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On Wed, 3 May 1995, Kristine Renee Penner wrote:

> My sister went gluten free around 5th or 6th grade when I was diagnosed,
> and went from somewhat pale and sometimes sickly to a very healthy, tan
> complexioned (sp?) girl.  She had reactions when she got gluten, etc. After
> her freshman year of college, she did a gluten challenge where she ate
> gluten for a week or ten days or something and then had a biopsy. She
> came out clear, and thus went back to a normal diet.

Unfortunately you can't grow out of celiac disease.  She might want to
see a gastroenterologist for another biopsy, since she has been on a
gluten containing diet for a while.  It could be that she never had it,
but some other type of disorder.  My grandfather died at 64 from an
intestinal lymphoma.  When my son was diagnosed with celiac, I told my
dad - who said "your grandfather had that, but he grew out of it."
christine childs
University of Montana