How Long To Have Symptoms From Just Glutn After Not Eating Wheat?

[HS7474]

I have a bit of a strange question, one mainly of curiosity.

If I wanted to try to either verify that I have celiac or to see what my symptoms are to gluten and I started to eat wheat containing products, how long would it take to react to just the gluten?

What I mean by that is that if I've been gluten free for 2 years, I figure that ingesting wheat, regardless of celiac diagnosis, would cause problems due to not having had it for so long. I imagine this to be the same with any kind of food abstinence. Is this correct? If so, how long would it be before the body would be ok with eating wheat again? Then, as the body acclimates to wheat again, if symptoms persisted, they could be attributed to celiac, etc.

I have no plans to do this, I had just been mulling the idea over in my head and became curious as to how to differentiate between disease and simple lack of familiarization.

Thanks for any thoughts!

[ravenwoodglass]

The time to a gluten reaction can vary. For some it will happen within a day and for others it can take up to a week. For a rare few the obvious reaction may not occur for quite a while, the reason doctors used to think children would outgrow celiac, but damage is still being done. Sometimes the antibodies will effect organs other than the gut first, like the brain, skin, liver etc.

You don't get sick if you don't have an intolerance. For centuries people ate what was in season and there are still foods that some may only eat a couple times a year.