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Hi, @ghysla, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect.

I personally have the same reaction, so I had to tell my husband I don't want to build a fire pit in our current home like we had in a previous one. We will need a smokeless device, if we do that.

It took years to figure out I had this allergy/reaction to smoke from a fire pit, probably cause I didn't want to be at friends' homes, camping, etc.

How is your asthma triggered with wood smoke? What type of head pain do you get with it, and does it last long?

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I get severe migraines with vomiting and vertigo. My neurologist said they closely resemble stroke symptoms and changed my treatment. I get violently ill even if the fireplace hasn’t been used in a while. Smoke permeates furniture, draperies, even drywall and beams. I have to be so careful when renting airbnbs. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve had to involve them over disputes with hosts that even after being very clear about my “allergy” will withhold that there’s a wood stove in the back room or that they just concerted the fireplace to gas this season. It’s unbelievable. When the Canadian wildfires are going my asthma goes nuts and my migraines are constant. I have to stay inside. I empathize with your condition. Others don’t usually understand and that doesn’t help