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tehdee
Joined: 01 Apr 2008
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 Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: living with allergies in korea/seoul |
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im in the midst of creating an allergy (food-based or environmental) group/forum/webpage for people living in Korea [and travelling abroad].
anybody who wants to be involved, cares to join or share stories and can offer opinions on the matter, please reply here so i can get in touch with you either via pm or email.
cheers,
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moptop
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Gangwondo
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: allergies |
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| i'd like to be involved. it can be pretty challenging eating here if you don't know what they put in each recipe. who knew they often put coffee in gamja tang?!?! or wheat in gochu jang? i've had to do a lot of research to see what i can eat. count me in! |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I recently learnt that I'm allergic to their green version of cantaloupe. Makes me break out in hives but orange ones from back home don't. Anyone else found that? |
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proopser
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
Location: Gunsan
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Xuanzang wrote: |
| I recently learnt that I'm allergic to their green version of cantaloupe. |
You mean honeydew? |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| proopser wrote: |
| Xuanzang wrote: |
| I recently learnt that I'm allergic to their green version of cantaloupe. |
You mean honeydew? |
Yeah but it doesn't have the smooth, greenish white skin. They call it musk melon here and it has cantaloupe scaley skin. |
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McGenghis
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: Gangneung
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: allergies |
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| moptop wrote: |
| . who knew they often put coffee in gamja tang?!?! |
What! Potato stew is kind of a misnomer anyway, but coffee? Weird. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I've heard they put cola into galbijjim as sweetener. |
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YailBloor
Joined: 31 May 2009
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd be interested to get involved. I'm currently working the environmental allergies side of things trying to get allergy shots set up. I couldn't find any information on that prior to my arrival, so I would be happy to shed some light on that once the process is in motion. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I tried to make an appointment with an allergist to get tested again for food allergies. The hospital staff looked at me like I was from outer space. Anyone know of one in Seoul? |
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Crockpot2001
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Count me in too. I'm allergic to shellfish. I'm also a registered dietitian so this subject matter is close to home for me.
Cheers,
crockpot2001 |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| They've filled both of my schools with some really pungent flowers. Every day I go in feeling fine, fifteen minutes later I've got a tickle in my throat, I'm sneezing and my nose is running. They keep asking me if I have a cold, I keep telling them no, it's the flowers. From the sounds of our staff room I'm not the only one with this problem either. |
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tehdee
Joined: 01 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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amazing---
ive established a forum, and am in the initial stages of populating it by invitation to get the post count up.
people wont often stumble upon an empty forum and simply start posting.
within a day or two, ill post the link and hopefully we can get going from there... |
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youtuber
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:13 pm Post subject: Re: living with allergies in korea/seoul |
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| tehdee wrote: |
im in the midst of creating an allergy (food-based or environmental) group/forum/webpage for people living in Korea [and travelling abroad].
anybody who wants to be involved, cares to join or share stories and can offer opinions on the matter, please reply here so i can get in touch with you either via pm or email.
cheers,
ted |
If you have any kind of respiratory allergy, then Seoul is def NOT for you. The air quality is very poor. Consider a smaller city. |
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Xuanzang
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject: Re: living with allergies in korea/seoul |
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| youtuber wrote: |
| tehdee wrote: |
im in the midst of creating an allergy (food-based or environmental) group/forum/webpage for people living in Korea [and travelling abroad].
anybody who wants to be involved, cares to join or share stories and can offer opinions on the matter, please reply here so i can get in touch with you either via pm or email.
cheers,
ted |
If you have any kind of respiratory allergy, then Seoul is def NOT for you. The air quality is very poor. Consider a smaller city. |
Anywhere in this country. Maybe only the small towns in Gangwon-do might be okay, save for the occasional trash burnings by old folks. |
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Crockpot2001
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I tried to make an appointment with an allergist to get tested again for food allergies. The hospital staff looked at me like I was from outer space. Anyone know of one in Seoul? |
I have no idea where to get tested here in Korea. I can say that at a recent conference I attended in the States pointed out the high error rates for skin testing, sometimes greater than 60%. They then pointed people to a second generation of testing called mediator release (MRT) testing. It was noted that it's 93% accurate. I just got the handouts so I'm trying to choke it down.
It may be worth your while to ask around for such testing. Maybe Dr. Love can help direct us in this matter? |
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