What is diverticulitas?

Answer 1

What is diverticulitis? Many people have small pouches in their colons that bulge outward through weak spots, like an inner tube that pokes through weak places in a tire. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Pouches (plural) are called diverticula. The condition of having diverticula is called diverticulosis. About 10 percent of Americans over the age of 40 have diverticulosis. The condition becomes more common as people age. About half of all people over the age of 60 have diverticulosis. When the pouches become infected or inflamed, the condition is called diverticulitis. This happens in 10 to 25 percent of people with diverticulosis. Diverticulosis and diverticulitis are also called diverticular disease.

Answer 2

Diverticulitis is swelling of an area of the intestines. This can cause extreme pain and even an infection if it gets bad enough. See a doctor if you think this might be a problem for you.

Answer 3

my husband has diverticulotis..and his right side hurts all the time..e has had a cscan.

Answer 4

Pouches that form on walls of the colon. Usually cause no problems, but if they do become inflamed can be very painful.

Answer 5

What foods should you avoid with diverticulitas? What foods should you avoid with diverticulitas?

Answer 6

The diverticulum is most easily described as a blind pouch that is a remnant of the omphalomesenteric duct or yolk sac that nourished the early embryo.

Answer 7

Inflammation of a diverticulum (a blind tube leading from a cavity or passage), especially in the colon, causing pain and disturbance of bowel function.