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[IncognitoHFX]

I'm a bit under the weather. Nothing that handicaps me, but annoying nonetheless. I think it has to do with the yellow dust, but I'm not quite sure.

Basically, my lungs are full of crap and I have a nasty cough which is my body's way of trying to expel said crap. Anyone else showing any symptoms like this?

[Imbroglio]

Yep, on day 11 of the cough & head cold.

Down with the sickness

[OiGirl]

The yellow dust hasn't been above 200 ppm in any part of the country for weeks.

http://web.kma.go.kr/eng/asi/asi_02_02.jsp

But I'm also having cold symptoms.

[cornie_man]

Isn't the healthy level for constant exposure about 50ppm? I think that red line has been put in a pretty bloody arbitrary place considering how many people are sick.

[jim_we]

You may have noticed lots of yellow stuff on the ground, cars, etc... It's pollen season, maybe that's what's bothering you.

[Zaria32]

Some people (and I'm one of them) seem to have real difficulty with "colds" when they come to Korea. What would have been a 5 day normal cold turns into a 5 or 6 week nightmare...at least that's been my experience.

[bassexpander]

Dry sore throat here.

[silentwhispers]

awww, you poor things in Korea having to deal with pollen counts below 200!
It was 330 here in Atlanta today and in the 3000's (yes, that's 3 zeros) last month. It rained a little on my car and the pollen washed down a little... it looked like someone pissed all over it.
But yea.. i felt the same as you back then... oh, it would be so nice to breathe again. Take some antihistamines. Feel better.

[maeil]

Hello, silentwhispers.

Pollen and yellow dust are quite different.

There are many threads related to yellow dust on this board. But here, I'll do it for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_dust

We were lucky this year. There was hardly a bad day in Seoul. But last year I remember going outside and the entire sky was yellow. Quite different from pollen.

[silentwhispers]

[Easter Clark]

Not sick, but twice last week I woke up to find everything in my apartment covered with "yellow dust" (a.k.a. "pollen")!

Won't be sleeping with the windows open anymore.

[bish]

I've not been 100% for 3 weeks. Was quite sick 2 weeks ago. Had headaches, cough, shit in my chest and nose. Don't think the dust is anything like as bad as when I was in Beijing though...

[camaroclow]

worth goin to the doctor for this shit or is it most likely viral and it has to run its course?

[Cornfed]

I'd be interested to know whether they symptoms described and climatic or infectious. I've had them for a few days too - mucusy cought, sweaty and feverish, runny nose etc.

[nobbyken]

There is loads of green/yellow dust near us this last week, but it's from the top of the pine trees. Not WhangSa (황사) from China.