CULTURAL QA06-2021-09 Being a compilation there may be errors
Q1 Can coldness drainbatteries? A1 Loring Chien UpdatedDecember 20, 2016Electrical engineer Batteries have two purposes in life, to store power until you need it andthen give it up. On storage, batteries have oneenemy, and that is self discharge , which slowly takes away a battery’s charge. Self -discharge is lowest when cold, worst when hot. So cool storage is good for a battery. Self discharge is a chemicalreaction; reactions areretarded by cold. On giving up power, that is also a chemical reaction. Heat always accelerates andimproves chemical reactions. So batteries will give up the mostcharge capacity when warmed and give up less charge capacity when they arecold. So warm up batteries when in use to squeeze every last bit of power fromthem. Everything in moderation. Storing batteries in the refrigerator is probably good, howeverfreezing at extreme cold may cause problems with the chemicalschanging form some (bad). Heating them when using them means keeping them inyour inside pockets or holding them in your hands on a freezing day. But don’tset fire to them or hit them with a blowtorch! Best advice: store cool, usewarm. Q2 Do you think that theinflation rate in India will touch its peak after the pandemic ends? A2 KanthaswamyBalasubramaniam Lawyer11h ago There is a Good Inflation and a Bad Inflation Good Inflation is when the economy booms and productivity and demand areat an all time high. It allows forgrowth and income rise etc. There is a Bad Inflation whichis caused by Supply deficiency, Mismanagement and Oligarchy Under MMS - Good Inflation often offset the Bad inflation Today its bad. The GoodInflation is non existent and the bad inflation is 6.75%. Post the Pandemic, Good Inflation rising is a good thing as it meansbringing the economy to heel.Badinflation rising means more bungles. Right now - Bad Inflation needs to fall very badly. Q3 Why is Vishnu Narayanalso called "Kamalnayan"? A3 Answered by Yash MishraSat A legend of name “Kamal-nayan” given to lord Vishnu is mentioned in ‘Shiv Mahimna stotra’ asfollows- Once lord Hari Vishnu decided to worship Shiva by offering 1000 Kamal(Lotuses) to Shiva. He sat in front of a shivling and started offering lotuseswhile counting them too. Atthe final stage of worship , he realised that he a has only offered 999 Lotusesto Shiva and no lotus is left. He has made his mind to worship without any kindof interruption, but there was no lotus left; then he decided to offer one of his eyes to Shiva insteadof a lotus. As his wife Devi Lakshmi oncetold him that your eyes are as beautiful as a Lotus. And then he took out his one eye and put it on the shivling. Afterwitnessing extreme and unparalleled devotion and sacrifice, Lord Shankar appeared in frontof lord Hari . Lord Shankar, by his powers, replaced lord Vishnu’s eye and alsogave him Sudarshan Chakra as a reward of extreme devotion and sacrifice. Andlord Shankar said “ As you have offered your eye as a Lotus; fromnow onwards , not only Devi Lakshmi, but all other gods and goddesses andhumans will recognize you by the name “Kamal-nayan”. Since then , we humans also started recognizing him by the name“Kamal-nayan” means the one whose eyes are as beautiful as a Lotus. Praises of Lord Shri Hari Vishnu, who proved exceptional devotion toShiva. Q3 My blood sugar level goesto 170 to 180 within one hour after meal and then comes down to 130 in 3 to 4hours after meal, still further goes down to 100 in 6 hours. Am I diabetic oris it normal? A3 Dr.Nitin Gandhi PhD fromMumbai, Maharashtra, India Fri First of all who had suggested to do blood sugar at 1 hr and 3 to 4 hr?Apparently your blood sugar looks to be normal. Repeat your blood sugar in fastingcondition and after 2 hrs of meal. Check. Also you can check your HbA1clevels. My note- Many have these type ofconfusion in mind. Any type ofinformation would reach their ears/mind but they won’t believe unless money isspent on Hb1Ac test is taken and doctor declare- No diabetics. At home test with strips in glucometer, Doctor fees, lab test waste ofmoney Q4 As a doctor, what is themost ridiculous mistake you have seen a patient make? A4 R.K. Shwetabh PediatricSpecialist at Government of Odisha (2020–present) May 27 Few month back a lady came with her 20 day old baby to take aconsultation. She was accompanied by her husband and mother in law. They were from poor family and had came as child was having excessive crying, not gainingweight and was becoming weak day by day. On examination it seemed to be case of late onset sepsis (infection insimple terms).I enquired further about birth history and other events. Thefemale told that the baby was delivered by ceasrian section and was mainly looked upon bygrand mother of the child. She further blamed on her mother in law that she was not giving thechild proper care and was keeping the baby with herself except for feeding.They started verbal fight in front of me also. Anyways these types of MIL (mother in law ) and Daughter in law(DIL)blame games are common in rural area ,so without paying much heed I asked whether baby was takingany medicines. The mother replied sir, plz ask Mother in Law as shewas taking care of medicines. After child birth its very common practise in rural areas that doctorsprescribe multivitamins ,nasal saline drops(drops which are put in nose fornasal blockage) and some antibiotic eye drop(like ofloxacin,as eye discharge isvery common in newborns) and give it to the child mother/father. Casually I asked how they were using. The grandmother told that she was putting nasal salinedrop in eyes and ofloxacin in nose. I was like ,say it again .Sheagain told the same thing with pointing towards the medicine. So, the dropwhich was to be used for eyes they were putting it nose while the drop for eyewas being used for nose. I literally held my head in disbelief. Antibiotic(ofloxacin ) eye drop ifput in nose will not cause much problem. But nasal saline drop contains“NaCl(salt)” in weakened (diluted)form ,so you yourself think of the agony thebaby was facing as nasal saline drops were being put in his eyes 4 times a day.That poor kid ,unable to speak was just crying excessively. My note- There are many who expressbefore doctor well understood but will not understood. In Many hospitals the nurses write in Tamil how to use andgive to patients. Q5 Whose love was the mostfor Shri Krishna, Radha or Meera? A5 Manoj Yadav June 3 Ok, I will tell you, Firstly You remember Krishna doesn’t need anyone’s love tocomplete, he is complete in himself, secondly his every leela isvery special, it has a message and it has a reason. For him it’s like “no lovelost, no love found” If you have a look on life ofRadha and meera you have your answer also, Radha is living happily with Krishna in gaulok, but dueto her anger and egoistic behaviour she get cursed to incarnate as a human,even in this incarnation she burn in fire of separation, on the other hand ifyou look on meera’slife, she was a devotee who found Krishna and then she never apart from him,even after such a hard life she enjoyed the company of Krishna. Moral of this leela is “neverhave an egoistic behaviour because everyone have to pay their karma, devotion is the only thing to found onenesswith Krishna, He loves his devotees most, even more than radha.” Q6 Do doctors get mad whensome patients come with their own Google "research" and"diagnosis"? A6 Tiny Nair Cardiologistat PRS Hospital, TrivandrumMay 27 I happen to be the member ofthe 4-member ‘Hypertension Council’of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI); the apex committee that chart out hypertension guidelinesin India. So it sounds funny when the patient says ‘doctor did you know that there is a new ‘plant-based’medicine that cures hypertension with just 5 doses; that I found outin Google yesterday?’ Clearly, I didn’t. But I could get a fair idea of his IQ. One of my relatives called me over phone and sent me her medical details.She has lately developedhypertension and diabetes. She managed to check basic blood workfrom a local lab which was normal. I tweaked her medication dosage; againonline. 2-weeks later, she was still feeling fatigued; which we attributed tolockdown blues. ‘Hi Doc; Can you call me asap?’ I called. ‘I was losing a lot ofhair, so I googled and found that it might be hypothyroidism. I checkedthyroid; and you know what? It is abnormal’. Her TSH was above 10; I prescribed thyroxin supplement. Her fatiguedisappeared; as did her hair fall. Both of us were happy; end of story. I am happy because ‘we’ arrivedat the correct diagnosis. The problem is, most often neither the doctor, nor the patient search foran answer to a complex problem together. Me, he and we refuse to sit together for coffee. ‘The doctor is not good; he failed to make a properdiagnosis.’ The patient would say. ‘One more fool trying to ‘Google’ his symptoms.’ Comments the irritateddoctor. Diseases are complex, and sometimes difficult to diagnose. Every issue of‘New England Journal of Medicine’ gives a complex case CME where diagnosis wasdifficult. All cases are genuine cases from ‘Massachusetts General Hospital’which is considered a premier hospital globally. 20% of such cases, the diagnosis is reached ‘at autopsy’. Yes, medicine is a complexdisease. >From hard facts from history to fake news across far-away geography; >fromcomplex biochemistry to unproven and dangerous cures; from pure science >tococktail of lies; the ‘internet’ is far more complex tonavigate than >‘rush-hour’ downtown Manhattan. One wrong turn among those glitzyfacade and >you could be mugged. I am a doctor; if I get a tumour tomorrow I become a patient. Nothingprevents a patient from discovering a missing link to his illness that he candiscuss freely with his doctor; google, textbook or a chat-site doesn’t matter. The problem is ‘me’ and ‘you’. The solution is to mix the doctors expertise and the patients clue toarrive at the destination of a correct diagnosis, before it is too late.- Don’t teach the doctor. Don’t laugh at the patient. Google if you wish; take a printout; add a pinch of salt. Hold it upsidedown. If it is still looking authentic; sugar coat it and present it to yourdoctor. -End-Note Under his whitecoat, the angry-looking, serious-sounding doctor is mostly a nice chap ready totalk and laugh, with the anxious man sitting on the other side of the tablearmed with a sheaf of Google printout. Ayak My note-Excellent answer. Dr Tiny nair is a humble doctor and a good writer also Q7 What are the things thatare better to buy the most expensive version you can afford? A7 Biswas Indian and Proud May15 Laptops: One thing you shouldknow about laptops is thatthey are a classic example of depreciative asset, in other words their value decreases withpassage of time. Also unlike your average desktop, chances ofupgrading your laptop beyond it’s RAM are uncertain. And when it comes togaming laptops, stakes just go really high; a gaming laptop that uses somewhatmid-level hardware as per 2021 would still be less than a high-end gaminglaptop bought in 2020. Therefore, one needs to really think before planning toget a laptop Construction materials:Good-quality construction materialsare naturally more expensive, and better the quality, better would be buildingthat is being built with them. Won’t want your house to develop cracks orworse, collapse due to poor-quality but cheap stuffs, do you? LEDs: Do not…I repeat…donot….ever try going for cheaperLEDs, they won’t last long. Printers: If someone isserious about buying printers, alwaysgo for the Laser printer and never the inkjet ones. Inkjet ones will require a bomb to keep itworking, all thanks to those ink cartridges which also tend to dry up if notused frequently. Broadband connection: When itcomes to internet, it’sobvious that more expensive the charges, higher would be the speed, andsometimes better would be the offers. So at the time of registering, if youdon’t want the most expensive ones, kindly go for the most affordable expensiveones. And if you don’t, then kindly don’t complain if very large files takehours to download and if your video calls start lagging on Teams and Zooms. Shoes: Cheap but bad-quality shoes would become a serious pain in yourlegs, always remember it Headphones: Whenever you get opportunity, don’t ever hesitate to opt fora expensive headphone over a cheaper one, chances are that if you do so, lateryou have to come for the expensive one. The expensive ones are equipped with better clarity,noise-cancellation techniques and at times, are often more durable. Q8 What was the mostmysterious medical condition you have ever seen a baby or child have? A8 Tiny Nair Cardiologistat PRS Hospital, Trivandrum May 28 I had just passed out, after finishing my post-grad in cardiology. A 2-week old baby was referredby the paediatrician for a routine echocardiogram. Despite being trained mainly inadult cardiology, we were sometimes assigned to do screening ECHO for babiesthose days; since Pediatric cardiologists were still a rare breed then The mother carefully placed the flannel-wrapped baby on the Echo table. Iplaced the transducer very very gently on the baby’s small chest, careful notto wake her up. As unseen bursts of ultrasound waves shot out of thetransducer; reflecting back from the small beating heart; I flipped switches,rotated dials to adjust the contrast; to make sense of the shadowy image on thescreen. What I saw, stunned me. Inside the ventricle of therapidly beating heart, I could see multiple tumours, both inside right and left ventricle; looking likemultiple monsters, waking up from sleep, protruding their ugly head. The cuteheart was being hijacked by a set of hooligan tumour. Heart, normally is an organ, which doesn’t allow tumours to grow;excepting rare ones called atrial myxoma, which needs to be immediatelyoperated if detected. I checked, and rechecked the image. The tumours were there for sure. As I finished the examination and looked at the sleeping baby; she lookedso much like my daughter at home- ‘Is there any problem doctor?’ I stammered some kind of an answer; asking the baby’s father to come andtalk to me.I explained whatever I could to the shocked parents.Being a newparent myself, I could sense their feelings. ‘Let’s try and do whatever bestwe can’ I said. I wrote a letter to the paediatrician and asked the baby to be referredto a Pediatric cardiology center. Lost to follow up’ is thecommonest Indian medical diagnosis; and thats what happened here. I called the paediatrician; hetold me that the parents shifted their residence to somewhere far north andnever came back. By then I looked up the literature and learned something new. Tuberous sclerosis is an genetic disease where multiple organ systems canshow abnormalities including skin lesions, multiple organ defects andheart-muscle tumours called rhabdomyoma. The severity of disease varies from mild to severe; and surprisingly in many babies, the cardiactumour tend to subside spontaneously. OMG, I just prayed; may be, just may be, the cute baby’s illness is mildand the vanishing trick works. 2 years later; ona busy OPD day, the nurse tells me that a patient’s relative wants to talk tome. ‘Doctor, you may not remember me, but you had seen my child two yearsback and found out that she had some heart tumours. We had to shift to NorthKerala; but followed up with local doctors. My wife and me decided to pray for our baby every singleday. I think it has worked.’ He brought out a new echo report;the images showing a normal heart anatomy. No tumours. ‘Thanks for all the encouragement at a very crucial time; we can’t forgetit’ ‘This is my daughters recent photo’. He proudly took it out of hiswallet. The photo of a kid being dottedby the mother. Why the gene TSC1 located in long arm of chromosome 9 runs amok in thesechildren is not known, but it is autosomal dominant in transmission. A parent, apparentlyasymptomatic, with one copy of a defective gene can transmit it to his/heroffspring. As of now, the Baby is doing well, but the defective TCS1 lurking insideher every cell has the potential of creating bad diseases like epilepsy to skin tumour, fromkidney disease to lung ailment; anytime. Just because 1 of the 20,000 functioning gene had decided to be lazy. Onescary piece of bad code. As of now, we wait by the placid shores of Loch-Ness, praying for the monster not to return. All the above QA are based onQuora digest on 08-06- 2021. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiled and posted by R. Gopala krishnan on 09-6-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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