Having just come out of hospital after her first attack of diverticulitis ... result of a low-fibre diet, which forces the bowel to strain to pass undigested food, constipation thereby worsening ...

Nagging abdominal pain and a new bout of constipation ... active throughout the day can help prevent diverticulitis flare-ups. 2. Eat a high-fiber diet Fiber helps soften the stool and improve ...

constipation, fever, and chills. Treatment for diverticulitis depends on the severity. Antibiotics, pain medications, and a liquid diet are treatments for milder cases. In more severe instances ...

Nagging abdominal pain and a new bout of constipation ... help prevent diverticulitis flare-ups. Fiber helps soften the stool and improve your digestion The modern Western diet goes heavy on ...

It’s thought that a low-fiber diet over the years causes constipation and hard stools that are difficult to pass, increasing colon pressure and creating pockets or diverticula. If stool or bacteria ...

They usually don’t cause any symptoms or need to be treated, but they can lead to diverticulitis. The most common symptom of diverticulitis is abdominal pain, usually on the left side. You may also ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...

Complicated diverticulitis is an uncommon endoscopic finding. We report an unusual case of complicated diverticulitis in a 53-year-old man suffering from chronic constipation, abdominal pain and a ...

Background and Aim For years, the natural course of diverticulitis in the young has been debatable in terms of its severity and recurrence rate, and no consensus has been reached regarding its ...