Diverticulosis develops when the diverticula form in the wall of the large intestine. The pouches don't cause symptoms, but they may become infected, and that is when the symptoms occur.
Diverticulosis
Most diverticula are located in the sigmoid colon
No diverticula are outpouchings mostly from the colon and polyps are inward growths
diverticula
Diverticula are pouches that develop along the walls of the colon due to increased pressure and weakness in the colon wall. This can be caused by a low-fiber diet, which leads to constipation and increased pressure in the colon. Aging, genetics, and certain lifestyle factors can also contribute to the development of diverticula.
Diverticula, which are little "weak spots" in the walls of the colon that often form little pouches, are often caused by a diet low in fiber. The lack of fiber means that the colon has to work harder to move contents along. This can often result in a weaker colon as a person ages, and thus diverticula can be formed in the walls of the sigmoid colon.
A diverticulum (plural diverticula) is an abnormal pouch found in the wall of a tubular organ. The esophagus and colon may have diverticula.
Diverticula
diverticula
diverticula is the plural of diverticulum.
Diverticulitis develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) on the outside of the colon. Diverticulitis results if one of these diverticula becomes inflamed. In complicated diverticulitis, bacteria may subsequently infect the outside of the colon if an inflamed diverticula bursts open. Crohn's disease and Diverticulitis affecting the colon can occur at the same sites, at the same time, but usually in older individuals. When they occur in combination they can carry a worse prognosis than either disease in isolation. It is possible that diverticulitis may initiate inflammatory changes which resemble Crohn's disease histologically, but do not carry the same clinical implications of chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
Diverticulosis. If inflamed, it's diverticulitis.