Air Quality Sucks
I am a huge fan of this city (HK), but I’ve read air quality is 30% worse versus New York’s air quality
For about a week now I’ve been coughing. I never suffered from any kind of respiratory ailments in New York. Perhaps my pristine US home grown lungs haven’t fully acclimated to the air here. I have this dry cough that just won’t go away. It’s really bothersome. I am not sure if it’s the moisture in the air that I am not accustomed to or just the pollution.
Otherwise, it’s been a productive and good *cough* day(*cough cough*).
I had a runny nose the whole time I was there — hope you didn’t notice ; )
If it’s just a dry throat, get some of that brown syrupy stuff, it’s pretty good. I found it here in the US, but it’s all over the place in HK.
KC, you know about the brown syrupy stuff!
In addition to brown syrupy stuff, try hot lemon coke. That is one of the most soothing things you can have when you have a sore throat, it’s hot, it’s lemony and it’s Coca Cola.
I had a dry cough when I moved from Atlanta back up north; and it lasted for a very long time. My allergy doctor said that it was a mild form of adult asthma due to the air quality. She gave me an Rx for ProAir HFA…don’t know if you can get it in HK, but it really works! I brought it with me to Shanghai just in case it creeps back!