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Poll: did you get sick when you moved to South Korea?
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mattdemers



Joined: 03 Sep 2010
Location: CANADA
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:36 pm    Post subject: Poll: did you get sick when you moved to South Korea? Reply with quote
Did you? Flu, cold, food poisoning. Let's hear your adventures with microbes.
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Triban



Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I am currently battling some kind of illness. General body ache, fever, fatigue, sinus trouble. Still had to come to work though!

Also I had food poisoning 6 months ago and my stomach is still bad from it.
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Kurtz



Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Location: ples bilong me
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've eaten Korean food nearly every day for 4 years and I've never had any form of food poisoning.

I've had several colds which you get from working with kids, but only on two occasions I would put them in the bad category.

I would tell someone going to Korea they have nothing to worry about in terms of health, mental health is another issue though.
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mattdemers



Joined: 03 Sep 2010
Location: CANADA
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kurtz wrote:
mental health is another issue though.


Much scarier...
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Triban



Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kurtz wrote:
I've eaten Korean food nearly every day for 4 years and I've never had any form of food poisoning.

I've had several colds which you get from working with kids, but only on two occasions I would put them in the bad category.

I would tell someone going to Korea they have nothing to worry about in terms of health, mental health is another issue though.


I second the working with kids thing, but also being on the opposite side of the world tends to have different strains of virus. Anyway, I have personally never been as frequently sick as in Korea, especially my stomach.
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Triban



Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kurtz wrote:
I've eaten Korean food nearly every day for 4 years and I've never had any form of food poisoning.

I've had several colds which you get from working with kids, but only on two occasions I would put them in the bad category.

I would tell someone going to Korea they have nothing to worry about in terms of health, mental health is another issue though.


I second the working with kids thing, but also being on the opposite side of the world tends to have different strains of virus. Anyway, I have personally never been as frequently sick as in Korea, especially my stomach.
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NYC_Gal 2.0



Joined: 10 Dec 2010
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've gotten food poisoning twice. The second time was from some bad hwe banchan (never eat hwe banchan covered in spicy sauce if it's not a place that specializing in hwe).

I got a bunch of colds my first year, but this second year I've been pretty healthy, cold and flu-wise.
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johnnyrook



Joined: 08 Nov 2009
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I haven't had many colds in Korea but both winters I've been here I've had re-occurring tonsilitis problems. Never had tonsilitis in my life before coming to Korea.
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jonpurdy



Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Location: Ulsan
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The longer I stay here the less sick I get. I haven't had a cold since the summer and I had like three within the first six months of my first year.
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Skippy



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I rarely got food poisoning I have a pretty strong constitution but I did get the colds.

Two factors - First working and teaching little diease carriers called children does not help.

Second - most people who are new here have yet to become acclimized to the bacteria around in the food, nature, etc.

Given time you will develop a tolerence.

Actually the really annoying part of this life is the school and their not wanting to give sick days.

SO ANYBODY WHO HAS A COLD GET BACK TO WORK NOW!
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goreality



Joined: 09 Jul 2009
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have heard of people getting home sick and experiencing culture shock. Yellow fever is another concern.
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pangaea



Joined: 20 Dec 2007
PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 9:35 pm    Post subject: