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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| I had the TB shot before 10, too. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:57 am Post subject: Re: Student |
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| We just had a student at our high school die of TB last week. |
I'm sorry to hear about that student.
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| As a physician and practitioner I am inclined to believe the fields of medicine should be working together more rather than against each other with such vehemency. |
Are you referring to alternative and allopathic medicine? If so, of course I'd agree.
A question for you: I know that Korean medical students study the same medicine as in the West, in English, and even use the same textbooks. How is it then that Korean doctors do not recommend that workers and students stay home when they are suffering from a contagious illness? It boggles the mind. |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject: cooperation |
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tob55 wrote:
As a physician and practitioner I am inclined to believe the fields of medicine should be working together more rather than against each other with such vehemency.
Are you referring to alternative and allopathic medicine? If so, of course I'd agree. |
Yes I am referring to both.
Your question about doctors recommending people stay home is a good one. I have asked the same question and really received no good answer. Something to do with the sense of community and doing their part regardless of anything else is the way one person tried to explain it to me. My co-teacher at the high school actually explained it to me that way as well when I asked her. It has to do with the fact that Korean citizens want to be seen doing their part and accepting responsibility in spite of the fact that they are infecting other people through their actions.
I try not to be critical of their feelings and beliefs, but this is one particular custom that should change. |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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Tuberculosis infection rate remains high in 2008
Korea Herald (March 17, 2009)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/03/17/200903170086.asp
Tuberculosis infection rate remains high in 2008
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2009/03/17/0200000000AEN20090317001800320.HTML
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| According to the report by the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 34,340 people were newly diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, slightly down from the previous year's 34,710. |
The young fall victim to tough TB pathogens
By Park Sang-woo, JoongAng Daily (September 29, 2008)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2895432
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The National Statistical Office and the Korean National Tuberculosis Association recently announced that there were 35,361 new tuberculosis patients in 2006. That means that 73.2 out of every 10,000 people here had TB. That�s a sharp increase from the past. In 2004, new TB patients were 31,503, or 65.4 for every 10,000.
And Korea has the highest incidence of TB of all 30 OECD member countries. Nations of the OECD average 15.6 cases of TB for every 10,000 people. In the United States, only 4 for every 10,000 people have the disease, while Japan has 22 per 10,000....
In 2006, there were 9,126 TB cases in people between the ages of 10 to 29, or 25.7 percent of the total.... |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 11:12 am Post subject: |
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| You can get the skin test, sputum test, blood test and X-rays here. Just ask. The costs are NOT that high. |
The total cost at Asan Medical Center is around 85,000. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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Sounds like some hospitals are amateurish here. I knew a Korean person who got cancer who went to Samsung Hospital in Seoul because it's one of the better ones here? His treatment was successful.
So, I don't know much else about it. But what hospitals in Seoul are best for a prolonged medical condition or testing?
I assume some of the hospitals are amateurish because they don't pay their staff and don't want real nurses. Not sure. |
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IamBabo
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| It exists in all 50 states. It probably is more prevalent on the west coast due higher rates of AIDS, as well as immigration from Asia. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| It exists in all 50 states. It probably is more prevalent on the west coast due higher rates of AIDS, as well as immigration from Asia. |
A bit unrelated. But speaking of the west coast, I notice lots of Koreans and Asians want to live there, especially LA. Is it a paradise there or something? Why do so many want to live there? Never seemed that special to me. (Traffic, crime, expensive, etc.) If I could live anywhere, in the USA, I'd find a place near the mountains with blue skies everywhere (given the lack of them here). I think Colorado or Wyoming or Montana would be the ideal place to live (as long as you could make a decent wage, I guess.) |
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cabeza
Joined: 29 Sep 2012
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The already established Korean communities there would probably be the main reason. It would make adapting to their new country a lot easier being surrounded by people who (usually) can speak the same language as you and being able to get Korean food easily. I would imagine being one of the only Korean families in Casper, Wyoming wouldn't be that enticing for your average Korean immigrant.
On topic: A good article explaining some reasons for Korea's high rates of TB
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-koreas-legacy-battle-with-tuberculosis/ |
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