I'm curious about something that's been happening to me. Whenever I'm in the kitchen and accidentally inhale heated red palm oil, I start choking and coughing, but I don't seem to have any issues with cigarette smoke, fumes from burning bushes, or car exhausts. Why does this happen? Should I be worried about a specific allergy or sensitivity to something in the red palm oil?

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Dr Anshul Maheshwari

General Practitioner

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5+ Yrs

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may be you are allergic to that smell

Answered 23 days ago

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