To ask if anyone else feels nauseous after eating eggs?

I do if I eat more than 2. I also can't eat mashed potato as it gives me the same feeling!

Had terrible heartburn and indigestion from boiled eggs the other day. Lasted a couple of days. Was actually worried that it wasn’t indigestion, but something more serious.

I'm generally ok with eggs but I cannot them cooked with cheese. A cheese omelette will make me nauseous for hours. I'm ok with cheese on its own.

I get exactly this and it just started a fre years ago. It's like travel sickness and brain fog, horrible feeling. And only seems to be with certain ways it's prepared. I remember reading that if you mix the eggs it releases an enzyme which some ppl can be intolerant of as I can also tolerate poached eggs.

I’ve never been able to eat plain eggs; it’s something to do with the texture rather than an allergy.

You also need to be careful of vaccinations as they often have egg white.

@Sunnyout thanks so much, your post is really helpful. I tried re-introducing egg using the egg ladder but not with medical supervision, and I couldn't tolerate it at all.

I will have a look into IgE testing, thank you. I'll also check to see if there is an allergy clinic nearby.

The dizziness and feeling of something being stuck in my throat does worry me a bit, especially when eating out as you can never be 100% sure that things haven't been cross contaminated.

Interesting that people get this after years of eating eggs with no issue - many people are the same with gluten too - hence the number of over 50s busily eating gluten free- GP told me it is very much on the rise amongst over 50s -

I stopped eating farmed salmon due to nausea. It's riddled with who knows what, lice and given antibiotics. It's also grey and some substance is added to recolour it pink.

Omgod YES! I was saying this to my partner, and he thought I was mad.

I always feel a bit sick after eating eggs, and I get the same thing with salmon!

Yes, but not always, so ‘m careful when I eat them, so avoid situations where feeling nauseous would be awkward.

I get nauseous, bloated, sore head, loss of appetite and generally very lethargic when I eat eggs that are not mixed into other foods. So fried/scrambled/etc, omelette and quiche included. I'm absolutely fine with eggs in cakes and egg wash on pastry and stuff. Last time I tried a 3 egg omelette I ate about half and then didn't eat for about 2 days cause even being around other food made me nauseous. I've never actually threw up from it though.

Years ago my doctor called it an "obvious egg intolerance". Using obvious as when it's clear you are eating egg. Apparently it's to do with the temperature the eggs are cooked at and the breaking down of specific proteins/enzymes in the eggs. I'm sensitive to these when they are not fully broken down my cooking. When eggs are mixed up into cakes etc, they are cooked for longer so these proteins are broken down enough for me to not have issues with them.

Yes I thought it was me being weird! But like others have said im fine with boiled, poached and fried but omelette and scrambled make me nauseous.

I would have thought fried would be the one because of the oil.

That sounds so strange @Eggsley.
I’d get a second opinion with an aim to getting allergy testing. As I said upthread it has to be IgE testing, and not IgG, which is useless.

To be honest, the main thing you do with allergies is avoidance anyway (unless you want to build up tolerance using the egg ladder, but that should be done under medical supervision).

The second thing is you may need to carry an epipen, just in case you get accidentally exposed to egg. What you have described above sounds like anaphylaxis as there is more than one organ system affected.

My DC was prescribed an epipen as his breathing was affected. As you are getting symptoms in your throat and dizziness (which could indicate low blood pressure) I think it’s possible you may need one too? I’d see another doctor and get it checked out. Our local hospital has an allergy clinic so perhaps there is something like that available to you too?

www.nhs.uk/conditions/anaphylaxis/

I suddenly started feeling incredibly sick while eating scrambled eggs a few years ago. I thought the butter on my toast was off, but it’s happened again since and I now know I can’t eat it. Gutted as that was such a quick, tasty lunch!

I’m starting to get a bit ropey with poached eggs too now ☹️

Weird that so many people experience this after years of happily eating eggs in all their many forms.

Yes I get this, like travel sickness and a foggy head, never use to only the last fee years and only seems to be with omelette and scramble eggs, I read somewhere it's do with mixing the eggs and releasing enzymes but not sure how accurate that is!

@Sunnyout I don't know, I explained that I thought I'd had IBS for 20-odd years (as told to me by a doctor when I was 18), but that I actually thought it might be an egg intolerance or allergy. Explained the reaction I get if I've eaten eggs or anything with egg in it. I asked if they could do any testing to be certain and she said no, so I asked what I should do (thinking she might say I needed to contact someone different) and her reply was "don't eat eggs". That was it! I feel so ill if I have anything with egg in, I just avoid egg and all egg-containing things completely.

My mind is absolutely boggled as to why people would knowingly eat something that makes them feel ill, or vomit? Just…..why? If you know you’re going to be sick?

I’m coeliac and I know many people with gluten intolerances who still eat gluten-containing things and deal with the upset stomach/pain afterwards. I cannot get my head around it, but maybe that’s because the feeling of being glutened even a little bit is so horrible for me, so I avoid it at all costs.

If it makes you ill, don’t eat it!

I get this same feeling you described. For some reason if a door or a window is open whilst I am eating an Egg the nauseous feeling is even worse!
I mentioned this to a colleague couple of weeks ago they said they experience the same when eating Eggs.

Yes! I feel like this. Sometimes I projectile vomit after, but it’s not after every time I eat eggs so presumed it was psychological!

Sadly, as I get older, I'm finding that 'cooked' cheese (e.g., macaroni cheese, cauliflower cheese, pizza etc) upsets my stomach.

I'm fine with dairy on a general basis - can happily drink milk, eat yoghurt / 'raw' cheese etc.

I can only assume that something in the heating process changes things and upsets my digestion, which is a shame because I bloody love pizza.

Why couldn’t the doctor do allergy testing?
Did she mean she thought you didn’t need it, or was it that they didn’t do the testing themselves so if you wanted to pursue it she’d have to refer you on?

Given your symptoms it sounds odd not to follow it up.

I can still taste eggs for about two days after I eat them, but I don't really.

I think I have a mild intolerance.

Yes, I am allergic and can't eat them in any form anymore. I get stabbing pains in my stomach, diarrhoea, nausea, dizziness, my hands become itchy and it feels like something is stuck in my throat. The reaction is almost instant, I know straight away if I've eaten anything with egg in it.

I tried cutting out egg for 6 weeks and then introducing following the Egg Ladder but can't tolerate it at all. I spent 20 years thinking I had IBS before realising it was eggs, but my reaction to it has definitely become worse over the last few years.

Sounds like an allergy or intolerance, I'm not sure how you find out which for sure, maybe you can be allergy tested via your doctors? Although when I had a phone appointment with the doctor, she told me they couldn't do allergy testing for it and I would just have to avoid anything with egg in.