1. What is the experience of working at night? They have something to say
Some professions cannot avoid night shifts. What will happen to them in the long run? Xiao Jiu interviewed several readers to hear how they feel.
@Millennium: I used to work the night shift for 4 years, my whole person became very restless, the quality of sleep was poor, and the wind blowing curtains could wake up. You must not check the time before going to bed, otherwise you always think about how long you can sleep, and then you can't sleep again. After the night shift, people don’t like to move anymore. If I’m not too hungry, I don’t want to go down to eat.
Finally, my colleague’s girlfriend cried to me, saying that he hadn’t touched her for a long time, and asked me if I knew he had cheated. I almost told her that I was the same, my body was fine, but I had no desire at all.
@Warm sun: I have been on night shifts in the factory for 8 years, once every half a month, and now my hair is sparse and there are a lot of gray hair. At the age of 28, he is often considered to be an uncle in his forties, and he is very forgetful.
@Xiongtai Barbarians: I have also been on night shifts for more than ten years, working in two shifts of 12 hours, and taking four days off each month. I know night shifts are not good, but my parents are old, their children have to go to school, and they have to pay off their mortgages. I really can’t resign or dare to resign. I can only take care of myself. I don’t smoke, drink, or play games. I get up every day and drink a glass of boiled water, eat an apple, go to bed and get up early during the day work, run and do some push-ups, and I’ve been doing this for more than ten years and I feel that I’m in good health.
Take care of your body and work hard, which is probably what I should do most now.
@ttyyy: I worked a night shift for more than a month. During the day, I was half awake and half asleep. During the New Year, my wife asked me to go to my relatives. I asked where I was going. She said to my mother-in-law's house. , What are you doing, people are really stupid. [Cover his face and laugh]
People who have experienced it generally believe that night shifts will worsen the quality of sleep, make people become restless, and make people lose their memory...
2. What is the hazard of long-term night work?
If you are in a three-shift state for a long time, it will still have a certain negative impact on your body:
1. Decreased vision
Long-term night shifts mean that the eyes are overloaded, which not only causes dark circles, but also causes problems such as dry eyes, pain, and even dry eyes. Moreover, long-term eye muscle fatigue can easily cause vision loss, causing people to have vision problems such as blurred and deformed vision.
2. Decreased responsiveness
Long-term night shifts can also cause damage to the brain and reduce responsiveness. A British study showed that 24 hours of non-sleep is as harmful to the human body as being drunk. The alcohol concentration in the blood reaches 0.1%, which makes people appear unresponsive, slurred, and lose control of their movements.
3. Affect gastrointestinal function
Long-term night work, changes in eating habits, three meals a day, which should have been taken at normal times, are delayed to abnormal times, which will easily cause adverse effects on the stomach and intestines. In addition, some people like to eat supper on night shifts, which may cause indigestion and stomach problems in the long run.
4. Hormone level disorders
Long-term night shifts, circadian rhythm disorders, will interfere with normal hormone levels in the body, cause endocrine disorders, reduce the body's immunity, and give disease opportunities.
5. Inducing high blood pressure
Studies have shown that people who sleep less than 6 hours a night are more than twice as likely to suffer from high blood pressure as people who sleep adequately. The physiological activities of the human body have a certain rhythm. For example, the hematopoietic function has the characteristics of high tide in the evening and low tide in the early morning. Once the circadian rhythm is reversed, not only will it easily lead to an increase in blood pressure, but it will also increase cholesterol levels and increase the release of various inflammatory factors.
3. What should I do if I have to stay up late?
Modern people's lives are under great pressure. Many people are too busy to finish their work during the day and stay up late at night to work overtime. There are also people who have to work night shifts for professional reasons, such as doctors, nurses, police, and workers. In the face of having to stay up all night, what should we do to minimize the damage?
First, prepare before staying up late.
Allow plenty of time to sleep before staying up late or going to the night shift. In addition, do not eat too many calories during dinner. Choose nutritious and lighter fish and shrimp, whole grains, vegetables and fruits and other foods, which can supplement high-quality protein and vitamins, and protect the immune system from harm.
Second, make up for sleep wisely.
Professor Tan Liwen of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University suggested that people who need to stay up late or go to night shifts should learn to sleep smartly. On the one hand, make use of the morning after staying up late or working the night shift, but it is best to wake up before lunch and eat normally. If you don't have time to sleep in the morning the next day, you can take appropriate outdoor activities in the afternoon to relieve the discomfort caused by lack of sleep. If you want to sleep in the afternoon, keep it for 2 to 4 hours, not too long.
On the other hand, you can use anchored sleep, sleep according to your own habits and biological clock, but it must be regular.
Third, eat less sweets.
Although sweets can replenish calories, they are not suitable for people who stay up late and work night shifts. Sweet foods are too high in calories, easy to grow fat, cause obesity, but also excite the nerves, consume a lot of B vitamins, which is bad for the body.
Fourth, don't smoke or drink.
The nicotine in cigarettes constricts blood vessels and slows down blood circulation. Alcohol destroys the normal function of the nervous system and damages the liver, let alone staying up late. Smoking and drinking while staying up late can double the harm to the body.
All in all, whether it is staying up late or working at night, long-term lack of sleep can cause great harm to the body. The most direct way to reduce the damage of staying up late is not to stay up late. If you have to stay up late, then take the above methods to minimize the damage.