Diverticulitis is an "inflammation of irregular bulging pouches in the wall of the large intestine" that can cause severe pain, fever, nausea and changes in stool habits, according to Mayo Clinic.

Having just come out of hospital after her first attack of diverticulitis ... These symptoms typically include bloating, pain in your bowel (usually in the lower left-hand quadrant above your ...

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 ...

Vaginal burning is one of the most common symptoms of vaginitis, inflammation of the vagina or genitals. Vaginitis can have ...

Salwan Momika, an Iraqi man who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Swedish authorities. A spokesperson for Sweden’s prosecutor ...

The digestive system comprises several organs, all working in concert to turn the food you eat into energy. But sometimes, illness or injury can lead to a digestive disease that threatens your ...

There are some things in them (Epistles of St. Paul) hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 2 Peter 3:16 Ever since ...

A friend asked for a column on shingles. Shingles is a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus that causes chickenpox, and ...

For sore muscles, the pain most often peaks on day 2. It can last up to 6 or 7 days. Heartburn is common. It's due to stomach acid going up into the esophagus. The esophagus is the tube from the mouth ...

IT band syndrome causes a burning pain on the outside of the knee that spreads to the hip or thigh. IT band syndrome most commonly affects runners or cyclists and is more common when you are new to ...

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