These high rates of undiagnosed and uncontrolled disease put both the worker and the employer at a disadvantage. An estimated 18 million workers have high blood pressure. Seventy-eight percent of those with high blood pressure are not adequately controlled. Thirty-five percent of workers with high blood pressure don't even know about it. Absenteeism is highest among workers aged 35 to 44, the age group least likely to be treated with prescription medication for arthritis.
Arthritis poses a three- to fourfold increased risk of diminished work productivity.
Workers under 55 years of age with migraine are twice as likely to not be able to do the amount or kind of work for which they are responsible or skilled as workers under 55 who don't have migraines. Two percent of employed men and 5 percent of employed women have attempted suicide. May Reduce Migraines Gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains, may trigger severe headaches, according to research published in the February issue of Neurology . Researchers at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, UK, studied 10 patients with long histories of headaches that had recently worsened or were no longer responsive to treatment. Testing showed gluten sensitivity in these patients and magnetic resonance imaging suggested inflammation of the central nervous system.