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To ask if anyone else feels nauseous after eating eggs?

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Iceache · 05/05/2025 17:14

Just that really… Every time I eat scrambled eggs or omelette, I feel sort of travel sick: really queasy (but not an upset stomach) with a slight hangovery headache. It feels a bit like early pregnancy nausea; like I’m not going to be sick but I feel terrible. I was telling my husband before and he looked at me like I was mad, and I’d made us a lovely omelette for lunch (chorizo, peppers, chillies and cheddar) but couldn’t finish it because the nausea had started, and now I feel dreadful! I think I’m past the worst as I’ve started feeling hungry again but does anyone else get this?? What is it?! 🤣

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BarneyRonson · 05/05/2025 18:03

Murfmeister · 05/05/2025 17:59

I definitely do, so I've had to stop eating them. Used to bloody love fried eggs on toast too 😭

Fried egg sarnie with HP sauce..omg. Bloody love!

Wildywondrous · 05/05/2025 18:03

Me too, I love the taste of a boiled egg sandwich but feel so sick afterwards.
I'm fine with them hard boiled or in omelette. I do cook them thoroughly though and make sure there's no slimy looking bits left

CherryRipe1 · 05/05/2025 18:01

Yes, I wondered why I kept getting nauseous, sulphur burps and headaches after eating eggs, especially non organic ones. Found out I have an egg yolk sensitivity which is quite a common one .

stilll · 05/05/2025 18:00

This is fascinating to me as I’d always assumed I was weird. I’m funny with scrambled eggs too but feel like I can eat them for a while and then it almost builds up and gets worse if I eat them over a few days. Omelettes can make me feel so sick it puts me off eggs for weeks/ months until I think it must’ve just been me being weird, start eating them again and the whole process starts over

Murfmeister · 05/05/2025 17:59

I definitely do, so I've had to stop eating them. Used to bloody love fried eggs on toast too 😭

ppaaWWss · 05/05/2025 17:59

I believe that an egg intolerance is more often specifically egg white, and if they are thoroughly cooked (as in boiled, poached or in a cake) then the protein changes so is less problematic, lightly cooked egg whites as in scrambled eggs or omelettes are most likely to cause symptoms. All of which tracks with your experience.

I'm not an expert, but both my kids had egg intolerances so I read up on it at the time.

BikkieTime · 05/05/2025 17:59

I developed an intolerance to eggs (certainly the whites, not sure on the yolks) in my 20s, after happily eating them until that point.

I was having stomach pains at the time, now it's more like bad indigestion if I accidentally eat some/too much (I can eat some well cooked e.g. baked into a cake).

I also developed intolerance to certain seafoods at the same time.

It can happen if you have had e.g. a nasty virus and you've been eating the food around that time . Basically your immune system goes bonkers.

Hoppinggreen · 05/05/2025 17:57

I do.
Sometimes I really fancy an egg mayo sarnie and then I make a really nice once but regret eating it within a few minutes.
Scrambled eggs are the same

shivbo2014 · 05/05/2025 17:56

My nan used to feel like that she said she was allergic to them

CarterBeatsTheDevil · 05/05/2025 17:56

HumaneMouseTrap · 05/05/2025 17:28

Yes but only after certain eggs. Omelettes make me feel sick about an hour later but poached or fried eggs are fine. No idea why.

I'm the same. Scrambled eggs are slightly more tolerable than omelettes for me but I need eggs to be fried or boiled really.

Withinthewhirlwind · 05/05/2025 17:55

It is a thing! The protein in the egg changes in different ways if it is cooked slowly or quickly, you can be perfectly fine with boiled, fried & poached eggs but suffer with all the slow cooked types. I assume it’s an intolerance of sorts. Mine has definitely got worse with age as well, poached eggs are starting to affect me now.

Abra1t · 05/05/2025 17:55

I feel like this sometimes with scrambled eggs or omelette. I thought it was just me!

mummymeister · 05/05/2025 17:53

eggs make my psoriasis much worse so I try to avoid them as eggs. the smell of them makes me gag. I suspect thats why.

ThePoshUns · 05/05/2025 17:52

Only if I eat eggs that are ‘ broken’ ie omelette or scrambled, if kept whole l’m fine.

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea · 05/05/2025 17:43

Yes, I get this. I do like scrambled eggs and omelette but don’t eat often as I often feel a bit ‘off’ afterwards.

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Iceache · 05/05/2025 17:36

Funny you should mention indigestion @pizzaHeart because it feels exactly like my extreme pregnancy nausea that my doctor prescribed emeprezole for: turned out I had awful indigestion but my only symptom was nausea and the occasional sort of repeating hiccup?

It isn’t other foods like butter because I can eat pretty much anything except omelette eggs and scrambled eggs and feel fine!

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gillybombilly · 05/05/2025 17:35

Yes, me too.
I need to drink lots of hot tea to try and help with the sickly after taste, so have given them up now, unfortunately.

BarneyRonson · 05/05/2025 17:34

I had a phase of eating eggs for breakfast daily, and I developed an allergy to them! I was a bit amazed: broke out in a rash. Clearly they are one of the potential allergens. They are quite an intense food.

DoraChance · 05/05/2025 17:34

I get this - fried or poached no problem but scrambled makes me feel really nauseous. Strange!

pizzaHeart · 05/05/2025 17:33

I can’t say I feel sick but I certainly get indigestion. I’m ok with cakes and other things containing eggs as an ingredient but scrambled eggs, omelettes etc doesn’t sit right with me.
it’s a pity because it’s such an easy and nutritious food.

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Iceache · 05/05/2025 17:33

I’m assuming it could be an intolerance too; I don’t honestly eat them very often as I don’t really like them in most forms, so if I make dippy or fried eggs, I’ll only eat the yolk. I always assumed it was too much protein, but I don’t feel this way after a protein smoothie or a steak, for example. I was saying to my husband before that perhaps it’s the lack of carbs in the meal, but my regular lunch is Greek yoghurt, berries and seeds, and I don’t feel sick after that.

I certainly won’t be eating an omelette again in a hurry!

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stilll · 05/05/2025 17:33

I’m the same with omelettes - love eggs but omelettes always make me feel super sick about 30 mins after eating. Weird

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Clarinet1 · 05/05/2025 17:33

Could it be another ingredient with the eggs? Butter, being dairy, springs to mind.

user3879208717 · 05/05/2025 17:32

Yes - however if I drink plenty of water it either doesn’t happen or stops quickly. Weird - always assumed it is a mild allergy? It’s at its worst with omelettes.