Hello doc.I am a 25 years old Male(6 feet tall,66 kgs weight) from Jamshedpur,India....I work in a steel plant In round 8 hours of shift.......It means one whole week I have to work 6am to 2pm(A-Shift/Morning shift),for next week 10pm to 6am(C-shift/night shift),for next week 2pm to 10pm(Afternoon shift/b-Shift).....
1.During a -shift,I have to wake up at 4.30am and i do not feel the urge to defaecate,I come back from my work around 3.30pm,still there is no urge to go to the latrine,as a result I don't feel any hunger or urge to eat,I feel really bad and tired whole remaining day...After 2-3 days I feel the urge but the stool coming out is very hard.This continues in A-shift and my whole week goes bad,and at the end i really feel very weak.
2.Next,the night shift(C-Shift/10pm to 6am),I have to stay awake through out the night.Although I take my dinner before proceeding to my duty,but in the morning when I come back I don't feel any urge to go to the latrine.So i take a bath,have some light breakfast and go for a sleep and I awake around 3pm in the afternoon,but still don't feel the urge at all and hence I am unable to have lunch.I don't feel any hunger,no zeal to eat anything.This continues for 2-3 days until I pass out a very hard to pass stool.
3.During afternoon shift,this problem is comparatively little less as i have a Night sleep...But still some days during Afternoon shift I face this problem.
Doctor,This unhealthy an bad routine a has taken a severe toll on my health,I have lost 5-6 kg in last One year.I feel very tired and sick and unenergetic.I feel to quit my job.
Another thing is that If I don't sleep in night I don't feel any urge to go to latrine.
Please help Doc.
Joydeep