Although studying itself does not sound very fatal, it comes with consequences. Sitting for a long time, lacking sleep, and overstressing, are three serious consequences of overstudying which can actually lead to death. With no doubt school needs hard work. As a science student most of us may spend our days sitting in the library studying for the next test or doing our assignments, feeling productive and delighted while it could be not as much beneficial as we think.
In simple words sitting for a long time can lead to formation of blood clots which movement in body can cause sudden death. The other fatal consequence of overstudying is lack of sleep. During exam periods student usually experience sleep deprivation. The guts of sleep-deprived flies had a dramatic buildup of ROS — highly reactive, oxygen-containing molecules that in large amounts can damage DNA and other components within cells, leading to cell death.
The accumulation of ROS peaked around day 10 of sleep deprivation, and when deprivation was stopped, ROS levels decreased. Additional experiments confirmed that ROS builds up in the gut of only those animals that experienced sustained sleep loss, and that the gut is indeed the main source of this apparently lethal ROS. That almost never happens in lab research. The team also examined whether ROS accumulation occurs in other species by using gentle, continuous mechanical stimulation to keep mice awake for up to five days.
Compared with control animals, sleep-deprived mice had elevated ROS levels in the small and large intestines but not in other organs, a finding consistent with the observations in flies. To find out if ROS in the gut play a causal role in sleep deprivation-induced death, the researchers set out to determine whether preventing ROS accumulation could prolong survival.
They tested dozens of compounds with antioxidant properties known to neutralize ROS and identified 11 that, when given as a food supplement, allowed sleep-deprived flies to have a normal or near-normal lifespan. Notably, supplementation did not extend the lifespan of non-deprived flies. The role of ROS removal in preventing death was further confirmed by experiments in which flies were genetically manipulated to overproduce antioxidant enzymes in their guts.
These flies had normal to near-normal lifespans when sleep-deprived, which was not the case for control flies that overproduced antioxidant enzymes in the nervous system. The results demonstrate that ROS buildup in the gut plays a central role in causing premature death from sleep deprivation, the researchers said, but cautioned that many questions remain unanswered.
Similarly, death could be due to damage in the gut or because high levels of ROS have systemic effects, or some combination of these. They found that some sleep-deprived flies ate more throughout the day compared with non-deprived controls. However, restricting access to food had no effect on survival, suggesting that factors beyond food intake are involved.
Campus-wide alcohol prevention and educational interventions have been associated with significant decreases not only in drinking and driving, but many other serious negative consequences DeJong et al. In addition, campuses have elaborate student support services for early detection of problem drinking as well as referral and access to health, counseling, and preventive services. Despite highly publicized murders on campuses in the past, the very low homicide rate observed in this study is consistent with national data U.
Department of Education Office of Post Secondary Education, Campus Safety, and Security Statistics and likely reflects the generally safe and controlled environment afforded by campus security measures and affirms the efforts devoted to protecting the learning community Strauss, There are limitations to this pilot study. This study uses a self-selected convenience sample with a low response rate from the reference population.
The data sources of reports of student deaths varied from school to school. This study was conducted during one academic month period, with rates annualized on the assumption that prevalence does not change during the summer months.
Future research would ideally cover a far longer period of data collection, because with rarely occurring events such as suicide, which can vary from year to year at any given institution, data aggregated over lengthier periods would provide more stable population base rates.
Another limitation is the lack of a standardized methodology for institutions to track and report student fatalities. As in other studies of student mortality, institutional records serve as the primary source of mortality information, because a student's departure from school due to death entails multiple administrative responses.
Although not well documented in the literature, there are many examples of campuses that have developed internal reporting mechanisms following a student death Ohio University, ; Pennsylvania State University, n. Nonetheless, there are likely schools that may not have ready access to enough information to report death statistics in a national survey.
In addition, schools may have chosen not to participate out of a desire to keep their information private or may have underreported to protect their institution's reputation. Although participants were promised anonymity and those campuses with established reporting procedures hopefully responded accurately to the survey, it is certainly possible that a reporting bias could result in significantly different rates of death among the various categories.
Using an imputation method estimating values to account for alcohol-related injuries may underestimate alcohol's contribution to a death. However, even if one were to assume that all deaths due to any injury vehicular and nontraffic were attributed to alcohol, the aggregate rate would still be lower than those extrapolated for college students from the general population.
Finally, a recently published national study of injury-related mortality revealed that as of rates of motor vehicle associated deaths had been overtaken by suicide as the leading cause of death among the general population Rockett et al. It is possible our observations detected a change in the causes of mortality in America. Despite these methodological questions, this pilot project provides suggestive new comparative information about the leading causes of mortality among students that brings into question the validity of extrapolating rates for students from age-matched general population rates.
Better data collection will be facilitated as more student health centers adopt electronic health records. More research is needed to replicate these findings and to test hypotheses about the factors contributing to a protective environment. These results, if confirmed in future research, should reassure students, parents, college administrators, and other stakeholders that campus communities may afford relatively safe and supportive environments.
Of course, despite low mortality rates, alcohol-related morbidity remains a critical issue on campuses Wechsler et al.
It is thus important to continue prevention efforts to reduce the many serious nonfatal negative consequences of alcohol abuse. Finally, though lower than the rate among the general population, suicide remains a leading cause of death among college students. These findings highlight the importance of a national priority on suicide prevention, mental health promotion, and the availability of mental health services for college and university students. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U.
Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. J College Stud Psychother. Published online Jan James C. To avoid the unfortunate fate of death by studying, keep these simple tips in mind:. Remember that this is just school. Yes, your GPA is semi-important for being admitted to that top graduate school or getting recruited by that consulting firm.
But that's a very small part of the flourishing, colorful, and joyful life you will lead after school, and if you die from studying you'll miss out on all that anyway. Be with people. Sit with a few friends while you're studying or writing that paper.
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