Can inhaling varnish fumes irritate your throat?

We got the living room varnished on Friday but the smell and the varnish still hung in the air. I went in to watch TV on Sunday and it still burned and irritated my eyes a bit. I woke up yesterday with nasal drip and today my nose is a bit runny, but nothing too bad.

I wasn't outside between Thursday and Sunday, and no one in my house was sick so I couldn't have possibly picked it up from someone else. This is really the only thing that would have affected it.

So can fumes from varnish caule light illness?