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How to choose a career after class 12 in India(For Science students) #ThankfulThursdays

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I am an ENT surgeon and a medical teacher.Dedicated to this profession for the last 17 years.

I have no intention of ever leaving it.
I  also moonlight as an author, writer, blogger, creative content planner and social media manager.
Moonlight is a good word because my sunlight is dedicated to working at the hospital and the medical college and the evenings are spent writing, editing, promoting planning etc.
Career choices and one profession may be passe!It may be a time for mindfulness, but it is also a time for being a specialized generalist.

 What I must tell you about choosing a career in India

 Learn something.A skill which will make people want to pay you money .Once your bread and butter is settled, the sky is the limit.I honestly believe there’s no age for education or learning new things.Anyone can learn to grow and make a viable career out of new knowledge.
How to choose a career
How to choose a career

How to choose a career which is right for you?

  • You are so good at something that you are financially independent of your parents.
  •  You are happy doing that thing.
Now while the first thing is what conventional career advisors have always said, the second loses steam when it comes to India’s happiness quotient.
What’s happiness?Why is it important?
If you are not happy doing what you love, then you will never he best at it
So you have to find one thing which ticks both boxes or find several things which together make you happy.

When you choose a course a vocation after your boards focus on these three at the least?

  • How far your parents will be supporting your education?
  • Do you plan to make a career out of this education?
  • What are the prospects for studying this particular course?
  • Are you ready for the bottom up learning needed in that particular field of study?

 Whom should you talk to?

  • Before signing up for any course, talk to the people associated with that branch who have at least five years experience after passing out.
  • How are they making their living?
  • Senior people in the industry will give you a bird’s eye view of the timeline needed for self-sufficiency.
Does this course give you a chance to have your own setup? Ever?
I strongly believe entrepreneurship, emotional health, and money sense should be a part of course curriculum in at least from middle school.
Keeping aside wishy-washy talks you wouldn’t want to not have a stable income.That doesn’t let you plan the life you want.
Say for example the following are branches of studies associated with the Healthcare industry which are Important in a hospital(Both Government and Private)
Have opportunities for government jobs both temporary and permanent.
Have distinct opportunities for financial independence.
Technical assistance is needed in many branches of medicine and good training and experience are highly valued.
 Branches of Healthcare Industry which is much in demand
  • Microbiologist
  • Pathologist
  • Forensic medicine
  • OT technician
  • ICU technician
  • Audiometry
  • Speech pathologist
  • Pharmacologist
  • Optometrist
  • Physiotherapist
  • Psychologist
  • Blood bank technician
  • ECG technician and some more .
  •  Nursing BSc, MSc,
  • Midwifery
But for these to work for you, you will need to study hard
Work hard.Gain experience and have a plan to set up your own setup  if you want to .
In West Bengal, both Government and Private healthcare institutes are offering recognizer courses on the above at affordable rates.
Often the internship options are paid for, unlike many other branches.
I will be updating resources about allied branches, in mainstream options so that you know about your choices.
Check out these resource:
http://www.iahs.co.in/courses.php
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Ear discharge : When should you visit the ER

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Ear discharge is often a private problem. Few want to discuss it. It’s also easy to ignore since you don’t see the condition inside your ear. It’s an easily treatable and preventable condition.

In this post, I will tell you

  • All your options with ear discharge.
  • When you should definitely visit the ER.
  • What are your options to get treated 

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Table of contents

What are the causes of ear discharge?

Ear discharge occurs  when  secretions occur due to  infections in various parts of the ear.

*Otitis externa : Infection involving external ear.

Furuncle/boil 

Otomycosis:fungal infection

Acute otitis media
Pus gets trapped behind the eardrum and the pressure may cause the drum to rupture and pus mixed with blood gets released. This generally occurs after an untreated cold for a period of 5 to 7 days. Accompanied by fever and earache. Rupture of the eardrum occurs with a decrease in pain and pus with bloody discharge.

Chronic otitis media

When ear infection causes persistent discharge for more than 12 weeks. This often presents with ear drum perforation, ear discharge, and reduced hearing.

*Otitis media with effusion

Generally allergic rhinitis, adenoid tissues, and Tonsillitis may cause this. In this case, a sticky discharge occurs.

*CSF Otorrhea

Following head injury, if the junction between your ear and brain is breached the brain fluid may leak.

Potentially serious condition with a risk of meningitis.

Types of ear discharge:

Watery: CSF Fluid covering the brain. You may think water is coming out of your ear.
*Mucoid: Middle ear goblet cells are the source . Indicates ear drum perforation. This is sticky like the goo which comes out of your nose when you have a cold. It’s a white discharge from the ear.
*Pus: Otitis externa/furuncle/infected fungal infection, squamous type of Chronic otitis media.
Pus+mucus: Infected mucus, indicates ear drum perforation.Chronic otitis media mucosal type when there occurs ear drum perforation.

Blood coming out of the ear has to be managed by an ear doctor.
*Pus+blood: squamous type of Chronic otitis media potentially serious and needs urgent management.

*Pus+mucus+blood.:Chronic otitis media mucosal type with granulation
potentially serious and needs urgent management.

What are the important investigations you should do?

*Otoendoscopy: A  chance for you to Visualize the inside of your own ear and see the problem.

*Pure tone audiometry: PTA. Helps to assess diminished hearing which can occur due to ear discharge.

*Tympanometry: Eardrum problems like a thinned drum, and the perforated drum is diagnosed  You can also detect fluid behind an intact drum.

*HRCT temporal bone: This is computed tomography of your ear bone and helps detect, how far the disease has progressed.

What are the options for treatment for discharging the ear? 

Treatment  may be:
*Surgical:Chronic Otitis media squamous type( having cholesteatoma and granulations)
*Medical: Acute otitis media, Otomycosis, furuncle of the ear.
*Surgical+Medical: Chronic otitis media

What are the other complaints associated with ear discharge? 

*Swelling  behind the ear: post-aural abscess
*Partial or complete loss of hearing

Ear ache: more common in acute otitis media, ear furuncle, and fungal ear infection.Less common in chronic otitis media. If earache occurs in Chronic otitis media it’s considered a dangerous sign.

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Earache

*Dizziness

*Ringing sound in the ear: Tinnitus

*Acute and chronic mastoiditis Infection and inflammation of the Mastoid bone.
*Post aural fistula: Opening in the skin behind the ear connecting with the Mastoid bone.(This occurs in Chronic otitis media eroding the bone .)

*Accompanying signs such as fever and headache often indicate the potential involvement of the brain.
Meningitis, Brain abscess, and other intracranial complications.

*Facial palsy: Disease can cause involvement of the facial nerve.Deviation of mouth, difficulty closing eye, the problem with chewing, eating, blowing, and puffing.

Treatment  depends on the exact cause 

Often ear discharge is a symptom ignored for a long. Avoidance of the problem will put you at risk of serious complications including, permanent hearing loss. Like a friend of mine, who after ignoring repeated bouts of airplane ear developed chronic otitis media and persistent ear discharge.

When should you visit the ER, with ear discharge?

  • Ear pain not decreasing
  • Profuse bleeding from the ear
  • Slap injury /sharp injury to the ear
  • High-grade fever with ear discharge and headache
  • Ear discharge with dizziness nausea and vomiting
  • Sudden hearing loss with ear discharge
  • Facial deviation with ear discharge
  • Swelling behind the ear with ear discharge

These are all danger signs and need immediate intervention.

Is ear discharge not stopping?This is what you must know.

Where can you get help?

In India, all Government Medical colleges have a good ENT setup.Plus it’s free

In Delhi:

AIIMS

Safdarjung Hospital

Maulana Azad Medical College

GTB Hospital and Medical College

Kolkata

Calcutta Medical College

NRS Medical College

SSKM Medical College

CNMC

R.G.Kar Medical college

Ear discharge in children needs early treatment to prevent long-term sequelae and irreversible damage.

Private medical colleges with excellent Ear surgery in Kolkata

What other queries do you have about ear discharge? Let me know in the comments below.

Shishumangal Hospital and Vivekananda Medical college

Disclaimer: This health info is meant for educational purposes only and should not be confused as professional medical advice.

10 Truths about weight lifting for women

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I used to lift weights 10 years back.Then in the mad rush of studies, work , marriage and then baby I had forgotten how much fun it was.
How great I felt.
I started lifting again only 1 year back.
But it’s like finding your best buddy again.
You remember all the fun you had.

First Anniversary mocktail mommies celebration contest
First Anniversary mocktail mommies celebration contest:Day 5 Fitness Friday 

It’s like no time had passed.
  I had first weight trained when  I started my MBBS studies.Didn’t know much about pros and cons of strength training .
But I fell in love with barbells, dumbbells, deadlifts overhead presses, pull ups, squats!Everything.

 

Weight loss for women has myths surrounding it making the truth invisible
Weight loss for women has myths surrounding it making the truth invisible

 

Will you lose weight?

This will largely depend upon your diet and your genes.
  Will you become stronger?
 Yes definitely.
 Will you look great and feel awesome?
 Absolutely .
 
 The Myths about strength training
  • Lifting heavy weights will make you bulky.
  • It’s bad for your joints
  • When you have muscle if you stop lifting it will become  fat.
  • You will lose your femininity.

 10 Truths about strength training for women:

  • Make you stronger
  • Make you healthier.
  • Make you toned.
  • Helps you lose weight even when you are not exercising.
  • Boosts your BMR
  • A quick way to get rid of your blues and increase endorphins.
  • Helps control attacks of anxiety depression and mood swings
  • Decreases stress
  • Sleep quality improved
  • Stronger heart
Yoga for increasing flexibility and finding your core.
The treadmill for improving cardiorespiratory health.
But are they enough?
Can you do targeted weight loss?
No.
For weight loss, you must do compound movements.Big movements.
Movements that need a lot of different muscle groups to complete.
These are the exercises which help you become stronger and leaner.
 

Should men and women lift different weights?

Men have testosterone as their major sex hormone, which helps them bulk up.
While women have estrogen which doesn’t bulk you up.But helps make lean muscle.It helps improve bone density and make you stronger.
 
So why do women heavy lifters look so big?
3 Things.
 They maybe taking special protein supplements.
Specifically,  want that look and have trained for years .
May also be under hormonal therapy.
The truth is for you to find out.
 

 

FITNESS CHALLENGE :Stronger together
FITNESS CHALLENGE: Stronger together

 
 
Treadmill or weight lifting ?
Which burns more?
 Hands down weights do.
Cardio you burn calories while doing it.
Strength training  helps you burn during and after the exercise.
You lift weights
Your muscle continues to need more oxygen after you stop.
This is EPOC or excess post exercise energy consumption.This makes you lose more calorie and increase BMR. 
Standing burns calories,  more than sitting.
Walking is better than standing and strength training is better than walking!

Start lifting heavy weights .Lift everything. The stronger you are the better you will feel.The more confident  you will be.

But it’s important to talk to your brain.Because exercise has a lot to do with your mind. What makes you happy?

Are you ready to make a change be stronger?

 

Tell me ,  do you do like strength training .Comment  below and let me know.

 

 Disclaimer: This is meant to promote awareness about healthy lifestyle and necessity for exercise.This is not a blanket recommendation for all.It is advisable to consult your own doctor before starting any new exercise program.

 

 

 

Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals receives JCI accreditation for 4th time

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When I visit a hospital for my own ailments, I feel happy when they meet international standards.

The Joint Commission International Accreditation USA is the recognized leader in handing out quality checks to international healthcare institutes. JCI doesn’t give accreditation and its stamp of approval forever though.

It understands that quality needs consistency too. That’s why it reconfirms it’s accreditation every 3 years. This is a strict process, needing multiple surveys and evaluation.

On 5th March 2018, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals Kolkata received the JCI accreditation for the fourth time in succession.

That makes it the only hospital in eastern India with this quality of patient care set up and management.

What exactly is the JCI and why should you care?

JCI is an important criteria for assessing international standards in India. When it comes to patient care, you desire the best. But how exactly do you know its the best?

How do you know you are getting standard and high-quality care?

JCI is the gold seal of quality healthcare.

The gold seal of approval is a sign of Apollo’s commitment to setting up and maintaining quality healthcare, which matches the best international standards.

As a patient, it makes sense to me to have an objective way of knowing how to judge and compare world-class healthcare by looking for the JCI Gold Seal.

Accreditation has helped improve the quality of care across the country. Now hospitals are trying to meet the best patient care and safety standards to give quality healthcare.
JCI was the precursor to NABH, which is now recognized by the government as critical to the delivery of care.

(NABH or National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers, known as NABH too, support improvement of the quality of healthcare service in our country for all strata of the society through various methodologies and tools to supplement the efforts of the providers of healthcare service.
While hospitals were earlier criticised for chasing certification, this has actually helped all Indians. Just like your educational qualification helps prospective employers have an objective idea about your expertise and experience, JCI helps the patient choose the healthcare provider with confidence.

JCI Accreditation Apollo Hospital :What you need to know
JCI Accreditation Apollo Hospital :What you need to know

Since the accreditation is by a reputable authority, it makes good sense to check before we choose!

How is the Accreditation given?

Apollo Gleneagles Hospital team underwent a meticulous process of evaluation for 5 days. Four international surveyors with an expert team of doctors, nurses and healthcare administrators from the Joint Commission International, visited Apollo.They evaluated the hospital on more than 1200 measurable factors.

This included:

•Staff interviews

•Talking with patients

•Evaluating leadership skills of management

•Physical inspection

•Review of records

The successful completion of the survey and the amazing achievement of fourth-time accreditation by JCI reinforces the organization’s commitment to develop and implement healthcare practices and policies with patient safety and benefit as the first word in quality healthcare.

This is meant for spreading general healthcare information.All decisions regarding health and healthcare need the consultation of a doctor in person.Read my disclosure here.

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Fitness challenge to make you stronger

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My daughter is 4 and half years old .For the last 4 years I’ve told my hubby that I am getting fitter ,mentally !
The amount of exercise I do in my brain could have made me a  bikini super model by now.
  This year finally I found an answer to my fitness woes.
 I had more fun getting fitter ,than ever before.

The lessons I learned :

#1 Talk to your brain.It’s the boss! 

 
“I am happy with my body” ,line would have worked ,if that was true.Not lying to myself is my first rule.
I have a treadmill which I use everyday to walk or run or stroll whatever as long as I get on it.It makes me happy.
That shot of adrenaline helped me  explore  how I can make the treadmill trips less boring.I have a few hacks which I will be sharing.

#Lesson 2 

Dumbbells are my favourite  .
Lifting weights are a lot of fun.
They give me a feeling of accomplishment .
I started my weight training journey , apprehensively not sure I could continue it.
But continue I did.
While doing the Blogchatter challenge # My Friend Alexa, I realized most people work best in a community. After reading this this Blogchatter challenge it became obvious to me that, when you’re having fun, with friends its easier to get difficult work done.
 
 
What’s more difficult than  getting fitter?
 
Weight loss is not just about self image for me.It’s about finding  my strongest self.I want my daughter to grow up strong.Strong mothers can help their children grow up stronger.
Not afraid  of the world and its lurking dangers.
As protests for the  wrongs suffered continues ,women need to grow stronger.
The stronger you become it will be more difficult to suppress your voice.

#Lesson 3

When you are the ideal weight ,your heart and your joints having less work to do .
There’s a reason weight and height charts are matched .
Life is about a healthy living and the best life possible.
 
 
 I started lifting weight 6 months back with one  set of dumbbells.
Now I have  a few.  Living  in a little town in West Bengal  and with my crazy schedule, going to the gym  is not convenient .
So whatever I do have to be done at home.
When I started my fitness journey I had a few nagging pains ,left over from my post pregnancy days.
The stronger I became , the better I felt about myself.
The less pains and aches I had .
 
Body weight  and mental health ,have a deep relationship .Mind and body ,live together in your consciousness.
 
When your mind decides  it wants to get stronger  you will get stronger.
 
With 71 days left before 2017 are you as strong as you would like to be?
 
Are you upto,taking part in a fitness challenge to become the strongest you?
If yes ,you need to do two little  things.
 
 
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