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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:43 pm Post subject: What diseases has Korea given you? |
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| It�s official: Korea has given me a disease � contact dermatitis on my forearms. I know where I got it, too: the worn-down pads at the chest fly machine at the gym. I have yet to see anyone wipe down a bench or a machine after they use it here in Korea. I�m thinking of bringing my own spray bottle with disinfectant (gyms back home came equipped with these, but zero here) or disinfectant wipes to the gym. Gotta be careful or else it may be the flesh-eating kind next. Do they have disinfectant sprays available at your gym here in SK? I guess kimchi either makes you immune, your sweat anti-bacterial, or both. |
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jonpurdy
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Location: Ulsan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Just wipe down the machine before and after you use it. A bit of a gripe of mine but I always do that now. |
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take a rest
Joined: 15 Sep 2010
Location: self-banned
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Allergies. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| A UTI. |
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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I've always been wiping them down with the free towels they provide at my gym, but I'm in the minority with possibly hundreds using the machines before me. Wiping down with a towel visibly gets rid of the sweat left behind, but it probably winds up spreading the bacteria around.  |
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machoman
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| i hate wearing the gym shirts. several times i've worn a gym shirt and it reeks of b.o. never again, i'm wearing my own shirts from now on. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I've gotten food poisoning here so bad that I had to got the hospital to get an IV on two separate occasions. |
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snowjd
Joined: 30 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject: Hep A & B |
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I have seen it recommended that you get Hepatitis A & B vaccinations if going to Korea. I was planning on doing it (I'm arriving in Korea in about 2 weeks), but found out that it's a 6 month process. Any thoughts on this? Is it easy to find Hep A & B vaccinations in Korea?
Any information will be greatly appreciated! |
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Gom
Joined: 05 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: Hep A & B |
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| snowjd wrote: |
I have seen it recommended that you get Hepatitis A & B vaccinations if going to Korea. I was planning on doing it (I'm arriving in Korea in about 2 weeks), but found out that it's a 6 month process. Any thoughts on this? Is it easy to find Hep A & B vaccinations in Korea?
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I would like to know about this too. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: Hep A & B |
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| snowjd wrote: |
I have seen it recommended that you get Hepatitis A & B vaccinations if going to Korea. I was planning on doing it (I'm arriving in Korea in about 2 weeks), but found out that it's a 6 month process. Any thoughts on this? Is it easy to find Hep A & B vaccinations in Korea?
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Yes, they have Hep A & B vaccinations in Korea. Any hospital will have them. And you should get them anyway, even if you don't go to Korea. |
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diver
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| It's hard to tell since kimchi cures, well...everything. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Hep A & B |
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| snowjd wrote: |
I have seen it recommended that you get Hepatitis A & B vaccinations if going to Korea. I was planning on doing it (I'm arriving in Korea in about 2 weeks), but found out that it's a 6 month process. Any thoughts on this? Is it easy to find Hep A & B vaccinations in Korea?
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I don't know about Hep B, but with Hep A if you get the vaccine now you'll be more or less protected by the time you get to Korea, and fully protected within a month. You'll just need to get your second round within a year, after which you'll be inoculated for life. |
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balzor
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| machoman wrote: |
| i hate wearing the gym shirts. several times i've worn a gym shirt and it reeks of b.o. never again, i'm wearing my own shirts from now on. |
I always bring my own clothes. especially because they all go commando in those gym shorts |
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snowjd
Joined: 30 Jun 2010
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| I don't know about Hep B, but with Hep A if you get the vaccine now you'll be more or less protected by the time you get to Korea, and fully protected within a month. You'll just need to get your second round within a year, after which you'll be inoculated for life. |
I considered that, but the problem is that any doctor where I am wants to charge for the entire treatment upfront, and each one is well over $100. I think I'll just get the vaccine as soon as possible after arriving, hopefully when I go in for the standard health check. |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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My kindy class gave me ADHD but it only flares up during their class.
My ex-boss gave me alcoholism but I've overcome it and am symptom free now.
I've a coworker with cyclothymia but I avoid him and haven't contracted it yet.
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