Physical Health Impairment

Stressors, aspects of the work environment and behavior of people working there, can generate stress. Stress is the biological human response. It is physiological and real, not just imagined. Low-level stress may be necessary to compel people to act. However, severe stress which prevents rational, controlled action is negative.

Physical health problems from stress include:

• Cardiovascular problems: hypertension to strokes, heart attacks
• Adverse Neurological changes: neurotransmitter disruption, hippocampus shrinkage
• Immunilogical impairment: more frequent infections of greater severity
• Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Diabetes
• Skin Disorders

Some physical indications of the above stress might include.

• Nausea
• Tremors of the lips, hands
• Feeling uncoordinated
• Chills
• Profuse Sweating
• Diarrhea
• Rapid heart beat
• Rapid breathing
• Increased blood pressure
• Chest Pain
• Uncontrollable crying
• Headaches

All of the symptoms can start small, but are warnings that something is happening.