You might be dealing with diverticulitis, a condition that occurs when small pouches form in the colon and become inflamed or infected. Diverticulitis is more common as you age, affecting ...

To understand diverticulitis, you must first understand what’s going on inside your colon — not the most comforting thought but a necessary one. Sometimes — for reasons not exactly ...

Dr Grant replies: Often during a camera test into the colon (known as a colonoscopy), many sac-like protrusions of the colonic mucosa are found and the term given to describe them is diverticula.

while the insoluble fiber helps to absorb toxins and move waste material more quickly through the colon. This makes it an excellent choice for those with diverticulosis. While we have had a ...

Colovesical fistula (CVF) is an abnormal connection between the colon and the bladder, often resulting from diverticular disease, cancer, or previous surgical interventions. This condition can ...

Last week a patient came to see me looking very unwell. Having just come out of hospital after her first attack of diverticulitis, she was understandably anxious to learn how to ward off further ...

A. Diverticulosis references the diverticula, or small bulging pouches that develop over time in the colon. Diverticulitis is what we call it when these pouches become inflamed, which can lead to ...

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 ...

In the symptom-free stage of diverticulosis there may be dozens of small diverticula scattered along the colon. In the “S” Bend. Though the colon averages 5 ft. in length, the vast majority of ...

Bowel resection can be done for many diseases that affect the colon, such as colorectal cancer, diverticulitis, or Crohn's disease. The goal of bowel resection is to take out the part of the colon or ...