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

The pain of diverticulitis usually occurs in the lower ... or drainage from the area. A fistula may be treated with surgery or with the use of a seton, which is a thread that is gradually ...

A sudden attack can be frightening, and if you’ve never felt pain like this in your abdominal area, you may imagine the worst. But if a CT scan diagnoses diverticulitis with no other problems ...

“The pain of diverticulitis usually lasts hours and days, and sometimes it’s really severe,” adds Dr. Ashkan Farhadi, a board-certified gastroenterologist at MemorialCare Orange Coast ...