How long before you know you were glutened?

[gem1030]

Just was curious to know what other people experience. It seems that when I get glutened symptoms don't hit me till about 40 hours later. I had a tiny piece of cookie (not gluten free) on Friday around 6pm. Saturday I felt totally fine so I was thinking wow maybe I'm not so intolerant anymore then this morning (Sunday) holy moly!! Headache stomach ache and anxiety. So whats everyones time frame? How soon before you feel glutened?

[Jays911]

Usually 20-40 minutes.  Sometimes sooner, rarely longer. But one of main symptoms is coughing, so that makes it easier to tell. 

[chocominties]

It's usually between 1 and 2 days (more than 24 hours but less than 48) in my case.  I haven't knowingly ingested any gluten-containing product since late 2009, but I can usually tell I've gotten some CC from a restaurant if I start spotting a day or two later.  I take birth control for another medical condition, and when I get a little trace of gluten it's enough that my pills don't absorb properly in my digestive tract.

And if that's the worst it gets, I consider myself lucky.  If it's worse than just a trace of gluten, or maybe I ate something and then ate something else a few days later, the symptoms are much more severe but still in that same time frame.  I don't ever have an immediate reaction because it needs time to go through the digestive system.  

 

Now I just try to avoid restaurants and unlabeled foods all together.  Too risky, and it's not worth it to have supermarket cole slaw or some kind of ice cream without the gluten-free guarantee.