Regular work with email is prone to high blood pressure

The results of the latest study by scientists at Loughborough University in the UK said that working regularly with e-mail will cause frequent stress, which increases the risk of heart attack and high blood pressure.

According to the British Daily Mail, scientists investigated blood pressure, heart rate, cortisol levels - hormones that caused a feeling of tension in the body of 30 employees at a UK agency, who Regularly receive and send email.

The results showed that there was a direct link between email and stress when 92% of the study participants increased blood pressure and heart rate while reading or using email and phone. Besides, the researchers also pointed out that these employees are quite happy when they receive an email containing useful content or a thank you from others when completing the job. On the contrary, they increase stress when receiving emails that press work.

Professor Tom Jackson, who led the study, confirmed that email has become the object of research for many years and is sometimes considered an ineffective media, adversely affecting the health of users. However, if email is compared to other means of communication such as phones, meetings, it is not too bad because it increases the risk of stress.

He added that the key to reducing stress at work is to train employees to use and control their email accounts better. Stress can lead to chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, thyroid disease, heart failure.

According to the latest study by scientists at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, people who work more than 8 hours have a 40-80% risk of heart disease, especially increasing the risk of memory loss later. this. In addition, this survey does not go into social media messages, it can also affect users' emotions, maybe even more serious than email.

This is one of the direct consequences that modern people face before digital life. In some ways, electronic devices are both tools to help 'hunter-gatherers' but it is also the hidden enemy of humans.