Egg Allergy/intolerance

[Green12]

I have NEVER gone without eggs. I have blood sugar issues and need small amounts of protein throughout the day- beans don't work for me and I can't tolerate soy or nuts or cheese- so it has always been eggs, chicken, turkey, or beef to choose from for my protein source.

Just curious as to what an egg allergy/intolerance might look like?

After almost a week of going without eggs I don't seem to have GERD like I was having for days and days before I started the trial elimination. And I seem to be more regular in the bowel department after mostly battling the big C for all of my life. I replaced my egg breakfast with fresh fruit and still have chicken, turkey, or beef for lunch and dinner along with lots of vegetables and my blood sugar doesn't seem to be disrupted by this change.

[jerseyangel]

I have an egg intolerance. I get terrible nausea 4 hours after eating them. It lasts several hours--ugh!

[cornbread]

Me too.... I know it's not a life-time intolerance like gluten as I have tested negative with Enterolab twice (for IgA antibodies to egg), but I do have an IgG 'sensitivity'. I will keep retrying them every couple of months. I'm hoping I can reintroduce them to my diet one day, as I don't eat any grains, potatoes or legumes, they are a useful source of food. And they make baking a lot easier!

[VydorScope]

My toddler is allergic to eggs... but he lacks the langauge to tell me his symptons so I cant be much help sorry.

[mmaccartney]

Both of my children have egg allergies. I don't know their exact symptoms. They had some CC early on when we had eggs in the house, but it could have been milk CC too. Their allergic responses have generally been hives, tummy ache, coughing, and a few times difficulty breathing. Not sure if that is the egg or milk though.

We had the oldest allergy tested at 1 year, and the youngest before introducing anyfoods, sothey haven't had direct exposure to eggs to be able to tell you the exact response...

[megsylvan2]

When all my food problems seemed to appear out of nowhere, that is one of the things that suddenly appeared. Suddenly I couldn't eat eggs. It's not an allergy (not IgE, anyway), and haven't been tested by enterolab. I also get very nauseous. I call it a sick liver feeling. And I get these strange, stabbing pains.

It's hard doing without both gluten and eggs, cause you can't have all the packaged gluten-free foods because they have egg in them.

I had read also, that it probably won't be a lifetime problem like wheat & gluten, so I also look forward to the day when I can add them back into my diet.

[plantime]

The pain starts where the spine enters the skull. It works its way up the middle of the back of my head. By the time it comes over the top to settle between my eyes, I am incapacitated. I can only lie down wherever I happen to be, and not move for 4-8 hours. I get this from eggs, poultry, strawberries, and stone fruits. I love to eat those foods, but it is so not worth the pain!

[mouse]

I tested allergic to egg whites. I never have a problem eating bread. But the other day I made Easter eggs and had one with no affect. Then 3 days later I had another one. Within a few minutes I was on the couch with terrible tummy pains, then my breathing became very labored. I even thought about getting my Epi-Pen, but I was to sick to really move and I could not remember which purse I had left it in. So, I laid there for about 15 minutes and the breathing is getting worse. Then I realized I was going to throw up and made it to the bathroom in time. After I threw up, my breathing started to get more normal and a short while later I was breathing fine and my pains were gone. That is the last Easter egg I ever eat.

[Green12]

OMG! I am thinking eggs may have been all along another one of my problem foods but I had always attributed the some of this same symptomology to other foods.

[covsooze]

DS was allergic to raw eggs, but has grown out of the allergy. he had typical anyphylactic(sp?) reaction to mayonaise - difficulty breathing, hives, drooling, distress. Having said he's grown out of the allergy (he was tested in hospital to show that) I wouldn't be surprised if he's intolerant to eggs, as his excema tends to flare up if he has them in eg cakes or pancakes. We don't tend to eat 'straight' eggs in our house as the smell and sight of them alone makes me nauseous - despite the fact that I'm negative on both the allergy and intolerance tests. Both my grandmothers were the same.

I should add, there are lots of ways of replacing eggs in baking and I'll post them later if anyone wants them.

[aaascr]

I am allergic to both the yolk and the white portion

of the eggs - my symptoms were very like celiac

symptoms - including D.

I had an awful hard time replacing protein in my

diet as well. I am allergic to most proteins

so I use shelled hemp seed on salads

and when I eat cooked veggies. I also use either

hemp seed protein powder or rice protein powder.

The trick for me is not to over do it - start off with a little

bit and then increase up to the recommended dosage

over time.

Hope this helps some...

[Green12]

I am allergic to both the yolk and the white portion

of the eggs - my symptoms were very like celiac

symptoms - including D.

I had an awful hard time replacing protein in my

diet as well. I am allergic to most proteins

so I use shelled hemp seed on salads

and when I eat cooked veggies. I also use either

hemp seed protein powder or rice protein powder.

The trick for me is not to over do it - start off with a little

bit and then increase up to the recommended dosage

over time.

Hope this helps some...

Thank you aaascr for this information. I have been forever looking for a protein powder- can't do soy or whey, and rice isn't agreeing with me right now. Very interesting to hear about the hemp seed protein powder. I will look into that!

It's hard doing without both gluten and eggs, cause you can't have all the packaged gluten-free foods because they have egg in them.

I know megsylvan, isn't that a huge bummer? I have found a few products at my health food stores that are both gluten and egg free, but most have other ingredients that I can't have like dairy or soy. It's so hard to find products that accomodate all of one's allergies.

I would like to try the baking mixes with an egg substitute, Namaste mixes look to be free of most everything I am trying to avoid for the most part. I used to use flax seeds as an egg replacer but I am highly sensitive to flax. I'm going to have to find other egg replacer options.

[Clark Bent as Stupor-Man]

Thank you aaascr for this information. I have been forever looking for a protein powder- can't do soy or whey, and rice isn't agreeing with me right now. Very interesting to hear about the hemp seed protein powder. I will look into that!

for some reason, it seems as if I react negatively to rice in liquid form the past month or so... I was taking a rice protein vitamin drink (UltraPlus) regularly in December when I first went on an elimination diet with no adverse reactions but have felt off for a couple hours afterwards the last couple times I've tried it... I seem to be alright with rice crackers and some other rice products though so I'm going to give it a shot again..

I'm pretty much in the same boat as you with the allergies and protein requirements... I was diagnosed reactive hypoglycemia from an OGTT in 2002 and have been eating high protein for years even before that.. I was diagnosed intolerant to gluten and casein by enterolab and egg and soy through siga tests (though ironically, the gluten and casein came up negative... go figure)... I haven't been tested for anything else but am avoiding corn currently as well in addition to some other common allergens..

as for getting protein... I currently eat a lot of meat (try to vary it (though it's difficult with how frequently I eat) with lamb, chicken, pork, and fish.. suspicious of turkey though I'm not giving up on that yet and avoiding beef for now)... almond butter (or any nut butters) are a decent source of protein with about a 1:1 ratio of carbs to protein... I'm trying to find a bar that is allergen-free and has a good ratio... I found one at whole foods that is allergen free, alkaline-forming, and has just under 10 g of protein, but it does have a decent carb load (maybe 35 g)... unfortunately it is difficult getting protein with avoiding dairy, soy, eggs, etc but I'm still looking...

[ms-sillyak-screwed]

Eggs are dairy. Some say not. I can eat chickens; just not the eggs. I've had a problem with dairy since birth. Eggs are a problem for me too. I get a painful feeling a few hours after I eat it. I feel like I have gas really bad. It is painful until I pass and the eggs pass out of my system.

This past week I began some new mainstream medication. I checked to make sure it was free of gluten, soy and dairy. I took it for a few days and I got a moon face with slits for eyes, my glands got swollen. That is another sympton I have from eggs. Puffy eyes and glands. I called Walgreens RX in the middle of the night. It has a complex lab name for egg starch.

[plantime]

Eggs are not dairy. Eggs are poultry. The proteins in eggs are totally different from the proteins in dairy.

[Green12]

for some reason, it seems as if I react negatively to rice in liquid form the past month or so... I was taking a rice protein vitamin drink (UltraPlus) regularly in December when I first went on an elimination diet with no adverse reactions but have felt off for a couple hours afterwards the last couple times I've tried it... I seem to be alright with rice crackers and some other rice products though so I'm going to give it a shot again..

I'm pretty much in the same boat as you with the allergies and protein requirements... I was diagnosed reactive hypoglycemia from an OGTT in 2002 and have been eating high protein for years even before that.. I was diagnosed intolerant to gluten and casein by enterolab and egg and soy through siga tests (though ironically, the gluten and casein came up negative... go figure)... I haven't been tested for anything else but am avoiding corn currently as well in addition to some other common allergens..

as for getting protein... I currently eat a lot of meat (try to vary it (though it's difficult with how frequently I eat) with lamb, chicken, pork, and fish.. suspicious of turkey though I'm not giving up on that yet and avoiding beef for now)... almond butter (or any nut butters) are a decent source of protein with about a 1:1 ratio of carbs to protein... I'm trying to find a bar that is allergen-free and has a good ratio... I found one at whole foods that is allergen free, alkaline-forming, and has just under 10 g of protein, but it does have a decent carb load (maybe 35 g)... unfortunately it is difficult getting protein with avoiding dairy, soy, eggs, etc but I'm still looking...

I have the same thing happen, whole brown rice doesn't seem bother me or products that generally just have rice flour and not too many other fillers, like the Food For Life Rice Tortillas, but for years I was on the Metagenics Ultra Clear, Ultra Sustain, Ultra Inflamx cleanses and I could not tolerate them at all. The main ingredient was rice protein and rice syrup in these powders. I began to think it was about processing, the more the processed a food is, the more I react to it.

Allergies are the biggest pain in the a**, aren't they?!?!?. It is so hard to figure the puzzle out, and trying to figure out what to eat and what not to eat is so frustrating. My tests always come back in range for blood sugar but my symptoms are the picture of pre-diabetes, I don't get it. My strategy right now is to just eat as healthy as possible and stay away from the big allergens.

Have you looked into Lara Bars? They are just fruit and nuts but I don't know what the protein ratio is. My brother is a runner and weight lifter and he eats them throughout the day. I don't seem to tolerate them I think because of the nuts. I was through the roof allergic to almonds and peanuts on my allergy tests.

Good luck on the search, I am still looking as well for protein sources I can tolerate.

[Clark Bent as Stupor-Man]

I have the same thing happen, whole brown rice doesn't seem bother me or products that generally just have rice flour and not too many other fillers, like the Food For Life Rice Tortillas, but for years I was on the Metagenics Ultra Clear, Ultra Sustain, Ultra Inflamx cleanses and I could not tolerate them at all. The main ingredient was rice protein and rice syrup in these powders. I began to think it was about processing, the more the processed a food is, the more I react to it.

Allergies are the biggest pain in the a**, aren't they?!?!?. It is so hard to figure the puzzle out, and trying to figure out what to eat and what not to eat is so frustrating. My tests always come back in range for blood sugar but my symptoms are the picture of pre-diabetes, I don't get it. My strategy right now is to just eat as healthy as possible and stay away from the big allergens.

Have you looked into Lara Bars? They are just fruit and nuts but I don't know what the protein ratio is. My brother is a runner and weight lifter and he eats them throughout the day. I don't seem to tolerate them I think because of the nuts. I was through the roof allergic to almonds and peanuts on my allergy tests.

Good luck on the search, I am still looking as well for protein sources I can tolerate.

Open Original Shared Link to a post I made a couple months back for easy-to-prepare protein sources... don't know if any of the suggestions help, but there might be some worth considering...

so you can't handle the metagenics rice protein drinks either, huh? I told my nutritionist last week about my concerns about the drink and she was surprised that I would be reacting to it... not doubting me, just surprised, indicating that it was rare someone has an issue with that product... at least I know I'm not bugging out by thinking I'm reacting to it... I'm going to try it again soon but gave it at least 3 or 4 tries recently with no success...

my blood sugar issues seem to be very similar to yours... you ever have an extended (5 or 6 hour) OGTT done or just get fasting levels tested? my fasting levels are nearly always in the normal range... even more interesting to me is that I was never really too low when I self-tested for a while with a kit... I would test all the time and only came up less than 70 once and never more than 105 or so... but yet my symptoms were that of someone with severe hypoglycemia...

I haven't tried larabars, I'll check them out though...

[Green12]

Open Original Shared Link to a post I made a couple months back for easy-to-prepare protein sources... don't know if any of the suggestions help, but there might be some worth considering...

so you can't handle the metagenics rice protein drinks either, huh? I told my nutritionist last week about my concerns about the drink and she was surprised that I would be reacting to it... not doubting me, just surprised, indicating that it was rare someone has an issue with that product... at least I know I'm not bugging out by thinking I'm reacting to it... I'm going to try it again soon but gave it at least 3 or 4 tries recently with no success...

my blood sugar issues seem to be very similar to yours... you ever have an extended (5 or 6 hour) OGTT done or just get fasting levels tested? my fasting levels are nearly always in the normal range... even more interesting to me is that I was never really too low when I self-tested for a while with a kit... I would test all the time and only came up less than 70 once and never more than 105 or so... but yet my symptoms were that of someone with severe hypoglycemia...

I haven't tried larabars, I'll check them out though...

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

I know of a lot of people who can't tolerate the Metagenics Ultra Clear products so don't feel you are alone on that. Dr. Jefferey Bland formulated them for Metagenics and they are supposed to be tolerated by even the most sensitive of individuals and non-allergenic, designed to heal leaky gut, cleanse the liver, reduce inflamation, or just provide a good source of nutrition to those who are ill. I think some may do fine with them, but in my experiences I have heard more nagative experiences than good ones.

I have done both types of testing, the 5-6 hour and the fast. I always come out in range, and I have the same as you severe hypoglycemia symptoms.

I definitely think the medical community, alternative and mainstream, are missing so many things.

[num1habsfan]

I think I have a slight allergy to eggs. Sometimes when I eat them scrambled/fried, I have a bit of an allergic reaction, and sometimes I dont.

So sorry, cant really give you advice

~lisa~