2-way switch operating the opposite way to I want.

[EFLImpudence]

does it annoy you that the letters OCD are in the wrong order?

No. I had not thought they were.

Would there not be something fishy about a different order.

 

[JohnW2]

No. I had not thought they were. Would there not be something fishy about a different order.

I suspect he was thinking about 'alphabetical order'

 

[opps]

does it annoy you that the letters OCD are in the wrong order?

SARS- Severe acute respiratory syndrome. Folk law says that the word severe was added even though acute means the same thing becauses the acronym would have otherwise been ARS

 

[morqthana]

SARS- Severe acute respiratory syndrome. Folk law says that the word severe was added even though acute means the same thing becauses the acronym would have otherwise been ARS

Acute does not mean severe.

 

[JohnW2]

SARS- Severe acute respiratory syndrome. Folk law says that the word severe was added even though acute means the same thing becauses the acronym would have otherwise been ARS

Your surmise is totally wrong. Despite what many seem to think, in medical usage "acute" does NOT mean the same as "Severe".

In medical usage "acute" is the opposite of "chronic", and refers to something which arises or worsens rapidly, rather than something persisten/ long-term. An infection like SARS is hence 'acute', whereas a long-term persistent infection, like tuberculosis, is "chronic"

 

[morqthana]

What about chronic conditions where the symptoms are acute? e.g. hay fever

 

[opps]

Acute does not mean severe.

Many thanks for correcting me. And thanks to @JohnW2. I should have fact checked it.

 

[JohnW2]

What about chronic conditions where the symptoms are acute? e.g. hay fever

Have you not heard of "acute on chronic" ?

The the days when what we now call "COAD" was called "Chronic bronchitis", hospitalisation of such patients was usually because of a diagnosis of "acute on chronic bronchitis" - i.e. an acute exacerbation of a chronic condition.

 

[morqthana]

"COAD"

COPD?

 

[JohnW2]

COPD?

I can't keep up with all the (unnecessary!) changes - either COAD changed into COPD or vice versa. I can never remember which, and don't really care, since both mean much the same (and certainly refer to the same disease process - not to mention the fact that my mind still thinks of it as "chronic bronchitis" {or "chronic bronchitis and emphysema"}, anyway )

 

[morqthana]

Sorry - I thought it was a typo. I've only ever heard of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

 

[JohnW2]

Sorry - I thought it was a typo. I've only ever heard of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

No, not a typo - there were times when it was COAD (Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease)

COAD was probably a reasonable approximation to the old term "chronic bronchitis", since the bronchi, which are inflamed ("...itis") in that disease are airways. COPD is perhaps more appropriate for "chronic bronchitis and emphysema" (the full old-fashioned term), since the emphysema is really a matter of the lung tissue ("Pulmonary") rather than airways ... so, on balance, I would say that COPD is probably the most 'accurate'/appropriate.

 

[morqthana]

It's breathtakingly simple...