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This is a very hopeful question. Everyone wants to "get better". No one wants to be unwell. I am often asked “how long will it be before I can eat gluten again?” Also, we have to decide what the word “remission” actually means. In the context of celiac disease, remission means that you can completely well again, and that you gut has completely healed, on a strict gluten free diet. If you have coeliac disease, this is considered to be a permanent gluten intolerance. That means you will need to stay on a gluten-free diet for the rest of your life. You should not expect to every be able to eat gluten again. However, if your diagnosis of CD is shaky, or if there is some uncertainty and you are desperate to try gluten again, then set up a formal gluten challenge and re-examine your diagnosis. Also, the answer about remission will depend upon what phase of gluten sensitivity your gluten-free diet was instigated. However, the answer for most people is that you are likely to need a gluten free diet lifelong. It is likely, that once sensitive to gluten, that this is a lifelong condition. In my experience, people who start a gluten-free diet need to stay on a gluten-free diet.
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