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melvaughn
Joined: 11 May 2006
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 Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:22 pm Post subject: What to take when sick |
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I've been in Korea for almost a month and I've had a few close calls with getting sick/a flu bug and my hagwon has a "You have to be dying to get a sick day" policy. My apartment is void of any medication so I'm completly unprepared if I get sick.
Could someone list some of the best cold and flu medication that can be bought in Korea possibly 'over the counter' or from a pharmacy...tea's, herbal things, that help to fight colds/flu? |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Report to the nearest hospital for your regulation shot in the ass. |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| You should get some zinc and vitamin C- many larger pharmacies carry vitamins, but not all, so you might have to check around a bit. I think there are zince lozenges/candies you can buy just about at every grocery store, if my memory serves me correctly. You can buy stuff like Tylenol cold at your local pharmacy and just plain Tylenol. Might want to pick some up just in case you come down with a fever at 3 am, you know... |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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Hang in there! It just part and parcel of getting acclimated.
For the first few months of moving into a foreign country I would start the first month with a light cold and like clock-work, exactly one month later I would get a bigger cold, then again the following month with a fever and so on...
It would go on until I had a full blown flu or even bronchitus once. After that, I would never get sick again.
Best advice, take it easy, drink plenty of water/juice, and eat well. The food, though spicy, is chock full of Vitamin C from the red peppers so I get a huge craving for kimchi when I feel a cold coming and I usually feel better quickly after eating quite a bit of it.
Another "side effect" of moving into a foreign country is having to urinate a lot especially during the middle of the night. So, again make sure to drink plenty of fluids. |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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| kimchi_pizza wrote: |
Hang in there! It just part and parcel of getting acclimated.
For the first few months of moving into a foreign country I would start the first month with a light cold and like clock-work, exactly one month later I would get a bigger cold, then again the following month with a fever and so on...
It would go on until I had a full blown flu or even bronchitus once. After that, I would never get sick again.
Best advice, take it easy, drink plenty of water/juice, and eat well. The food, though spicy, is chock full of Vitamin C from the red peppers so I get a huge craving for kimchi when I feel a cold coming and I usually feel better quickly after eating quite a bit of it.
Another "side effect" of moving into a foreign country is having to urinate a lot especially during the middle of the night. So, again make sure to drink plenty of fluids. |
Eating vast amounts of kimchi could cause, er, other side effects. |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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I don't go WAY overboard on the stuff, but just generally snack on it from time to time without a meal or rice.
I'm curious to know what other side effects? Bloating? Gas? Smelling like an adjoshi after a night on the town? Gas I don't mind, but smelling like a pickled adjoshi? NO WAY!  |
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