Hi. I'm recently diagnosed with Celiac gene and this is my first post.

I've always noticed sensitivity to grains, wheat, corn, rice, etc. – it will often show up as a sinus inflammation immediately, clogged nostrils. It also happens when I put a facial cream on with those ingredients.

Tonight we were at a good-quality Chinese restaurant (which actually has some GF dishes on the menu). I order 2 vegetable dishes just with oil and garlic. One was fine, but the other seemed to have a thicker sauce which I believe to have had corn starch (despite the fact that I had specifically asked them not to). The sauce got thicker upon standing.

So I had my reactions, clogged sinuses, etc. for a short time, maybe 30-60 minutes.

Does anyone know – now that my symptoms have gone, has my body cleared everything out or does it take some period of time to recover from eating this allergen? I had also heard that with exposure there may be long-term effects to the villi in the intestines, etc.

Thanks for your help!