1. Diverticulitis
Doctors aren't sure what causes diverticulitis. But they think that a low-fiber diet may play a role. Without fiber to add bulk to the stool, the colon has to work harder than normal to push the stool forward. The pressure from this may cause pouc...
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2. Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis: MedlinePlus
Diverticula are small pouches that bulge outward through the colon, or large intestine. If you have these pouches, you have diverticulosis. This condition becomes more common as people age. About half of all people over age 60 have it. Doctors bel...
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5. Diverticulitis
Diverticulitis is swelling (inflammation) of an abnormal pouch (diverticulum) in the intestinal wall. These pouches are usually found in the large intestine (colon). The presence of the pouches themselves is called diverticulosis.
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6. Diverticulitis
A pouch that forms in the wall of the large intestine is called a diverticulum. When it becomes infected or inflamed it is called diverticulitis.
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7. Diverticulitis
Your doctor has just told you that you have diverticulitis. But whether you knew it or not, you had another condition first. That condition is called diverticulosis. To understand diverticulitis, it helps to know something about diverticulosis.
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8. Diverticulitis
Diverticulosis of the colon is a common condition that afflicts about 50 percent of Americans by age 60 and nearly all by age 80. Only a small percentage of those with diverticulosis have symptoms, and even fewer will ever require surgery.
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