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Eggs suddenly making me sick?

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TazSyd · 05/07/2020 17:51

I’ve had fried eggs and poached eggs in the last week and have been sick within minutes of eating them.

I seem to be ok with scrambled and hard boiled eggs.

I’m 40. Is it possible to suddenly become allergic to a food that you’ve been eating all your life?

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Tabithha · 05/07/2020 17:54

I have an egg allergy and vomit immediately after consuming eggs so it does sound like you’re allergic. I have heard of people randomly becoming allergic to something so maybe it’s worth getting an allergy test?

TazSyd · 05/07/2020 17:56

Thank you.

It’s strange that I’m ok with hard boiled and scrambled eggs. Must be something in the runny yolks in fried and poached eggs.

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nctoday1 · 05/07/2020 18:02

You definitely can develop allergies later in life rather than just as a child. I have an egg allergy but it's strange in that it's similar to what you've described. If I ate a boiled or a poached egg I'd throw up. If it's included in something like a cake, I wouldn't. But if there's a tiny bit of actual egg like in egg fried rice, I can tolerate that.

TazSyd · 05/07/2020 19:12

Yes, it’s a bit strange that I can tolerate scrambled eggs but not poached or fried. I wonder if cooking them thoroughly removes whatever but I’m having issues with.

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Aworldofmyown · 26/07/2020 21:55

I've developed a problem with eggs after my third child. Weirdly he also had a problem with eggs and was found to be mildy allergic to yolks, not whites!!

I can't eat soft boiled eggs or poached, basically the yolk must be well done. Gutted as its my favourite 😢

jellyleg · 26/07/2020 21:58

I think it's due to an enzyme in raw yolk, I had it when I ate an undercooked boiled egg, not been brave enough to eat eggs since but have had it in cakes like others say!

happylittlevegemites · 26/07/2020 22:08

I’m the same. I adore eggs, but at some point through my 30s I became intolerant to them. Raw cake mix, poached eggs, soft boiled eggs are all out. An overdone fried egg I can have about once or twice a month. I get nasty stomach cramps and an upset tummy

Gin4thewin · 26/07/2020 22:23

After my 1st was born i developed a random intolerance to eggs. Took a few months to work out what it was but id be doubled over in stomach pain and my back would be agony aswell. I kept eating them and it went away oddly!

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