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Does anyone else have a summer cold?
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:33 pm    Post subject: Does anyone else have a summer cold? Reply with quote
3 of my friends have it as well. It's not terrible, but I've had a mild headache for a few days, as well as muscle ache and congestion.

Is it just Incheon?
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Louis VI



Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Never had a summer cold in my life. What a strange thing! I have noticed my students sometimes come in sick in July and August and I'm puzzled as heck by it.
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AsiaESLbound



Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, I caught it about 9 days ago and just about over it now. It wasn't nearly as bad as the crud going around last March and April.
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I just confirmed that a friend on the East coast has the same cold.

I went to the doctor yesterday evening to have it checked out, and he gave me a 3-day supply of tylenol and a muscle relaxant. Um... Thanks?
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Rothbard



Joined: 23 Aug 2010
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not enough vitamin D and fat (many nutrients are soluble only in fat (vitamin D isn't a vitamin)).
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Missihippi



Joined: 22 Oct 2007
Location: Gwangmyeong
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I had it too, this past week. But it was nothing a little tequila couldn't fix.
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rothbard wrote:
Not enough vitamin D and fat (many nutrients are soluble only in fat (vitamin D isn't a vitamin)).


I take a D supplement and eat a lot of avocado, nuts, seeds, dairy, and fish, so it isn't that. I also try to get a little sunlight (except the face!) daily.
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sallymonster



Joined: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Seattle area
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm recovering from a virus right now. It started last Sunday with fatigue, loss of appetite, and body aches, by Monday I had a temperature that mostly stayed around 99-100 degrees Fahrenheit (about 38 C), and by Wednesday I was coughing and my fever was occasionally hitting 101-102 F. I'm feeling better now except for that lingering cough!
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ThingsComeAround



Joined: 07 Nov 2008
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Too much AC isn't good for the body (chills/ respiration)

The nights have been getting much cooler, so there has been a need to keep the blankey close

NYC Gal, you don't need avocado, nuts, seeds, dairy, or fish. Drink more water and eat citrus.
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Quack Addict



Joined: 31 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Does anyone else have a summer cold? Reply with quote
NYC_Gal wrote:
3 of my friends have it as well. It's not terrible, but I've had a mild headache for a few days, as well as muscle ache and congestion.

Is it just Incheon?


2 of the 4 foreigners at my school are sick. I'm in Seongnam. One is at school the other home.
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Rothbard



Joined: 23 Aug 2010
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ThingsComeAround wrote:
Too much AC isn't good for the body (chills/ respiration)

The nights have been getting much cooler, so there has been a need to keep the blankey close


You don't get a cold from being cold.


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NYC Gal, you don't need avocado, nuts, seeds, dairy, or fish. Drink more water and eat citrus.


As I mentioned before, vitamin D is likely to be fat soluble. I don't see how your advice is any better than what NYC stated. At least she is getting a little fat from those things, even if she could be easily getting more and better from butter meat etc.

I think I remember NYC mentioning that she drinks 7 liters of water a day (maybe she meant glasses). There is scant evidence that water has any effect on health (outside of keeping you alive obviously), even the 7 glasses a day canard has no grounding in science. It is believed to have been started by Readers' Digest, who pulled it out of their ass.
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NYC_Gal



Joined: 08 Dec 2009
PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ThingsComeAround wrote: