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[taobenli]

I'm down in the south (city, not rural)? The last couple of days I thought I was getting a cold, and now I definitely feel like I have one. My throat is scratchy and tickly, and I feel like there is phlegm way down deep. Other than that my face feels a tad warm, and my eyes feel tired. No headache, and no nose problem at the moment.

I've also been hearing a lot about the yellow dust, and is is turning to spring. I have never had allergies before but I wonder: how do you tell the difference between allergies and a cold? And if it's allergies (which means it wouldn't go away in days, necessarily) what should I do about it? (Like I said, I'm completely new to allergies).

[ChilgokBlackHole]

The flowers are coming out. Get your blood tested (real real cheap here) and have them look for elevated histamines that would indicate a chronic allergic reaction. Zyrtec is OTC here. If you have spring allergies in Morning Calm, you're in company with a HUGE amount of people.

[Banana_Man]

Spring time causes a lot of trouble for me too - it's not allergies just the changing weather and dryness.

[MalFSU1]

My allergies are all in a tizzy lately, but it only seems to be in my English classroom which I'm in 4 days out of the week. Does anyone have a similar problem...what's a good medicine in Korea for indoor allergies(I'm guessing it has to be from dust)?

[egrog1717]

Welcome to yellow dust season boys and girls...
We had a really big attack mid-week and what you're feeling is the side effects of breathing in microscopic bits of sand and pollution... Welcome to Korea in the Spring

[ChilgokBlackHole]

Except that yellow crap that's all over the place isn't yellow dust. It's pine pollen. Hoang-sa doesn't collect like that.