A female anchor in Henan was found dead in the bathroom by her family after live streaming all night. The woman was only 36 years old. This news became a hot search on Baidu on February 23rd.
According to the program “Xiao Li Helps” of Henan Radio and Television Station on February 22nd, Mr. Sun from Anyang, Henan, revealed to the station saying: “My brother called his wife to have breakfast and found her collapsed in the bathroom. The diagnosis was sudden death due to overwork. The day before, my sister-in-law live-streamed all night, leaving behind two children for the family and dance classes with installment payments.”
Sun’s sister-in-law was only 36 years old.
After the news was released, it triggered many netizens to lament. Some netizens expressed, “No matter how busy the work is, health is the most important.” “The pressure on anchors is actually very high, work should have a bottom line.” “Don’t just let anchors work so hard for traffic. Health should also be guaranteed.”
A netizen named “Sahanan” said, “The whole nation is in debt, and the pressure on everyone is enormous. If there is a choice, it wouldn’t be like this.”
Some netizens felt heartache for the children: “What about the two children, just thinking about it is heartbreaking.”
Previously, Jiemu News reported that in 2022, a 22-year-old girl in Hangzhou died suddenly after working consecutive nights. The girl had just started working at an internet company as a network operator.
In response, a survey report released by the Chinese Sleep Research Association showed that staying up late is the biggest “sleep killer” for young people. It is divided into active stay-up-late type and passive stay-up-late type. Active stay-up-late types include playing mobile phones, watching dramas, playing games, social gatherings, drinking, etc. Passive stay-up-late types include mental stress, emotional congestion, unreasonable use of drugs, noisy environment, sleeping with lights on, and more.
From an endocrine perspective, sleeping after 11 p.m. is considered staying up late. Staying up late for a long time can lead to daytime fatigue, easy tiredness, making people constantly stressed, showing irritability, tension, anxiety, disrupting the biological clock, poor sleep quality, or insomnia. It may lead to lower immunity, metabolic disorders, increased risk of metabolic diseases, mental illnesses, cancers, and other diseases.