At the age of 70, 70 percent of the population will have diverticulosis. However, this doesn’t mean that all of these ...

We asked our experts to explain what diverticulosis is, how it can develop into diverticulitis and how your diet can help ...

The most common symptom of diverticulitis is left-sided abdominal pain. Diverticula are small pockets that can form in the colon (large intestine) in areas of intestinal wall weakness. They can ...

Diverticulitis is the microperforation of those pockets — or acute inflammation or infection of the diverticula, says Dr. Sherif Andrawes, director of gastroenterology at Staten Island ...

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But because diverticula may not cause symptoms, it’s possible to have one or more without knowing — until something goes wrong, that is. “Diverticulitis means that a saclike protrusion has ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...

Those with diverticulosis were followed-up for 12 months. Information on the course of the disease, symptoms, treatment, diverticulitis episodes confirmed by healthcare professionals, complications, ...

There is still controversy regarding the appropriate management of diverticulitis of the colon ... for patients with severe complications of diverticular disease, including peritonitis.