ain job categories. The detrimental effects of increasing cigarette intake are of course well know and include lung and heart disease as well as cancer. Quite often job stress can cause physical symptoms which many people don't realize as work related. Migraine headaches, stomach problems, back problems, heart problems, and other ailments can be caused by stress on the job. People may choose to visit the nearest clinic to clear their ailment.
             However, a person who is suffering job stress would have to take extra care now that their health is being affected by problems on the job. Physicians sometimes do not diagnose stress as the contributing factor or the cause of physical ailments because patients often do not tell doctors what stress they are experiencing and so the underlying problem goes undiagnosed.
             Stress can cause physical and mental reactions in our bodies. Such reactions are stress indictors, or stressors that signals the start of human body reacting to any number of stress-inducing factors. Anxiety or panic attacks are the best example. A person can experience a sudden rush, racing heartbeat, tightness in the chest, dizziness, sweaty hands and dry mouth, and a feeling of disorientation. People who suffer panic attacks will quickly tell you that they do not know what is happening to them and they think they are having a heart attack or some other terrible illness. These are just one part of the connection between stress and physical illness.
             In Western countries, job stress is considered a disability. Some employers though, especially in Malaysia still, accuse employees of taking advantage with medical leaves because they look physically fine. Just because an employee can walk and talk regularly doesn't mean that they can function well on the job and that they are not suffering. Some employers would like to think that job stress is not a legitimate reason to be out of work and claim a disability. The worker's co...