4 Common Teacher Health Problems
No matter how wild the students are, they never forgot the kindness of their teachers. This year's Teacher's Day falls on 16 January 2023. It is an important day for all students and alumni to remember the kindness of the teachers who taught them during school days. We may think that teachers are healthy because they spend all day with children and do not have to be stressed. But do you know that the teaching profession also comes with health problems, just like other professions? If they neglect to take care of their body, it may have negative effects on health. Let's see common diseases that are threats to teachers. Muang Thai Life Assurance has prepared information for you.
Back Pain, Wrong Sitting Posture, Risk of Herniated Discs
If you sit to work or teach for a long time, teachers may experience back pain due to sitting in the wrong position. Also, standing and teaching for a long time can cause osteoarthritis. This back pain causes suffering to the body. Even if you are cured from taking medication, if you still have the same behavior, the symptoms may come back. And if the symptoms are chronic for a long time, it may lead to serious illness and risk of herniated disc disease, which will cause back pain or pain in the waist area, which comes and goes, radiates down to the legs, calves, or feet, and is accompanied by numbness. In people with severe symptoms, there may be weakness in the legs and ankle bones. However, if you want to stay away from this disease, there are easy ways to take care of yourself, such as getting up and changing positions every hour, avoiding bending over, lifting heavy objects, having correct sitting position, such as sitting up straight, sitting with your buttocks all the way back on the chair seat, leaning back properly, and avoiding strenuous exercise or activities.
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Stress and Lack of Rest - Risk of Heart Disease
The teaching profession requires responsibility for the knowledge that must be shared to students, planning lessons. Sometimes problems may occur during teaching. And there are other responsibilities in daily life cause stress and lack of rest resulting emotional states. These symptoms, if accumulated, will cause many problems, especially heart disease because the protein in body will accumulate more in the heart when the body is naturally awake. But if we do not get enough sleep or stay up late for a long time, these proteins will stick to the coronary arteries, causing blockage. Or when stressed, it will affect the blood that flows to the heart, causing coronary artery disease, including arrhythmia and a high chance of heart attack. Therefore, we should get enough rest and do not forget to observe our mood to see if we are stressed. If we start to have symptoms, we should take care of our health by exercising regularly, finding free time to do activities that we like to relieve stress, and choosing to eat nutritious food. Just start taking care of yourself and your health will be far from disease.
Inconsistent Eating Time - Risk of Obesity and Diabetes
As a career that requires a lot of energy, teachers must eat energy-boosting foods, especially sweets, tea, coffee, high-calorie foods such as fried foods, fats, or foods high in carbohydrates such as flour and sugar, to help increase their energy and refreshment. In addition, teachers have little time, so they do not have time to take care of their health and exercise, which puts them at risk of obesity. When eating a lot of these foods, it causes unnecessary accumulation of nutrients, which can put them at risk of diabetes. Treatment to reduce the risk is to control weight along with exercise, reduce the consumption of high-energy foods such as foods high in fat and sugar, increase the intake of foods high in fiber, green vegetables and fruits, and drink plain water instead of sugary drinks.
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Whiteboard Markers and Chalk - Risk of Cancer and Allergies
The teaching profession requires the use of chalk and whiteboard markers in teaching, especially in classrooms with poor ventilation. This is considered a health hazard because whiteboard markers contain volatile organic compounds. If inhaled for a long time, it can cause anemia, bone marrow failure, and even bone marrow cancer. Chalk powder contains calcium and limestone. Long-term inhalation can affect the respiratory system, causing irritation and bronchitis. Therefore, you should wear a mask and try not to let chalk powder spread to reduce the risk of disease. Teachers who have allergies should be especially careful because chalk dust can make the disease worse.
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Teaching profession is a career that is at risk of various diseases because of work and lifestyle. Taking care of your own health is important. You should find time to rest enough, exercise regularly, and eat healthy foods to avoid serious diseases. Regardless of any careers, health is important.
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