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Hi all,
I just returned from visiting my brother and his wife over New Year's Eve. We had a blast, but the vacation was soured by the fact that I came down with a nasty fever, headache, and sore throat Saturday night.
Now, this seems to happen every time we go visit them. They smoke a lot, and although they try to smoke outside/away from us, we still get a fair amount of smoke exposure. And, when they have a party or we go to a bar, about 90% of the people smoke, and I mean pretty much one lights up right after the other. A haze of smoke hangs in the bar.
Is it possible that I am allergic to second-hand smoke? The thing that seems strange to me is that it always is sort of a delayed onset - like 24 to 48 hours after exposure to a lot of smoke - and that it turns into a nasty cold with a fever (Saturday night my temp spiked to 102 degrees). I never heard of an allergy being associated with a fever, but this happens every time after prolonged exposure to a smoky bar. My fever continued all day yesterday and is almost gone today but the sore throat continues.
Sadly, this is really starting to limit my ability to party with bro and SIL.
I just returned from visiting my brother and his wife over New Year's Eve. We had a blast, but the vacation was soured by the fact that I came down with a nasty fever, headache, and sore throat Saturday night.
Now, this seems to happen every time we go visit them. They smoke a lot, and although they try to smoke outside/away from us, we still get a fair amount of smoke exposure. And, when they have a party or we go to a bar, about 90% of the people smoke, and I mean pretty much one lights up right after the other. A haze of smoke hangs in the bar.
Is it possible that I am allergic to second-hand smoke? The thing that seems strange to me is that it always is sort of a delayed onset - like 24 to 48 hours after exposure to a lot of smoke - and that it turns into a nasty cold with a fever (Saturday night my temp spiked to 102 degrees). I never heard of an allergy being associated with a fever, but this happens every time after prolonged exposure to a smoky bar. My fever continued all day yesterday and is almost gone today but the sore throat continues.
Sadly, this is really starting to limit my ability to party with bro and SIL.