For those of you who do not know who the Gregory Brothers are, you have to check out their channel on YouTube.
Monday, July 29, 2013
The History of YouTube by The Gregory Brothers - Srinand Mandyam
For those of you who do not know who the Gregory Brothers are, you have to check out their channel on YouTube.
Srinand Mandyam Disclaimer: This song is annoying. PSY - GANGNAM STYLE
The above song is super annoying to me but you have to respect something that has 1.7 billion views! Heck, it has 845,000 dislikes! I could only hope to post something that could ever be viewed by that many people.
Srinand Mandyam welcomes the arrival of Lun Lun's twins!
Lun Lun, a giant panda at the Atlanta Zoo, gave birth to twin cubs on July 16, 2013. This marks a joyous occasion in eyes of conservationists and animal lovers world wide as the giant panda is one of the world's most endangered species. Check out this picture of the little guys!
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Remember MySpace.com?
I used to spend hours and hours on this website when I was younger. They have now reformatted the website so it's geared toward people who enjoy music. Check out my page: https://myspace.com/327441489
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Srinand Mandyam The Truth
The purpose of my blog is to share my thoughts and provide some insight on various topics in medicine.
Monday, June 17, 2013
chronic regional pain syndrome (aka RSD)
Chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS), formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), is a very painful condition usually involving an extremity like the hand or foot. Typically caused by a crush injury, injury to a nerve(s) or even surgery, CRPS typically presents itself as prolonged or excessive pain with mild or dramatic changes in skin color, temperature, and/or swelling in the affected area. Patients affected by this condition often experience allodynia, or pain due to a stimulus which does not normally provoke pain. As a result even things like light touch, showering, or even sleeping with the bedsheets covering the extremity can be very painful! Without early intervention, this condition can progress to the point that one avoids using the extremity as much as possible, which can result in muscle atrophy, contractions, spasms, as well as a loss in bone density.
As a physician, I treat the first diagnosis of this condition with utmost importance in order to halt its progression. This condition very often misdiagnosed, so if you have sustained an injury, surgery, or prolonged immobilization, and have noticed increased hand or foot swelling, color changes, or extreme pain out of proportion to the stimulus, then consult your physician about the possibility of CRPS.
As a physician, I treat the first diagnosis of this condition with utmost importance in order to halt its progression. This condition very often misdiagnosed, so if you have sustained an injury, surgery, or prolonged immobilization, and have noticed increased hand or foot swelling, color changes, or extreme pain out of proportion to the stimulus, then consult your physician about the possibility of CRPS.
Friday, October 21, 2011
My Thai Experience
I had the opportunity to travel to Asia over the summer. Although I have been to India on numerous occasions, I never really had the opportunity to see all of the other things that Asia had to offer. I started my journey in Bangkok, Thailand at the beginning of August. Bangkok is vast metropolis that has everything a person could want including fantastic food, a bustling nightlife, and plenty of sightseeing for tourists. One of my favorite places to eat was a food stall district on Soi 38. ‘Soi’ in Thai means small side street branching off a larger one. This area was full of local food vendors serving everything from delicious satay sticks to fresh crab yellow curry! I have never eaten so much in my entire life. The best part is the price as most meals cost an average of 50 – 100 Bhat (about 2-3 U.S. dollars).
The next place I went to was Phuket, an island off the coast of southwest Thailand. Along with the most gorgeous beaches I have ever seen in my entire life, this place had some of the best seafood that my palate has ever encountered. I stayed at the Patong Paragon Hotel, one of the nicer hotels in the area that has a fantastic pool. While on the island, I snorkeled every day, visited numerous Buddhist temples, and purchased plenty of art from the local markets. I highly recommend visiting this place during the low season (from June to October) as it becomes very crowded after the monsoon season ends.
My trip ended with a visit to Pattaya, which was not as good as the other two places I visited. I attempted to do some parasailing on one of the nearby islands, but after waiting in line for nearly 30 minutes, I was not allowed to go because one of the guys running the attraction thought I wouldn’t be able to handle the landing from the parachute. I have no idea why he thought this, but I was unable to understand his broken English, and he lacked the patience to explain it to me. Overall, it was a very disappointing experience. The rest of the Pattaya trip was salvaged by the underwater “ocean walk” experience. It involves walking along the bottom of the ocean wearing an old school underwater diving helmet that is pressurized by an air hose. I touched a sea urchin and stuck my finger in large clam shell. I also walked around a large brain coral and hand fed various schools of fish. This was by far one of the coolest things I have ever done in my life.
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