To ask if anyone else feels nauseous after eating eggs?

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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?! 🤣

I love eggs and eat them in some form for breakfast most mornings. When I was pregnant though and had ‘morning’ sickness I couldn’t stand them, even just hearing the word egg made me rush to vomit.

Classic for those of us with gallbladder issues.

It could be an allergic reaction. Depending on how cooked the egg is ( you may be allergic to the protein in either the white/ yolk or both) will impact you differently as the protein shape changes and your body may or may not recognise it as an allergen. Generally the more 'well cooked' the better. My daughter was allergic and had several "challenges ' in a hospital setting, and she would break out in hives. We eventually were able to introduce eggs in baked cakes etc ( the higher the temperature the more the protein breaks down) and she became 'desensitised' and now she's able to eat all egg forms.

Foods can 'bind' you mentioned eggs with carbs is better, that could well be the case as the carbs may bind with the protein and reduce/ neutralise the reaction. Lots of food combos change how out body absorbs or recognizes nutrients - iron binds with calcium for example, so if you're low in iron don't take the supplement with a glass of milk. Vitamin C on the other hand helps you absorb iron. So yes it's perfectly possible that the carbs are reducing your reaction.

From your follow up I would say you're allergic to undercooked whites of the egg, the itchy sensation would support that. Type IgE mediated allergic reaction to egg whites into a search engine.

Yes I've had this!

At its absolute worst I was sitting eating fried egg on toast chatting with my adult ds and just suddenly puked the whole thing back up on to the plate as I sat in front of him. 😬😑 He was pretty shocked and I felt bad for that happening.

I did some research and found someone who'd done some experiments and found they didn't react with nausea if they ate incredibly fresh eggs. There was some suggestion that eggs change when are less fresh and cause intolerance.

I love eggs. I had a month of not eating them for dietary reasons and have only had a few recently. I'm trying to be aware of the use by date.

If you pursue allergy testing make sure you go to medical professionals to get IgE testing done (blood tests and/or skin prick). The IgG testing that you see some places, eg in health food shops sometimes, is basically a scam so avoid that at all costs.

The itchy chest sensation plus nausea sounds suggestive of an allergy to me.
NB I’m not a doctor, but DC is allergic to eggs so have some experience.

How are you with raw egg whites, eg in a home made mousse or something?

That's what has recently dawned on me, when I realized hard boiled eggs don't give me the symptoms.

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.

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.

Tbh I won’t pursue allergy testing because I’m happy to just not eat omelettes again! I don’t love scrambled eggs either tbh. Any other form seems fine - even raw egg in cake batter. Either I have some sort of weird slight egg intolerance or I’m not made for a high protein, low carb diet, but it doesn’t impact my life enough to do anything but avoid

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

@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.

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!

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.

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/

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.

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

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!

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.