Gluten Question

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This is not unusual. My husband had a very similar

experience. Even right after his diagnosis, whenever he had accidental

gluten he did not experience any outward, obvious reaction. For a years

he doubted his diagnosis in spite of classic villi damage on his initial biopsy.

When the blood tests were developed (about 4 years after his diagnosis), he

decided to do a gluten challenge. After a 2-week gluten challenge he

showed no antibodies and had no symptoms, so he went on a longer gluten

challenge. It was 6 months before he felt symptoms (on about 1 pastry a

day of gluten) and at 9 months (he is a stubborn guy) he took the blood tests

again and had positive antibodies.

Remember that you have been healing for 2 years and your gut is

getting back to normal. Everybody’s response to gluten is

different, and that response can change over time depending in part on diet,

stress, and overall health. As others have mentioned, if you were

diagnosed by biopsy and/or blood tests and responded well to the GF diet, a

one-time accidental gluten challenge is not an indicator of the reliability of

your diagnosis and I would not suggest a longer gluten challenge or retest. If

there was doubt about the initial diagnosis or if you are self-diagnosed, that

is a different story with a more complicated response (let us know if that is

your situation and you need suggestions based on that).

Pam Newbury

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Deb Matsuoka

Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:04 PM

Subject: [ ] Gluten Question

I have been diagnosed with Celiac and been

gluten free for the last 2 years, tonight I ate some french fries and found out

after eating them that they were seasoned with flour prior to frying. So

far I feel fine, could I have been misdiagnosed or do others not have symptoms

after having gluten by accident?

Any suggestions/ideas would be great.