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merrypr4nkster
Joined: 03 Jun 2009
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 Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:53 pm Post subject: What vaccinations shouls I get? |
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| I'm moving to Ansan city in southern Seoul in September. I'm planning on traveling around to other countries in the area as well as all around Korea. What vaccinations should/must I get? |
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simIAN
Joined: 02 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Barrel Fever, Consumption, Canker Rash, Dyspepsia, Putrid Fever and Yellow Jacket should cover it. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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I have my immunization card right here, and they were REALLY expensive back home ($1000 and insurance doesn't cover travel vaccines)...
I got a Hep A / Hep B, Typhoid, Tetanus (booster), and Diphtheria (I think that's what Td means).
You can get them in-country LOADS cheaper, and make sure you go BACK and get tested for antibodies on the Hepatitis. Some people think you can get vaccinated and you're golden, when sometimes your body just doesn't produce the required bug-killing nasties. |
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merrypr4nkster
Joined: 03 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:57 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the response. $1000? That seems a little pricey?! I'm looking online and for all of those you listed it's about $150 student health services at UC. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| merrypr4nkster wrote: |
| Thanks for the response. $1000? That seems a little pricey?! I'm looking online and for all of those you listed it's about $150 student health services at UC. |
Most of that was just the one...Hep A/B I think? If I remember right... It's only good for two years, and it's a series. Those shots at County Health were $150 *each* (three shots total, one month apart). |
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No_hite_pls
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
Location: Don't hate me because I'm right
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:41 am Post subject: |
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| TB rate is very high in South Korea. I wish I had gotten a TB Vaccination before I came. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| No_hite_pls wrote: |
| TB rate is very high in South Korea. I wish I had gotten a TB Vaccination before I came. |
Your doctor or County Health Dept has the list of recommended travel vaccinations for South Korea. If you ask them, they'll give you the whole shooting match.
As for TB, unless you're a child, there really isn't a vaccine for you, sorry  ..
If you have a chronic, productive cough with blood in the sputum, go tot he hospital and ask the doctor to test for a pleural effusion and spin your blood for TB. I didn't get the "red circle" test here, apparently medical science has advanced since the last time I had a TB test. |
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gangwonbound
Joined: 27 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:00 am Post subject: |
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Get the Hep A and B Twinrex vac...
If you get Hep you cannot drink because it messes up your liver. |
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merrypr4nkster
Joined: 03 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| Just went to the doctor. They recommended Hep A and B, Typhoid, Japanese Ensiphelitis, and a few others... The ensephilitis was $400! and the others are like $50 each... Damn profiteers |
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the oak llama
Joined: 05 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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yeah...
I got the Japanese Encephalitis vaccination because I'm a Paranoid Floyd.
It's only really seriously recommended if you plan on spending more than 30 consecutive days in a rural area.
Something about the mosquitoes that prey upon livestock.
The name of it is really scary so I decided to get it. Probably wasn't necessary.
I paid $510. Ugh.
I could have spent that money on liquor(s).
Also Hep A / B and Typhoid. And a Tetanus booster is recommended after 10 years have passed. But you can always go get it right after you accidentally swallow the rusty object. |
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Zulethe
Joined: 04 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Go to the nearest military hospital and ask for the anthrax vaccine. You know because of north Korea and all. |
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the oak llama
Joined: 05 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| and a helmet |
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renrats
Joined: 24 Apr 2009
Location: Carolinas
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:56 am Post subject: |
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| Straphanger wrote: |
I have my immunization card right here, and they were REALLY expensive back home ($1000 and insurance doesn't cover travel vaccines)...
I got a Hep A / Hep B, Typhoid, Tetanus (booster), and Diphtheria (I think that's what Td means).
You can get them in-country LOADS cheaper, and make sure you go BACK and get tested for antibodies on the Hepatitis. Some people think you can get vaccinated and you're golden, when sometimes your body just doesn't produce the required bug-killing nasties. |
About how much can I expect to pay in Korea for the Hep A and typhoid vaccines? (I've got all the others).
I just wasted a colossal amount of time trying to get the Hep A vac in the states (my US doctor is awesome and was trying to get my insurance to cover it, but the bleeping nurse who was to administer the shot insisted on mentioning "travel"... thus they won't cover it). Anyways, any info you have on the cost is appreciated! |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't forget your rabies shots! |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Vaccinations are a scam and bad for your health. You believe in them because of bogus info fed to you over many years by the drug companies and their drug pushing white coated mafia. Now a bunch of science believers and not knowers will get angry at this post. |
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