Click to play videoNew Delhi: The working women in India are dealing with tough deadlines and juggling with house work handling children.
And they are four times more likely then men to be susceptible to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as a result of all that stress.
Thirty-four-year-old Suruchi is a project manager working with UNODC. The late working hours, sleeplessness, fatigue, excessive intake of tea and coffee has all translated into gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
She finally visited her doctor, and he did not have any good news for her either.
“He said that if I would have a come in a few days later as I might have lost my voice. He actually made me sing a few lines. I could not touch the higher notes. That was it!” says Suruchi.
A peek at Suruchi’s lifestyle:
- Surichi is an early riser. She wakes up at around 5:00 am or 6:00 am. The first thing that she does is check her phone to see if there are any missed calls from her colleagues. And she gets ready by 7:00 am.
- Her breakfast comprises usually Maggi noodles. And while having her breakfast she switches on her laptop to start work. She is always the first person to sign in.
“My morning starts with checking and replying to the hundred mails I get every morning, making presentations on the projects I handle, communicating with the governments of the other South Asian countries, organising and coordinating international events, a lot of travel,” says Suruchi.
“And yes, there's lunch at 1:00 pm but I skip it. There's always tea to make up for it,” she adds.
And when she comes home from work there be no one waiting for her. “I walk into an empty house every evening and don't know what to do then my only connect to the world is my phone,” Suruchi says.
So following this routine culminated into Suruchi suffering from GERD.
While acidity may not sound life threatening, but when it comes along with conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome, doctors say it's time to wake up and listen to what your body is trying to tell you.
The symptoms include extreme fatigue that lasts more than six months, persistent headaches, muscular aches and pains, sleeplessness or unrefreshing sleep, impaired memory, and even sore throat.
And having at least four of these symptoms, for longer than a few months, with no apparent physical illness, says that you may be suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
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