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Diverticulitis is defined as diverticular disease with signs and symptoms of diverticular inflammation. Clinical features of acute diverticulitis include constant abdominal pain, localized abdominal tenderness in the left lower quadrant of the abdomen, nausea, vomiting, constipation or diarrhea, fever and leukocytosis .
Genetics – over 30 susceptibility loci have been identified for diverticular disease, [11] including ARHGAP15, COLQ, and FAM155A. [12] Vitamin D – although the mechanism is unclear, recent studies have shown that vitamin D insufficient patients have higher risk of complicated diverticulitis. [9]
While a low-fiber diet is generally used for acute diverticulitis, the NIH guidelines recommend a high-fiber diet for patients with diverticulosis (a condition that may lead to diverticulitis). [17] A Mayo Clinic review from 2011 showed that a high-fiber diet can prevent diverticular disease.
Diverticulitis typically presents with lower quadrant abdominal pain of a sudden onset. [1] Patients commonly have elevated C-reactive protein and a high white blood cell count. [10] In Asia it is usually on the right (ascending colon), while in North America and Europe, the abdominal pain is usually on the left lower side (sigmoid colon).
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Diverticula, diverticulitis, diverticulosis video Diverticula, or a single diverticulum, is this pouch that forms along the walls of a hollow structure in the body, kind of like a cave. Usually we talk about these caves or pouches in the context of the large intestine, so it’d be a colonic diverticula, but it can also happen in the small ...
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