Can You Die From Exhaustion?

Is it possible for someone to die from overwork? If so, how?

—Andrea Price, Grafton, Wisconsin

If a person has been active in an extreme manner for an extended period of time, death from a heart attack is so likely that the behavior is ridiculous, but if the person has underlying heart disease. Limited. Otherwise the event is too rare to consider.

This does not mean that it is safe to overdo it. Such continuous fatigue can lead to the same problems caused by external stress. Chronic fatigue, anxiety, depression and, surprisingly, in the case of fatigue, insomnia.