Headaches from Campfire???

[Texas Grown]

There are a few around this Campfire that I'm sure cause the mods headaches.

The fish are biting, and there's hogs to be kilt. Gotta go!

[U.S.ArmyRetired]

Serious response to try and help you out.

I would get headaches when the house fireplace was lit but not so much on a camp fire. Happens with prescribed fires too. I think it may be an allergy to something burning. You may try using a neti-pot to flush your sinuses after being in the smoke for a while. A lot of people think they are gross but they do really help.

I do too. What is a neti-pot?

My headaches are usually the morning after the campfire.

YES

I've noticed this as well. When I crank up the smoker the mesquite seems to upset my sinuses and leads to a headache. Oak, hickory, and various fruit trees don't bother me. Brush fires with grass and leaves mess me up also.

[pallen]

Allergies to certain woods can do that.

Oak and Mesquite do it for me.

[SKLOSS]

Not by a campfire, but if I do a lot of cooking on my trailer pit I’ll have a headache and sinus issues the next day cause I can’t get out of the smoke no matter where I stand.


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[HoustonR6ryda]

saw a report once, saying camp fire smoke is worse than cigarettes and loaded with carcinogens...so I'm in trouble

[Bucksaw]

Not so much from campfires, but if I am burning leaves in the yard I will have a throbbing sinus headache all the next day.

[ostey22]

Burning cedar will give me a pounding headache.

[CoolHandLuke]

We can burn anything but as soon as cedar hits the fire I start stopping up and get a headache

[SV72]

I definitely can sympathize. Smoke is not good for me either. I believe I am slightly allergic to oak. I have to have a lot of exposure.

[U.S.ArmyRetired]

How can you prevent it before it hits?

[DRT]

Yes and it will stop my head up, mess up my contacts and generally make me miserable. I just learned to stay up wind.

[RR 314]

saw a report once, saying camp fire smoke is worse than cigarettes and loaded with carcinogens...so I'm in trouble

It has been known to cause cancer in California. Thank goodness my fires are in Texas.

[CrookedArrow]

Carbon dioxide

[U.S.ArmyRetired]

I hate it for you guys. I thought I was the only one.