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chaz47
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 Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:34 pm Post subject: GF visiting from US... can't stop coughing. |
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So my gf is visiting from the US. She's been here all of 3 days and has a persistent cough. It's worse in the mornings when she gets up and starts to move around.
* She is a smoker and used a nicotine inhaler for the first time on the flight over.
* There were the obligatory in-flight SARS masks on just about every Asian female on the flight.
* It is "yellow dust" season and this is her first time in Asia.
She has a slight fever, 36.8C~98.24F.
Do you think it's just allergies/adjusting to the new place or should we be concerned? |
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cyui
Joined: 10 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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Probably allegries from yellow dust
So whatever happened with your job and the bill? |
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interestedinhanguk
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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| That is not a fever. Average body temperature is about 98.6F. |
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Ice Tea
Joined: 23 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Same thing happened to me my first March here. Coughed for three weeks. Eventually started coughing up blood. No idea what it was. Doctor said "cold". I survived. |
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ThingsComeAround
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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Yellow Dust is not natural for Americans. We don't experience a cloud of fine sand particles from March to April. Where I'm from we get freezing rain and the occasional sleet until Easter rolls around.
Get your GF a mask and taxi her around town. Expensive, but she will feel better. |
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eamo
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Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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She used a nicotine inhaler for the first time? I'd guess that's the cause.
The Yellow Dust is not so bad as to make a 3-day chronic cough......plus you say it's worse in the mornings....when she has been indoors sleeping for hours. So again, that points away from yellow dust. |
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carleverson
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| People who smoke shouldn't complain about coughing. |
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brucefox
Joined: 23 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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yeah that does sound pretty bad.. I mean the symptoms she has.
My pulmonary functions get affected extremely easily by any foreign particle like dust and all I am getting are swollen eyes and runny nose. Very annoying and frustrating.. But nothing like her reaction. I also think it's not the dust. |
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sadguy
Joined: 13 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: GF visiting from US... can't stop coughing. |
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| chaz47 wrote: |
So my gf is visiting from the US. She's been here all of 3 days and has a persistent cough. It's worse in the mornings when she gets up and starts to move around.
* She is a smoker and used a nicotine inhaler for the first time on the flight over.
* There were the obligatory in-flight SARS masks on just about every Asian female on the flight.
* It is "yellow dust" season and this is her first time in Asia.
She has a slight fever, 36.8C~98.24F.
Do you think it's just allergies/adjusting to the new place or should we be concerned? |
i would suggest taking some cough medicine and wearing that face mask to filter out pollutants that she's breathing in. maybe she's sensitive to it. |
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Mr. Peabody
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:01 am Post subject: |
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Um...maybe it's the cigarettes?  |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| even without insurance..she can see a doctor for like 7-8000w, and get 3 or 4 days worth of medicine for under 10000W. |
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ssuprnova
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:32 am Post subject: |
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| My guess: the air is drier here and she smokes more because it's cheap and socially acceptable. |
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tjinh200
Joined: 15 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:52 am Post subject: Re: GF visiting from US... can't stop coughing. |
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| chaz47 wrote: |
So my gf is visiting from the US. She's been here all of 3 days and has a persistent cough. It's worse in the mornings when she gets up and starts to move around.
* She is a smoker and used a nicotine inhaler for the first time on the flight over.
* There were the obligatory in-flight SARS masks on just about every Asian female on the flight.
* It is "yellow dust" season and this is her first time in Asia.
She has a slight fever, 36.8C~98.24F.
Do you think it's just allergies/adjusting to the new place or should we be concerned? |
In the morning it might be natural for it to appear worse. The natural mucous had time to settle and mix with other particles that might be foreign to her system during sleep. Since she's a smoker, the natural mucous lining in the esophagus has undergone damage and is thus even more sensitive to external change or irritants. Those masks do not actually keep much external bacteria out, so much as they keep your bacteria from spreading to others. In a non-medical and only suggestion-based opinion, it would seem like a good coating cough syrup would help, perhaps with a secondary cough suppressant for good measure. Be aware of any allergies to medication she may have before giving any kind of medicine, OTC or prescription. If she gets markedly worse, it is always a good idea to seek medical advice. Hope she gets better soon  |
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Vox_Populi
Joined: 04 May 2009
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: GF visiting from US... can't stop coughing. |
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| chaz47 wrote: |
So my gf is visiting from the US. She's been here all of 3 days and has a persistent cough. It's worse in the mornings when she gets up and starts to move around.
* She is a smoker and used a nicotine inhaler for the first time on the flight over.
* There were the obligatory in-flight SARS masks on just about every Asian female on the flight.
* It is "yellow dust" season and this is her first time in Asia.
She has a slight fever, 36.8C~98.24F.
Do you think it's just allergies/adjusting to the new place or should we be concerned? |
It could POTENTIALLY be a bacterial infection in her upper bronchial tract. If so, a course of antibiotics would cure it. You could take her to the nearest international clinic. There are many, but the three I can think of off the top of my head are
1) Yonsei University Hospital, near Hongdae
2) Itaewon (on the left side of the main street near the top of the hill past the fire station)
3) Asan Hospital, near Olympic Park/Jamsil |
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Swampfox10mm
Joined: 24 Mar 2011
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Yellow dust has been bad this past week. Is there mold in your place? Some people have a terrible reaction to it, and it's a common problem. My wife developed this problem after many years.
The International Clinic in Itaewon will stick you for a lot more than a normal clinic anywhere else will. Think 30,000+ even with insurance. |
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