0 a condition in which a diverticulum (= a small pocket) that has formed in the bowels, especially in the colon (= the lower and larger part of the bowels), becomes sore or infected, causing pain and often problems with digesting food:
Diverticulitis occurs when diverticula, which are bulging pouches that form in the gut's lining, develop an infection or inflammation.
Probiotics and a high-fibre diet often help treat diverticulitis.
Johnson was on a liquid diet, recovering from a bout of diverticulitis.
During emergency diverticulitis surgery, the ruptured section is removed and a colostomy is performed.
Borborygmi (stomach rumbling), early satiety, diarrhea, constipation, gastroparesis, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, diverticulitis.
Diverticulitis surgery can be done in two ways: through a primary bowel resection or through a bowel resection with colostomy.
Inflammation of these diverticula (singular: diverticulum) is termed diverticulitis and occurs when the diveritcula become infected.
