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Cough! Cough!

I was out enjoying the weather yesterday, when I noticed around noon I had a little tickle in my throat, and I was sneezing a little, too. Thought it was just the dust. By evening, I had a deep-chest cough, the kind that makes you sore after you cough a few times.

I don’t know if I picked something up or if it was just the dust. I am hoping it passes quickly, and inconveniences me very little.

Is there something going around in Kuwait? Is this just the time of year for health challenges?

October 7, 2008 - Posted by | ExPat Life, Health Issues, Kuwait, Living Conditions

7 Comments »

  1. i think something is in the air.. and its not love :-S
    me and my sister have similar symptoms and we both had a bad headache last night!

    Ansam's avatar Comment by Ansam | October 7, 2008 | Reply

  2. i mentioned that possibility in a comment on one of your recent post . In kuwaiti dialect this current season is called Esferi maybe it means ” yellowish” where the change in temperature will cause wide spread flu .

    daggero's avatar Comment by daggero | October 7, 2008 | Reply

  3. Ooooh! I didn’t have the headache, Ansam, and while I still have a tiny sore throat, I am not bad. It does feel like allergy, though. I think some factory is throwing stuff into the air that we don’t want to be breathing. Are you feeling better?

    No! I didn’t know that, Daggero! You said this somewhere else? Esferi . . . I remember from Arabic lessons “issayara safra’ ” Is that the same root? The yellowish season . . . it has a poisonous sound, doesn’t it? Thanks, that is new information to me.

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | October 7, 2008 | Reply

  4. I am sure they are seasonal allergies.. not the headache though 😦 I feel better, but the headache is still there!

    Ansam's avatar Comment by Ansam | October 7, 2008 | Reply

  5. I got the same thing :/

    3baid's avatar Comment by 3baid | October 7, 2008 | Reply

  6. I hope you all get better soon. Meanwhile remember, Vitamin C is your friend.

    Yousef's avatar Comment by Yousef | October 8, 2008 | Reply

  7. Oh Ansam, oh 3baid, I hope you feel better soon! I am better today, still coughing a little but the sore throat is gone. LOL, Yousef! You are right, also chicken soup and hot tea!

    intlxpatr's avatar Comment by intlxpatr | October 8, 2008 | Reply


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