Respiratory Health
Colds, flu, cough, rhinitis and asthma
Topics covered on this board
This board covers respiratory conditions such as colds and flu, a cough that lasts a long time, asthma, pneumonia and chronic cough. Asthma has its own sub-board. Care is centred on pulmonology (호흡기내과) (internal medicine at clinic level, and ear, nose and throat clinics).
See a doctor quickly in these cases
- When you are so short of breath that it is hard to keep talking, or the lips turn blue (emergency)
- When there is blood in your phlegm
- When a cough keeps going for more than 3 weeks (a chest X-ray check is recommended)
- When you have a high fever together with chest pain when breathing (pneumonia is suspected)
People aged 65 and over and people with chronic conditions should have a flu vaccination every year, and eligible people should have the pneumococcal vaccination.
Source: 질병관리청 국가건강정보포털 · as of 2026-08-05
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