Is a condition affecting the large bowel or colon and is thought to be caused by eating too little fibre.
Diverticulosis is the presence of pouch-like hernias (diverticula) through the muscle layer of the colon, associated with a low intake of dietary fibre and high intestinal pressure due to straining during defecation. Faecal matter can be trapped in these diverticula, causing them to become inflamed, causing pain and diarrhoea, the condition of diverticulitis.
A disease of the large intestine, where the colon thickens and diverticula form in the walls, causing pain in the lower abdomen.
The presence of small sacs or pouches (diverticula) in the walls of the lower end of the colon. Less frequently, diverticula develop in other parts of the digestive tract, such as the stomach, small intestine, and esophagus. Diverticula are created by the bulging or protrusion of the inner lining of intestinal walls through the muscular layers of the wall. Occasionally, a blood vessel at the base of diverticula will erode, causing rectal bleeding. Diverticular disease includes both diverticulosis and diverticulitis. Diverticular disease is especially common in the United States, where the diet is typically low in fiber and constipation is a problem. Diverticula that develop in the colon mainly affect older people. Elsewhere in the digestive tract, diverticula are not related to age.
A condition in which there are diverticula in the colon, which may be associated with lower abdominal pain and disturbed bowel habit. The pain is due to spasm of the muscles of the intestine and not to inflammation of the diverticula (compare diverticulitis).
Inflammation of a diverticulum, most commonly of one or more colonic diverticula. This type of diverticulitis is caused by infection and causes lower abdominal pain with diarrhea or constipation; it may lead to abscess formation, which often requires surgical drainage. A Meckel’s diverticulum may bleed or may become inflamed due to infection, causing symptoms similar to appendicitis. Diverticula elsewhere in the alimentary tract are not as subject to diverticulitis.
The presence of numerous diverticula (sacs or pouches) in the lining of the colon accompanied by spasmodic lower abdominal pain and erratic bowel movements. The sacs may become inflamed, causing pain.
Diverticulosis refers to a condition where small pouches, known as diverticula, form within the intestinal wall. This condition can lead to various symptoms and complications. On the other hand, when these pouches become inflamed, it results in a related complication known as diverticulitis.