Ok guys hear me out for a moment. Can you get flu like symptoms from smoking, mind you, I never inhale? Two weeks ago I got a really hard workout in, came home ate, had a little to drink and went to go smoke my pipe. Apx. 1-2 hours after smoking I got a really bad headache and developed a strangely high fever that persisted through the night with chills, sweating and minor coughing. The next day I was back to normal by about noon. Thought nothing of it at the time, maybe 24 hour flu or something, but last night did something similar. Gym, eat, martini (2-3 shots of vodka), then pipe smoke. Again same symptoms last night, feel about normal now and about to hit the gym again. I’m thinking I’m having some strange reaction to the smoking. Anyone else experience this? This article had me thinking this was the case, but I’m not inhaling. I’ve smoked before and have never experienced this, I have been smoking a lot more since I took up the pipe though.
Article for reference.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2526478/ 