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What causes diverticulosis? What are the symptoms? How is diverticulosis diagnosed? How is it treated? The best way to treat diverticulosis is to avoid constipation. Here are some ideas: Include fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains in your diet each day.
These foods are high in fiber. Drink plenty of fluids, enough so that your urine is light yellow or clear like water. Get some exercise every day. It's fine to be active in blocks of 10 minutes or more throughout your day and week. Take a fiber supplement, such as Citrucel or Metamucil, every day if needed.
Read and follow all instructions on the label. Far from a self-limited episode, acute diverticulitis may become a chronic disorder in some patients," the study states. Awareness of this possible risk is important because persistent, untreated gastrointestinal symptoms and comorbid depression may worsen outcome and increase the economic burden of an already prevalent disease.
Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Science News. Haim Erder, Brennan Spiegel. ScienceDaily, 5 September New form of irritable bowel syndrome occurs after patients suffer acute diverticulitis. If surgery is being considered, your doctor should discuss the benefits and the risks very carefully with you. It's not known exactly why some people get diverticular disease, but it seems to be linked to age, diet and lifestyle, and genetics.
As you get older, the walls of your large intestine become weaker and the pressure of hard stools passing through your intestines can cause diverticula to form.
The majority of people will have some diverticula by the time they're 80 years old. Not eating enough fibre is thought to be linked to developing diverticular disease and diverticulitis.
Fibre helps to make your stools softer and larger so they put less pressure on the walls of your intestines. You're more likely to develop diverticula if you have a close relative with diverticular disease, especially if they developed it before they were Page last reviewed: 29 September Next review due: 29 September Diverticular disease and diverticulitis.
When there are no symptoms, it is called diverticulosis. Symptoms of diverticular disease and diverticulitis Symptoms of diverticular disease include: tummy pain, usually in your lower left side, that tends to come and go and gets worse during or shortly after eating pooing or farting eases it constipation , diarrhoea , or both occasionally, blood in your poo If your diverticula become infected and inflamed diverticulitis , you may suddenly: get constant, more severe tummy pain have a high temperature have diarrhoea or constipation get mucus or blood in your poo, or bleeding from your bottom rectal bleeding When to get medical advice Contact a GP as soon as possible if you have symptoms of diverticular disease or diverticulitis.
Tests for diverticular disease and diverticulitis After taking your medical history and listening to your symptoms, the GP may first want to rule out other conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome IBS , coeliac disease or bowel cancer.
These often have very similar symptoms to diverticular disease. Colonoscopy A colonoscopy is where a thin tube with a camera at the end a colonoscope is inserted into your bottom and guided up into your bowel. A colonoscopy should not be painful, but can feel uncomfortable. CT scan Sometimes you may need to have a CT scan. Treatment for diverticular disease and diverticulitis Treatments for diverticular disease Diet Eating a high-fibre diet may help ease the symptoms of diverticular disease and stop you developing diverticulitis.
Generally, adults should aim to eat 30g of fibre a day.
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