FMU Guest Lecture Series | Gastroenteritis

Tuesday April 30th, 2019 @8pm EST

Speaker: Matt Marturano N.D.

Open to all students of Functional Medicine University, past and current. The lecture will also be archived and available for download in MP3, MP4, transcript and powerpoint slide forms.

Outline of Presentation

Overview of Acute Diarrhea

1.1. Types of diarrhea
1.2. Noninfectious causes
1.3. Herb and supplement causes
1.4. Primary prevention
1.5. Water disinfection
1.6. Secondary prevention
1.7. General approach to management

Viral Gastroenteritis

2.1. Norovirus
2.2. Rotavirus
2.3. Enterovirus
2.4. Additional gut viruses

Bacterial Gastroenteritis

3.1. Infectious doses of bacteria
3.2. Shigella
3.3. Campylobacter
3.4. Salmonella
3.5. Yersinia
3.6. Escherichia

Antibiotic-associated diarrhea

4.1. Probiotic treatment
4.2. C. difficile infection
4.3. Fecal microbiota transplant

Protozoan Gastroenteritis
Traveler’s Diarrhea

6.1. Prevention and treatment
6.2. Is eating healthy while eating out risky?

The COHERENT approach to enterocolitis

7.1. Colonize microbiota
7.2. Optimize absorption
7.3. Harmonize digestion
7.4. Energize metabolism
7.5. Realize self-awareness
7.6. Equalize terrain
7.7. Neutralize invaders
7.8. Tranquilize inflammation