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You know how after you go gluten-free, you go through a time of being
sensitive to very trace amounts of gluten - so that, say, even inhaling a
bit of wheat dust in the air might make you ill -

well, I've heard that if you are quite careful about being gluten-free, 
you don't go around having gluten accidents now and then, this 
hypersensitivity will fade after a while - maybe in about 3 to 10 years, 
you'll no longer be getting sick from a tiny bit of wheat dust.

To what extent is that people's experience here?  It's a difficult 
question of course - because if you are being careful enough about being
gluten-free that you aren't having accidents, how do you know whether you
would react to a gluten accident?  But some people lose their 
hypersensitivity to gluten even if they *are* having gluten accidents, 
I've heard - and I'd like to hear if that's your case!

Actually, I've heard also - that celiacs often stop having any obvious
reaction to gluten, even large amounts, after they've been on a 
gluten-free diet for a long time.  Their body has stopped making 
antibodies to gluten and it would take a while for any immune reaction to
gluten to start up again.

Laura

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