a talk given in July 2011 on the gastrointestinal manifestations of Lyme, Bartonella, Mycoplasma and other tic borne diseases.

1. GASTROINTESTINAL TIC BORNE INFECTIONS Martin D. Fried, MD, FAAP Pediatric Gastroenterology Physician Nutrition Specialist 3200 Sunset Ave Suite 100 Ocean, NJ 07712

2. Gastrointestinal Complaints abdominal pain vomiting blood in stool constipation heartburn chest pain soiling diarrhea mouth sores MULTISYSTEM difficult swallow Skin rashes

3. Apthous Ulcers

4. Canker Sore

5. Erythema Nodosum

6. Psoriasis

7. Ulcers

8. Colitis

9. Rectal Fissure

10. Skin Tag vs Granuloma

11. Psoriasis with Granuloma

14. Bartonella Borrelia burgdorferi H pylori Mycoplasma Salmonella, EBV Clostridium difficile

15. SINGLE INFECTIONS 30

16. COINFECTIONS = 20

17. TRIPLE INFECTIONS = 6

18. 80 PATIENTS, 88 INFECTIONS

19. Heartburn, Abdominal Pain, Skin Rash, Gastritis, and Duodenitis Bartonella henselae

23. VIOLACEOUS RASH

24. NEW BLOOD VESSELS

40. NEOVASCULARIZATION NEW BLOOD VESSELS

42. STEROID EFFECT

43. STEROID EFFECT

44. SERPINGINOUS RASH = INFECTION

45. SNAKE LIKE = INFECTION

46. Bacteria Infects humans only Transmitted - human to human Helicobacter pylori

49. H pylori breath test

51. Eradication of H. pylori Two antibiotics for two weeks Clarithromycin Amoxacillin Proton pump inhibitor for a month intracellular death of infection

56. Inflammation causes permeable gut Foreign proteins to immune system Crohn’s, Colitis, Celiac

58. Treatment complications

59. Candida Albicans

62. Pseudomembranous Colitis