What to do after eating raw spoiled egg? [closed]

Question

This morning I cracked two eggs. I like to eat raw yolks with salt. I swallowed the first spoon and I noticed that the egg was spoiled (rotten). It started vomiting reflex but I wasn't vomiting in the end. I immediately drank a little glass with plum brandy.

Is it safe? Am I threatened with salmonellosis? Should I take some other preventive desinfection?

thank you for advice

Answer 1

You aren't really any more likely to be infected by salmonella from eating a rancid raw egg yolk as you are from eating a fresh raw egg yolk. Salmonella is a bacteria that is carried by birds (such as chickens) as well as several other types of animals, and passes very easily through the shell of an egg. Under the right circumstances, salmonella bacteria can double every 20 minutes outside the chicken.

Normally, if a chicken is carrying salmonella, only 2-5 of the bacteria will exit the chicken with the egg, and it takes around 100 or more for your body to suffer illness from it. Eggs can go bad in your refrigerator and still not have that many of the microorganisms on them. Eggs can also still be perfectly fine to eat (if cooked) and have thousands.

Assuming that an egg leaves the chicken with just 2 of the bacteria, if the egg is cooled immediately, the count might go up to 3 or 4. If the egg is cooled in an hour, the count could go as high as 16-32, which is still not enough to make you sick. It takes nearly 2 hours for the bacteria count to reach a point high enough to make you sick.

If you were to eat an egg that was left uncooled for 2 hours, you would find that it was not spoiled at all. However, eating that egg raw could most certainly give you salmonella. With the fact that only 1 in about 20,000 chickens is carrying salmonella though, I wouldn't be too worried even then.

If you leave an egg in your refrigerator for a year and then eat it, you would likely find that it had spoiled, but the salmonella count would still be relatively low since salmonella does not reproduce well in cool temperatures.

Overall, I wouldn't be concerned.

_{Much of this information can be found on Discovery.com}

Answer 2

Not all spoiled eggs contain salmonella, and even if this one did, there's not really a high chance of getting infected, if your body isn't immunocompromised.

The worst case scenario - if you got infected - there's nothing really you can do about it. But don't worry, it isn't as bad as many people make it seem. It usually takes about 5 days and it's just a little bit worse than a bad cold, it's "survivable" :) There's only one little "trick" to it. If you're generally a thin person with a low or average body weight, it is possible that during the salmonella, as you won't really eat or drink anything, you might get dehydrated and might need an IV therapy with a basic IV fluid just to help with the dehydration. Again, don't worry, as this isn't really anything complicated. Might give you a few bad days, but it's hardly a dangerous situation.

So if this is your worst health problem, get it off your mind and be glad you're a healthy person. There are thousands of really sick, injured or wounded-for-life people waiting in the ER rooms right now and they'd give anything to swap their situation with yours.

Answer 3

If you don't have a compromised immune system, your body should be able to fight it off. However should you start to have any out of the ordinary symptoms, you need to immediately call your doctor or visit the emergency room!

Samonella Symptoms from WebMd

Symptoms of salmonellosis include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. They develop 12 to 72 hours after infection, and the illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days. Most people recover without treatment. But diarrhea and dehydration may be so severe that it is necessary to go to the hospital. Older adults, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are at highest risk.

If you only have diarrhea, you usually recover completely, although it may be several months before your bowel habits are entirely normal.

In the future, I suggest testing any questionable eggs by seeing if they float in a glass of water.

• A fresh egg will sink to the bottom
• A spoiled one will float to the top
• One that floats in the middle is still good but is close to spoiling!

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Having said that, I think this question is off-topic for this forum.