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Dangers from Stress on the Job: Heart Attacks Due to Work
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Learn about heart attacks from stress on the job. Do you have a right to workers compensation benefits?
Good stress, bad stress, job related stress Stress is your body's response to the demands you make on it. Stress upsets your personal balance and sometimes your boundaries. Some stress is good, even exhirating or motivating. And some dangerous work stress is bad and debilitating. Stress can also cause physical and emotional exhaustion and illness, heart attacks, and accidents.
As the body responds to physical or psychological stress, certain predictable changes occur. These include increased heart rate, blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), and secretions of stimulatory hormones. These responses to stress will occur whether stress is positive or negative. Continued exposure to stress lowers the body's ability to cope.
People who have had a heart attack don’t think it’s work related. In a perfect world, everyone would love their job but we all know that’s not our reality. To make matters worse, many people who have heart attacks do not even have a history of heart disease. How can that happen?
Reducing stress at work takes some effort:
Studies have shown that job stress is a major cause of heart attacks. Surveys have revealed that sudden stress on the job made people six times more likely to suffer a heart attack within the next 24 hours. Conflict at work appeared to be a leading risk factor for men. Also increased responsibilities on the job, raised the risk of heart attack for both men and women. Severe short-term stress had a larger impact on the heart than a year's worth of accumulated stress.
Have you suffered a heart attack on the job caused by dangerous work stress? If yes, you should talk to a workers comp lawyer about your legal options. Workers comp benefits never goes as far as they could to help an employee like you. Let’s find out how we can help you get the assistance you deserve.
