Emedinews Dr. KK’s tip on the cholesterol levels

1% rise in cholesterol levels will increase the chances of heart attack by 2%.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s tip of differentiating saturated from unsaturated food.

Any food which is liquid at room temperature is unsaturated and solid at room temperature is saturated. Foods solid at room temperature are harmful to the health.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s tip of knowing cholesterol level content in a food item

Any food of plant in origin contains ‘zero’ cholesterol. Only animal food contains cholesterol.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s formula of 80

To live up to the age of 80 without heart attack, one should adapt to Dr. KK’s formula of 80 i.e. to keep lower blood pressure, fasting sugar, abdominal circumference, pulse-rate and bad cholesterol level all below 80.

For that, one should walk 80 minutes a day wherever possible a day at a speed of 80 steps in a minute. Do 80 cycles of pranayama in a day. Eat less, not more than 80 gm of caloric food or  80 ml of caloric drink at a time. Avoid alcohol or drink less than 80 ml per day or 80 gm per week. Do 80 laughter exercises in a day. Clap 80 times in a day. Finally, not to smoke as it may end up into Rs. 80000  hospitalization bill.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s tip of hurry, worry and curry

For preventing blood pressure and heart diseases, one must avoid ‘Hurry’- doing everything hurriedly, ‘Worry’ – stress and ‘Curry’ – food with pungent and sour taste.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s formula of APC for lowering blood pressure

 One should eat less of APC, Achar, Papar and Chutney in the diet. All have high salt contents and raise blood pressure.

Dr KK Answers: During my travel, should I eat banana or apple?

Whenever you are traveling, you must maintain food and water hygiene. For this one should remember the formula “ heat it, boil it, cook it, peal  it or forget it. As apple can’t be pealed without a hygienic knife or clean water, it is better to have banana which can be pealed with hands and dirt, if any, will stay on the skin of the banana.

Dr KK Answers: I cannot tolerate milk, what should I do?

Before labeling yourself lactose tolerant, first try the following – Boil the mil three times and then drink the milk. If you still can’t tolerate, try boiling it three times with ginger.  If you still fail, get yourself investigated.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s tip on the food causing acidity

As per Ayurveda text, foods which are pungent, soar, and salty in taste will produce acidity. Eating fermented food after sunset specially mixed with non-fermented food will also cause acidity. 

Dr KK Answers: Dr. KK’s tip for abdominal gas or dyspepsia

As per Ayurveda Texts, any food grown under the ground and eaten raw will produce gas in the body.
Also any food which can split into two equal parts, if eaten raw will produce gas in the body. Examples are almonds, walnuts, pulses, legumes, rajma etc. They should be soaked in water for few hours before cooking them or boil them before eating.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s tip of differentiating cardiac from bronchial asthma

Any attack of asthma appearing for the first time after the age of 40 should be evaluated first for cardiac asthma unless proved otherwise.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s tip for differentiating acidity versus heart attack

Any acidity appearing for the first time in life after the age of 40 should have a cardiac cause ruled out.

Dr KK Answers: Dr. KK’s tip of heart failure

Any patient with acute left heart failure presenting as pulmonary edema, check the blood pressure if the blood pressure is normal or high unless proved otherwise, it is a case of diastolic heart failure (abnormality of the relaxation function of the heart) and carries good prognosis. If the blood pressure is low, it indicates low systolic or pumping function of heart and carries bad prognosis. 

Dr KK Answers: Dr. KK’s tips for non-cardiac chest pain

Any pain in the chest which can be pinpointed by a finger or lasts less than 30 seconds is not a heart angina pain.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s tip for deciding the prognosis in a case of shock

Just feel the hands and if they are warm, it means it is a shock with vasodilatation. The differential diagnosis is sepsis or anaphylaxis. If the hands are cold, it means vasoconstriction. Differential diagnosis is hypovolemia,  pulmonary embolism or acute heart attack. 

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s ABC of HIV prevention

For HIV prevention the best method is ‘A’ – abstinence, if one can’t then ‘B’ – Be faithful to his/her partner, and if one can’t then  use ‘C’ – Condom.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s ABC of a competent doctor

Whenever you want to judge a doctor, judge the ABC of the doctor where ‘A’ – Availability, ‘B’ – is behavior and ‘C’ is competence. A competent doctor is of no use if he is not available or if his behavior with the patients is not good. 

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s formula of 3 in tuberculosis

  In a patient with cough of more than 3 weeks, one should suspect tuberculosis and do 3 samples of sputum examination and if positive, start with not less 3 anti-tubercular drugs.

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s formula of 10.

Dr. KK’s formula of ten is used in "only chest compression cardiac pulmonary resuscitation". Within 10 minutes of sudden cardiac death for the next 10 minutes one should do the chest compression with a speed of 10X10=100 per minute to save the life of the person. In Hindi, it can be remembered as “10 minute ke ander, das minute tak apni chhati peetne ke badle ulki chhati peeto”.  

Emedinews: Dr. KK’s formula of two in Asthma

Dr. KK’s formula of two in Asthma can differentiate Intermittent Asthma from Persistent Asthma. Intermittent Asthma does not require continuous treatment.

If a patient has more than two night attacks of asthma in a month or more than two day attacks of asthma in a week or uses more than two canisters of asthma inhalers in a year, he or she is suffering from Persistent Asthma and requires continuous use of inhalers.