a loss of attention; it is more difficult for a person to concentrate on performing certain actions.
- The number of marriages is increasing.
- As a result, this situation can lead to an accident.
There is a response to fatigue of the autonomic system:
- Increased sweating.
- The need to breathe deeper and more often.
- Increased heart rate.
- Hyperemia of human skin.

There are often cases when fatigue comes from a combination of both physical and psychological (emotional) stress.

Under loads of any kind, the state of the blood changes and the body has a need to speed up its circulation in the vessels. This is the work of the cardiovascular system. Therefore, with increased physical activity, first of all, big job goes to the heart, as the volumes of the pumped medium increase, the volume of filling and emptying of the heart ventricles increases, while the body has to put in more effort and burn more reserves to get required amount energy to contract and straighten muscles.

In order to accomplish a certain physical action Enough energy is supplied to the tense muscles more blood, while its volumes are redistributed in the body. This occurs due to the reaction of blood vessels: some of the capillaries narrow, while others increase in cross-section. In addition, the volume of circulating plasma is replenished thanks to the pumping of blood from the so-called “storages” - local dilations of blood vessels, which are mainly located in the lung system, liver and skin. If necessary, these vessels are spasmed and the blood located there is supplied to the general blood cycle.

Oxygen, the main element of nutrition and energy, enters the body through the respiratory system. And if in calm state a person needs from 150 to 300 cubic centimeters of air per minute (depending on age and gender), then in case of high physical activity, the body begins to consume of this product 10–15 times more, that is, the volume of pulmonary ventilation increases.

With great intensity of physical labor or prolonged monotony, there comes a time when fatigue comes to the body. The person begins to feel signs of fatigue.

In physico-chemical terms early signs fatigue are:

Deposition in muscle tissue lactic acid, toxins and other metabolic products.
Inhibition of the vegetative-neuralgic system, decreased ability to work in the nervous apparatus of the peripheral system.
“Fatigue” of the cortical part of the central nervous system.

Today, doctors consider the most probable theory of central-cortical fatigue during muscle functioning. The essence of the theory is that the appearance of signs of fatigue is a cortical defensive reaction the body to physical overstrain by reducing the performance, primarily, of cells in the cortical region.

Objective and subjective signs of fatigue

In medical monograms, representatives of this area human activity separate objective and subjective signs of fatigue, which differ somewhat from each other.

Objective signs of fatigue are:

Dulled sense of caution.
Decrease in labor productivity.
Stated physiological changes in organism:
- Impaired perception.
- Acceleration of heart rate.
- Increased breathing. It becomes superficial, but frequent.
- Increase in blood pressure.
- Changes in the nature of response motor activity.
- Escaping attention.

Subjective signs of fatigue include:

General fatigue of the body, decreased tone of muscle activity.
Local feeling of fatigue. That is, a person feels fatigue specifically, for example, in the lower or upper extremities.
There is a real desire to reduce the work rhythm or completely stop physical or mental activity.
During physical work directly in the limbs, weakness and slight tremor appear.

External signs of fatigue

Fatigue is physiological characteristic of the human body, which is a temporary decrease in the body’s ability to perform full activities. Externally, the main symptom of fatigue is a deterioration in the quality of work and a decrease in its pace. Other external signs of fatigue are:

The shade of the skin changes. Depending on the intensity of work, it can range from slightly pinkish to crimson red (with pronounced cyanosis - emerging cyanosis).
Strengthening work sweat glands. With light intensity, these are small droplets of sweat, localized mainly on the face in the frontal part. During heavy physical work, sweat production is quite profuse. At the same time, you can see stains on clothes from salt that comes out with sweat.
Change respiratory rhythm. It can change from smoothly - faster to more rhythmic and intense - faster. Raising and lowering the shoulders in rhythm with breathing is added.
Failures in movement coordination. If at the beginning of work a person’s movements are coordinated and less energy is involved in their implementation, then later the movements become more uncoordinated, swaying and tremors appear in the upper and/or lower extremities, and there is no strength or desire left for further movement.

If a person begins to feel tired or there are external signs of fatigue in a person working nearby, it is worth stopping the activity and taking a short break, allowing the body to at least partially recover.

Signs of fatigue and overwork

What is fatigue and overwork? Fatigue is the physiological reaction of the body to the load applied to it. Overfatigue is a prolonged feeling of fatigue that occurs against the background of absence for a long time of rest. So what are the signs of fatigue and overwork and what is the difference between the two terms?

Fatigue is physical, psychological and emotional level exhaustion of the human body. Whereas overwork is a prolonged feeling of exhaustion, that is, fatigue. The state of overwork is for many modern people constant feeling, due to our rhythm of life and constant presence in under stress. To a greater extent, this fact concerns residents of megacities. This situation is dangerous to human health, and in some cases, perhaps not directly, to his life.

The signs of fatigue and overwork are quite obvious and familiar to almost everyone.

Such a person is haunted by constant drowsiness.
He may be plagued by constant, almost never-ending headaches, the intensity of which varies throughout the day.
Even after a seemingly peaceful night, such a person feels weak and “broken.” That is, during sleep, the body is no longer able to restore the amount of energy that was spent during the day.
Despite constant desire sleep, can’t fall asleep for a long time.
Such a person is also haunted by other diseases. It would seem that as soon as one thing is treated, another immediately sets in. What is the result of reduced immunity.
A sign of fatigue and overwork is memory deterioration and decreased performance at the physical level.
A person develops apathy and a desire to be left alone.
Distraction of attention appears. Such a person may need to make some effort to concentrate.
All of these factors can cause high blood pressure.
In this state, people become taciturn.

If a person is exposed to unfavorable factors for a long time, fatigue becomes chronic. Exactly chronic fatigue and is called overwork. Against this background, the body’s ability to resist decreases external influences, leading to an increased risk of injury or illness.

Overwork does not go away without a trace for the nervous system either.

Nervous breakdowns.
Sudden change of mood.
Such a person has a desire to be alone.
He may react inadequately to a seemingly insignificant response.
Hysterics.
Feeling of anxiety, increased irritability.
Tension in relationships with loved ones.

Signs of physical fatigue

If a person’s professional activity is associated with constant physical activity, then fatigue initially begins to manifest itself locally, affecting those muscles that are directly involved in performing actions. When conducting studies using the Mosso ergograph, it was proven that in the process of constant physical activity of the muscles, fatigue gradually increases and the ergograph begins to record a decrease in the strength, amplitude and frequency with which the muscles continue to contract and relax. That is, there is a disruption in the relationship between antagonistic muscles. The time of the relaxation phase especially increases.

The curve recorded on the Mosso ergograph tape is called the “fatigue curve.” Analyzing the results of the study, experts note that the time between the onset of the stimulus and the onset of the muscle response gradually lengthens, that is, the latent period becomes longer.

Signs that appear physical fatigue, voiced above, are the precursors to the fact that the body simply stops “listening” to brain signals and “refuses” to continue working. Coefficient useful action muscle tissue gradually decreases and tends to zero.

A person may not always feel signs of physical fatigue after intense work at the end of the working day. Sometimes this condition occurs in him immediately after waking up, although the night passed peacefully and his sleep was sound. The cause of such a clinic may be asthenia - a condition of the human body in which it functions with all its strength. This pathology- This is one of the types of mental disorders.

Diagnosing asthenia indicates that even minor physical activity unsettles the body, leading it to complete decline. This uncomfortable state affects the quality of life of such a person. After all, he has to adapt to his body, changing his plans, since “the body requires” more frequent and longer rest.

At the same time, signs of physical fatigue can also include:

Increased heart rate.
Increased sweating.
Bad mood or lack of any emotions (apathy) - there is simply no strength for them.
There are often cases when a person begins to feel a constant, varying intensity, headache.
Overwork can also affect appetite: in a tired person, the desire to eat decreases or completely disappears. Consequently, the body receives less energy - a vicious circle results.
With chronic fatigue, intestinal upset can also be observed.
Overwork can also lead to hyperactivity of the body. This situation leads to an even greater aggravation of the situation, since the body, contrary to logic, begins to waste even more energy, triggering a self-destruction mechanism. And if a person starts using alcoholic drinks to relax, the situation gets worse, and his health only gets worse.

Signs of tired children

Nature itself, it would seem, protects the child from overwork, given the number of movements that the child manages to do throughout the day. If you tried this on an adult, he would probably leave the race halfway through. But when increased mobility Signs of fatigue in children are still observed, although they have their own characteristics.

Pediatricians have noticed that the younger the baby is, the shorter the period of time it will take for him to become tired. So a newborn child, without any physical activity, gets tired after one and a half to two hours from the moment he begins to be awake.

As he grows, the factors influencing the state of fatigue of a small person are added. physical activity, and then thinking. Do not forget that the baby should diversify the loads by using various games, since a monotonous activity causes signs of fatigue in children to appear more quickly.

A distinctive feature of a child’s body is that at the moment of fatigue, signs of excitation begin to prevail over the reaction of inhibition. A long period of retardation quickly leads the baby to a state of fatigue. One such example would be a school lesson. Children are not physically stressed, unless it is a labor or physical education lesson, and, nevertheless, the child comes home from school tired.

provoke increased fatigue the baby may also transition to a daily routine without prolonged nap or reducing the duration of night rest, as well as irregular ventilation of the room in which the baby spends large quantity time and short duration of walks in the fresh air.

The reason for the rapid fatigue of a child’s body is an incorrectly drawn up schedule by parents for alternating physical (play) or mental (occupation) stress with rest.

Signs of fatigue in children begin to appear:

Weakening differentiation in movements.
Decreased attention and accuracy of manipulations.
Motor restlessness appears.

If a child, tired, continues to receive stress, then a kind of toggle switch is triggered in his body, which, through the process of inhibition, affects the area of the cerebral cortex responsible for sensory analyzers: vision, hearing, skin. By influencing them, fatigue causes the child to sleep. Many have encountered a situation where the baby fell asleep in the most inappropriate place or position, which often gives adults a reason to laugh. For children school age the component of mental workload increases, and if parents are actively trying to create a genius and a comprehensively developed personality out of their child by enrolling in several additional clubs and sections, this approach does not lead to anything good. Lack of effective rest, play in the fresh air, lack of sleep and the child’s body may not be able to withstand such a load, after which a malfunction occurs.

Signs of fatigue may appear in a baby:

Frequent respiratory or other diseases.
Movements become sluggish and uncertain.
Complaints of headache.
Lack of appetite.
Memory impairment, absent-mindedness.
The mucous membrane and skin become pale.
With chronic fatigue, a child may experience tremor of the upper extremities.
Apathy appears and interest in school lessons decreases.
The child becomes irritable and easily excitable.
A decrease in the ability to concentrate leads to an increase in the number of errors.
In some cases, increased tearfulness can be observed.
The body's ability to think actively is reduced.

To prevent signs of fatigue in children, the first thing parents must learn is that the child must develop a balanced regime in which periods of stress are effectively alternated with periods of rest. Wherein:

Avoid sleep deprivation in your baby.
Reduce stress by making it moderate.
Organize effective alternation of periods of rest and work.
Allow more time for your child to play outdoors.
For preschoolers, class time should not exceed 15-20 minutes.
Eliminate monotony from activities with your baby.
You should practice variety in your activities, even within one lesson.
Create a daily routine so that physical and mental stress alternates adequately with long rest.

Signs of driver fatigue

Long monotonous work is sometimes more tiring than active physical labor. This category of professions includes vehicle drivers. Constant need increased attention, prolonged sitting in one position they do their job - the person behind the wheel begins to get tired, signs of driver fatigue appear.

Attention begins to dull.
Memory weakens.
The eyes become clouded and try to close, and a feeling of pain or squeaking appears in them. The driver's body is overwhelmed by fatigue and drowsiness.
Slight dizziness begins.
There is an increase in sweat production by the corresponding glands.
The period of drowsiness may be replaced by irritability, overexcitation and vice versa.
The speed of processing incoming information decreases.
The reaction to information can be either slow or too fast, but not always correct.

The first signs of fatigue begin to appear after four hours of continuous driving after the moment when a person got behind the wheel. After the driver has been behind the wheel for eight hours without a break, the nature of the car’s movement changes significantly:

The vehicle speed becomes uneven.
The driver changes gears more sharply.
The car begins to make unnecessary movements.
Objectivity in assessing the situation is lost.
A symptom of illusory-optical transformation appears, when an object appears further away than it is actually located.
An experienced driver is capable, in such a situation, of losing all his skills.
Wanting to rest at least partially, the driver leans back a little or slides out of the seat, which significantly narrows his view and makes it difficult to use the steering wheel.

Knowing this, experienced drivers, after driving for a short time, will definitely stop the car and take a break to rest, warm up, eat or even sleep. After all, the statistics of accidents and accidents when a driver simply falls asleep at the wheel is terrifying, claiming multiple human lives.

To at least partially dispel fatigue, experienced drivers and doctors give a number of recommendations:

If a driver is preparing for a long journey, then he should sleep at least seven hours before leaving.
You should not overeat before a long journey.
At least once every four hours you should stop the car and rest.
You can wash your face with cold water or, if possible, take a swim. This will invigorate you well and drive away fatigue.
It is worth doing a few warm-up movements.
Strong tea or coffee is good.

Such tips are suitable for minor fatigue. If all the signs of moderate and high fatigue are present, then there is only one recommendation - good sleep. But if it is not possible to stop for a long time and a person is forced to continue moving, then:

Minimize travel at night.
It is still worth driving at a lower speed, while keeping a greater distance between the cars in front than usual.
You shouldn’t look at one point all the time, but change the direction of your gaze, moving from one object to another.
If you see a monotonous landscape outside your car window, you should change the speed limit every 15 to 20 minutes.
It is worth opening the side window slightly or completely (depending on the situation and time of year).
Avoid taking antidepressants and sedatives.
If the driver is a heavy smoker, after smoking another cigarette, it is worth ventilating the interior.
Any strong emotions are dangerous for a person driving. You should first calm down and then continue on your way.

These simple tips make it possible to eliminate the monotony of the road, which dulls attention and lulls you to sleep.

Signs of different phases of fatigue

Doctors, based on certain signs, divide a person’s state of fatigue into two phases. Signs of different phases of fatigue are divided depending on belonging to these categories.

The initial phase or latent fatigue is the level of fatigue when a person is still able to manage his performance and keep it at the level necessary for high-quality performance of work. We overcome fatigue thanks to increased stimulation of areas of the cerebral cortex that seek reserves to complete the task. This result is obtained despite the fact that the body’s efficiency has already been reduced and significant changes have occurred in the functioning of the vegetative-vascular system.
The next phase of fatigue is the irreversible factors of fatigue that cannot be overcome. This phase is determined by a decrease in the external efficiency of the work process. Despite all the employee’s efforts, his productivity tends to zero. The central nervous system begins to slow down, or even completely block the passing signals, forcing the person to stop working.

Signs of varying degrees of fatigue

While working physically or performing a mental task, a person can feel slightly tired or become so tired that he simply “collapses.” Using this principle, it is possible to differentiate signs of varying degrees of fatigue. In this case, the symptoms manifest themselves as a combination of internal and external factors. TO external manifestations Fatigue includes changes in the shade of the skin, disturbances in the rhythm of the heartbeat and breathing, increased sweating, failure of motor skills and motor coordination. TO internal symptoms include disorders associated with deviations in the functioning of the functional and physiological sphere. This may include nausea and dizziness. A person begins to feel pain in the muscles that received the greatest load.

A person’s ability to bear certain loads can be controlled by the quantitative component of the heart rate. Normal heart rate is on average healthy person falls in the range from 60 to 80 beats per minute. Based on the normal numbers, the level of load and, accordingly, fatigue is determined. At in good condition body, the heart rate should be restored within five minutes after stopping the load.

If the heart rate shows from 100 to 130 beats per minute, then mild fatigue is stated, if this indicator falls within the range from 130 to 150 beats per minute - fatigue and moderate intensity load. If the heart rate is 150 - 170 beats per minute, then we can already talk about high loads, but if the body begins to work at the limit of its strength, then the heart rate can range from 170 to 200 beats per minute.

External signs of varying degrees of fatigue are divided into:

Mild level of fatigue:
- The skin turns slightly pink.
- Droplets of sweat are released in small quantities. They are located mainly on the face in the forehead area.
- The breathing rhythm is slightly rapid, but smooth, without disruptions. A person is able to breathe both through the mouth and through the nose.
Average fatigue level:
- The skin takes on a red tint.
- Profuse sweating, which is clearly visible in the head and body area.
- The intensity of respiratory activity increases, a person is able to breathe only through oral cavity, the volume of nasal breathing is no longer enough.
- Coordination and motor skills remain within normal limits.
High level of fatigue - overwork:
- The skin turns pale quite sharply, in the triangle - the corners upper lip and nose - a clearly differentiated cyanosis appears, which has its own medical term - cyanosis.
- Profuse sweating, which is clearly visible in the head and body area. Salts appear on clothing, coming out with sweat, which appear in the form of whitish spots.
- The intensity of respiratory activity increases. Inhalation and exhalation duplicate the shoulders.
- There is a mismatch in movement coordination. A person begins to become cowardly in both the upper and lower limbs, the body sways slightly, problems with movement may occur.

To support your body and not bring it to complete exhaustion, it is worth adjusting your regimen by taking some preventive measures:

Make time for walks in the fresh air before bed.
Review your work schedule. In it, the time of stress should alternate with relaxing breaks.
Avoid stressful situations.
Sleep at least eight hours a night.
It is worth removing bad habits from your life.
Human nutrition should be rational and rich in microelements and vitamins. Vitamin deficiency is one of the main causes of weakening of the body and its overwork.
You should learn to switch attention or alternate physical work with mental work, and vice versa.

Symptoms of fatigue are familiar to every person and many people believe that it is enough to just lie down for a while and strength will be restored. But it is not so. Our technological age, the ever-accelerating pace of life and being in stressful situation(this applies more to residents of large cities) exhaust our body, keeping it in constant tension. Therefore, most of the population already has a history of chronic fatigue, where all the signs of fatigue are present. But you can find a way out of any situation. And the main thing in this is the man himself. Only by properly organizing your life and learning to fully rest can you solve the problem of chronic fatigue, which can lead to complete exhaustion body. Learn to manage your life and find in it those objective and subjective factors, which can bring joy and peace, and, therefore, provide the opportunity to effectively restore such necessary internal energy!

Has fatigue and a constant desire for loneliness become a habit? Come home, take off your shoes and slump exhaustedly on the sofa? There is no desire to chat with your family, and your thoughts are only occupied with the ubiquitous “sleep”? Congratulations, you are overtired. We will look at the symptoms and treatment in the article, and also tell you what the disease leads to if you do not pay proper attention to it.

Why does a person get overtired?

To understand the root of the phenomenon, let's derive a definition. If you answered yes to the questions at the beginning of the article, then you probably already understand what it is. Let's summarize. Overfatigue is a reaction of the nervous system to stimuli. They can be physical or psycho-emotional.

Physical irritants are expressed in violation of the regime. If you work a lot but don't get enough rest, it's easy to get overworked and become sick. It doesn't matter what activity you do. Even working seven days a week at the Sleep Institute, where you sleep 16 hours out of a possible 24, will be perceived negatively by your body.

Psycho-emotional fatigue in adults occurs if a person is in a state of permanent stress. For example, during a session or emergency at work. How not to worry during exams, read here. If you see life exclusively in negative light, the brain will react sooner or later. Yes, yes, even black magicians and emos are overworked.

Other causes of overwork, characteristic of women, but occasionally found in the stronger half of humanity:

unfavorable living conditions (women often think that Svetka’s curtains are better, and the linoleum has long been shabby, so the brain reacts with fatigue);
poor nutrition (equally typical for both sexes);
dissatisfaction with the existing relationship or the absence of the other half.

Signs of fatigue vary. Each type is characterized by personalized symptoms, however, there are also general ones, by which you can immediately understand the cause of the complaints:

routine tasks seem complicated, it is difficult to concentrate on a simple task;
the reaction to external dangers is reduced;
irritability and aggressiveness accompany any action that is not correct;
you constantly want to sleep, however, sleep does not change anything - you still get up on the wrong foot.

Let's look at a table that shows what symptoms of overwork are typical for adults.

Physical fatigue	Mental fatigue	Emotional fatigue
Loss of appetite: you don’t feel like eating or, on the contrary, you eat everything in a row	Eye redness, swelling	Depression
Pain in the heart, muscle tissue	Increased blood pressure	Increased incidence of colds
Insomnia or nightmares	Headache	Constantly high or low temperature
Redness, itching and burning in the eyes	Blueness under the eyes	Sweating
Irritability or apathy towards everything	Sweating while sleeping	Deterioration of attention and memory

How does your doctor know if you are overtired?

If you don’t come to surrender on your own, then no way. But seriously, if these signs appear, immediately visit a neurologist. Based on a visual examination and standard therapeutic manipulations, he will collect an anamnesis and prescribe treatment.

Treatment of overwork: how long?

How long the treatment will last depends on you. If you consult a doctor on time and strictly follow the recommendations, the illness will go away in 7-14 days.

Treatment consists of normalizing lifestyle. This is facilitated by:

establishment and adherence to a regime. Alternate work with rest: stop pretending to be a hero and leave your job exactly on schedule;
switch to proper nutrition: During treatment, eat more vegetables, exclude or limit fried, fatty, spicy, sweet foods;
walks in the open air. Walk 30 minutes a day, regardless of the weather;
reception active additives. Buy Glycine D3. It is aimed at correction psycho-emotional states and is used by doctors to treat fatigue;
massage. It will warm up your muscles, so don't neglect the direction;
. Try gymnastics or join a Gym to get rid of overwork.

If you have an advanced form of overwork that has resulted in depression, a specialist will prescribe medications strong action and will issue a sick note.

We hope you understand what overwork is and why it should not be triggered. Noticed signs require urgent lifestyle adjustments or treatment from a specialist.