Currently treating my Lyme with 100mg of doxy 2x a day. Before I was treated 3 weeks ago. I started to have pain and bloating. I had an endoscopy and it turns out I have gastritis and inflammation of the small intestine. Is this because of Lyme? I am on a PPI. Which sucks because I have to time prescriptions and food. Has anyone had to deal with both. I am currently on a dairy free, wheat free diet. What did you do?

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If this were me, I would look into Mycoplasma. There is not really a good test for it though and so you must rely on symptoms. Those symptoms will overlap with lyme and many other things.

You do need a good LLMD to help you discern if mycoplasma is involved. Just in case it is mycoplasma, here is what you can do before your doctor visit.

The "Do's" that won't hurt you in any way:

Natural anti-inflammatory substances, such as ginger, that suppress mycoplasma and heal the gut are important.

Natural herbal therapy is the best therapeutic alternative for chronic mycoplasma. Herbs (especially medicinal mushrooms) suppress cytokine cascades, reduce inflammation, restore normal immune function, and suppress a wide range of stealth microbes.

The "Don'ts" that won't hurt you to avoid:

Intestinal mycoplasma infection causes destruction of villi and compromise of the intestinal barrier. This allows accelerated damage by lectins in grains (especially wheat), beans, soy, nightshade vegetables, and dairy.

I'm glad you know! It's possible that the H. pylori is the culprit, as it's the culprit in many ulcers and other stomach issues! Be sure to let us know what the results are!