Diverticulosis (or diverticular disease)
Symptoms, types, complications—everything you need to know about this condition.
Diverticular disease is characterized by small pouches called diverticula, which are about the size of a marble. They’re usually found in the small or large intestine, but can also occur in the digestive tract. Diverticulosis happens when these little pouches become infected.
Diverticulosis affects 50% of North Americans over the age of 50.
Symptoms
Most of the time, diverticulosis does not cause symptoms.
Diverticular disease, however, can present several symptoms:
- Sudden intense pain on the left side of the lower abdomen
- Abdomen tenderness
- Fever
- Nausea
- Constipation or diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Cramps
- Bloating
- Rectal bleeding
- Constipation
- Frequent need to urinate or painful urination
Complications
Diverticulosis
- Rectal bleeding
- Inflammation (or diverticular disease)
Diverticular disease
- Abscesses in the diverticular pouch
- Rectal bleeding
- Obstruction of the small or large intestine
- Fistula (purulent discharges) of the bladder, vagina and skin
- Intestinal perforation
- Peritonitis (inflammation of the abdominal cavity)
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