Food Intolerance

[Erin]

Does anybody know if you continue to eat a food that you are intolerant to, can it develope into an allergy ?

I have an intolerance to eggs, this only came on a couple of years ago, before then I had been fine eating them. Up untill recently I was ok if just didnt eat eggs, but lately eating foods that contain eggs, mayo, cakes, muffins etc has started to make me feel really ill too.
I was baking at work today and you know what its like, you have to clean to bowl of the mixture :roll: :lol: anyway I only had 2 small tastes, my service user had the rest. Within 10 mins of this I was being sick and have felt really sick since :(
It does seem to be getting gradually worse.
I LOVE eggs, and do very occasionally give in to a bacon and egg sandwhich or fry up (usually after a heavy nights drinking), but the reaction to them is getting so bad now I think Im going to have to avoid everything that contains eggs,....no more blueberry muffins :shock: :(

Or does anybody know if theres a way of building up a tolerance to them? I do love my blueberry muffins, not sure I could give them up :roll: :lol:

Any help or advise would be great, thats guys x

[dinahsmum]

Mmm, raw egg? Not a great idea.
I've never understood the fascination for raw cake mix - raw flour, butter, raw eggs and sugar? Yukky. Now when they're cooked .....

I'm not an expert on food intolerance - sorry Erin. Hope you're feeling better soon though

[yola]

I used to devour my Mum's cake batter . . . Mmmm tasty :D
Erin, I believe yes - if you continue to eat it then it can get worse. Especially if you completely leave off the offending food and then come back to it you can risk stronger reactions.

[Erin]

Thanks both, DM, I absolutley love raw cake mix, very tasty!!!

Thanks Yola, I was afraid somebody was going to reply something like that, oh well, looks like the eggs have beaten me :lol: no more blueberry muffins for me from now on.

I really would have thought that eating the food in small doses would have helped build up a tolerance, which is why I only stopped eating eggs and contiued to eat food containing eggs. Im also wondering now if this egg intolerance is in anyway connected to the stomach problems I have and the whole cause of my "ibs" (still not conviced I have ibs) hmmmm time shall tell I suppose

[Phoenix]

Are you feeling any better erin?

I don't know much about food intolerance/allergies - sorry! :(

[dandysmom]

It's something I have no experience with or knowledge of, Erin; I think a referral to an allergist is in order, as t seems to be getting worse.

And I'd never joke about being deprived of blueberry muffins....one of my very fave things with a nice cuppa!

[dandysmom]

Mmm, raw egg? Not a great idea.
I've never understood the fascination for raw cake mix - raw flour, butter, raw eggs and sugar? Yukky. Now when they're cooked .....

I'm not an expert on food intolerance - sorry Erin. Hope you're feeling better soon though

Me neither, but the bowl that held the chocolate icing .....yummy!

[Donna]

My son has stomach issues.. not sure what it is really, but he has been tested for egg allergy and is allergic to the egg white but is ok with the yolk.. he doesnt stop eating food with egg in, and he does suffer from tummy ache, sickness etc etc... he wont be told and I get annoyed that he doesnt pay attention to his diet when he knows it makes his tummy bad...

Just wanted to say, its not nice to have to stop eating things you like, so you have my sympathies.

[niki71uk]

there is/was a program on about allergies,the clip i saw was about nuts.they got them over there allergy by gradually giving them nuts,getting more as the reaction lessoned,didnt watch the end so didnt see wot happened:oops:

[dandysmom]

I saw this on our TV here; they warned you not to try to do it yourself. Needs to be done under medical supervision as a very bad allergic reaction could occur if the increase in amounts wasn't exactly measured.

[Erin]

Eileen Im not joking, Blueberry muffins are my favourite food ever, I absolutely love them and cant go to a coffee shop and not have one, they are going to be the hardest thing to cut out thats for sure!!!

Donna Im defo going to go and get tested, may even ask to see a diatician too and do one of those exclusion diets, im pretty sure I have a wheat intolerance too, which will be a complete nightmare if i have to cut bread out of my diet :roll:

[yola]

Erin, don't despair, it can be done. I would definitely seek the help of a specialist (I had to change my doctor because the old f@rt I was seeing said 'phhht - there's no such thing as a food intollerance' :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: ).

However I did then go back to my herbalist and she had an accurate means of diagnosing both me and OH's intollerances AND she helped with diet sheets etc.

I think for the sake of your health - again under guideance from a specialist - you shouldconsider a 'detox' of all the products you think are causing a problem just so you can gauge how you feel when free of all the suspect foods.

[Erin]

I have an appointment for next wednesday, I spoke to the nurse today who said it did sound more like an allergy than an intolerance,but they would need to do a test to be sure, great!!!
Im am going to ask about one of the elimination diets, is that the same as a detox yola?? Really am not sure how ill get on with it though, I tried last year with the soya milk, think I lasted a whole half a day :roll:

[Erin]

Well i went to doctors about this. She said that going by how quickly i react after eating eggs it points to an allergy rather that an intolerance,but the fact that im not getting any rashes or swollen mouth/lips points to an intolerance. She was very unsure :lol: we talked for a long time about what my reaction is to other foods,and she agreed that the problems i have with my stomache could be down to a food tolerance/allergy rather than ibs. She actually said she couldnt understand why this hasnt been checked out,given my symptoms. Anyway she has refered me to kiddy hospital for allergy tests and to see a diatician, hopefully things will get sorted now!
I was very impressed at how thourough she was, she wasnt like the other doctor i saw,and wasnt so quick to cry 'ibs' like so many doctors do today

[dandysmom]

Glad you had an informative visit with this doctor; sounds as if she's on the ball. I do hope the allergy tests will help get to the bottom of the problem, Erin, have you scheduled an appointment yet?

[Erin]

Glad you had an informative visit with this doctor; sounds as if she's on the ball. I do hope the allergy tests will help get to the bottom of the problem, Erin, have you scheduled an appointment yet?

No not yet Eileen, I have to wait for them to send me an appointment through, which could be upto 6-8 weeks away yet, it depends on how many people they have on the waiting list to see the diaticians. Hopefully wont take any longer than that

[yola]

It's good that the symptoms are being taken seriously. I have an allergy to nuts/sesame; it's quite extreme (shaking, mouth swelling, vomitting - but not life threatening thankfully) so if you're not doing that you know it isn't an allergy.

Intollerance is more difficult to define as it's 'degrees of' - some reactions are mild some are more extreme.

And as for soya milk - I actually prefer it to cow's milk; which, apart from when I was pregnant with Sebi when I couldn't get enough of it (who now is dairy intollerant bless him - should I not have drank so much milk :shock: ), I can't stand!! I find soya milk actually really nice and digestible.

Good luck with the tests - once it's diagnosed you do really need to make an effort to stick to what you can and can't eat as it will really make a difference to the way you feel.

[Erin]

It's good that the symptoms are being taken seriously. I have an allershgy to nuts/sesame; it's quite extreme (shaking, mouth swelling, vomitting - but not life threatening thankfully) so if you're not doing that you know it isn't an allergy.

Intollerance is more difficult to define as it's 'degrees of' - some reactions are mild some are more extreme.

And as for soya milk - I actually prefer it to cow's milk; which, apart from when I was pregnant with Sebi when I couldn't get enough of it (who now is dairy intollerant bless him - should I not have drank so much milk :shock: ), I can't stand!! I find soya milk actually really nice and digestible.

Good luck with the tests - once it's diagnosed you do really need to make an effort to stick to what you can and can't eat as it will really make a difference to the way you feel.


This is what she was unsure about, because within minutes of eating eggs I'm either feeling very very sick or actually being sick (if its anything with raw egg in the reaction is much quicker and more sever, I do vomit every time, and do get the shakes) which she says points to a allergy because of how quickly I react to it, but the fact I dont get any swelling etc says that its more likely a intolerance :? things are never straight forward with me :roll: :lol:

I will certainly stick to any advise the dietician gives me, even if that means giving up my favourite foods.
Am a little unsure of the soya milk though, ive tried that before and it didnt go down very well :lol: Ill give it another go though, I think the stuff I had was the unsweetend stuff so Ill go with the sweetend next time.