Has an oyster made me ill

If you have been sick that should be the end of it for you. Any shellfish can be doubtful so I never eat them.Drink plenty of water.

I had food poisoning after eating mussels, I was so ill that OH called the doctor and he said that I needed to go to hospital as I was very dehydrated. So yes, I'm sure oysters can have the same effect. I do eat mussels but tbh I prefer to cook my own so I know the prep has been done correctly. I hope you feel better soon but try to make sure you stay hydrated which can be difficult!

I have a friend who has been sick twice after eating oysters, once tinned (smoked) and once in a Chinese restaurant sauce some years ago, but has never had trouble with other shellfish, so I would think it is possible, silverlining48.

Yws I've been very ill after eating oysters many times

I have been ill for the past few weeks with post infection IBS, all because I ate a green salad from a very famous/posh grocery store.

I eat a lot of seafood including oysters, prawns, calamari and mussels. So far no problems though I got sick eating contaminated spinach bought, supposedly triple washed, from the supermarket. They issued a recall on it about a week after they had sold it - bit late for most of us. I also love sushi and sashimi but my theory is they are very, very careful with that because they have a reputation to uphold.

My bout of food poisoning was caused by mushroom soup, eaten at a motorway service station café.

I never ever eat shellfish. My doctor OH used to call them sewage filters!

If this isn’t too much information at breakfast time, my vomit was liquid, not lumpy, and a really bright yellow. Clearly bile.
It rather disturbed me.
Still not 100% we’ll but keeping food down which is a start,
I don’t know if it was the oyster, which tasted disgusting by the way, but have no other explanation.

I can's imagine why people risk eating them - they just taste of salt anyway.

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Ziggy62

Yws I've been very ill after eating oysters many times

Why would you keep on eating them then?

I just love them but after last time, about 3 years ago, I decided it was time to admit defeat lol

Still look admiringly when I see other people ordering them with a creamy pint of Guinness 😋

I don't trust oysters so never eat them. Am I missing a treat?

henetha

I don't trust oysters so never eat them. Am I missing a treat?

No, not in my opinion. It's like eating slimy, salty snotters!

I am violently allergic to oysters. I had a ‘bad’ one years ago. Tried one again, it was cooked not raw, but same reaction. It is not a pleasant experience so now I avoid like the plague and always ask the restaurant to keep my food away from any oyster which might be lurking in the kitchen! A Dr friend reckoned that after 7 years you grow out of the allergy. I’m not going to chance it 🤢

Ziggy62

Yws I've been very ill after eating oysters many times

Many times?? You mean you come back for more ?? 🤣🤮

I sat next to a lovely young woman at the allergy clinic who had noticed that her throat became itchy after eating prawns. She had quite a few little pin pricks on her arm, prawns, crab lobster, oyster, etc. They were all becoming red and itchy, no more prawns for her, sadly she loved them!

I love oysters, especially the Sydney ones and the Coffin Bay ( South Australia) ones. Beautiful with lemon and black pepper. When we lived in Tasmania we used to collect them from a local estuary and pig out on dozens of them. Oysters Kilpatrick is nice if you don’t like them raw. If they smell, they are off, don’t touch them !

Too late for me…. still not 100%.

Oysters are definitely overrated, they make me think of the empowers new clothes.

Emporer’s ?

I definitely won't be trying them, Vice versa, after your brilliant description

You may be allergic, or it may have been a bacteria. Have you eaten other bivalve shellfish without issue?

I hope you feel better soon; what a terrible experience.