Diverticulitis via chemical exposure

[Paul__0]

     I was recently hospitalized with what I was told was diverticulitis.  A later colonoscopy confirmed this.  Funny thing is, I am a 29 yo male with a high fiber diet.  I do not believe I have ever been constipated in my life, with maybe one or two exceptions.  I never was able to understand how some people could be in the bathroom so long as to read a newspaper.  I have a very active and healthy lifestyle.  No family history of diverticulitis.  The only thing that I can think of that may have caused it is cumulative trauma from chemical exposure at my workplace.  
     I was diagnosed with asthma a little over a year before this.  I used to be a track athlete.  I lettered in cross-country and had a 10K time under 30 minutes (once).  It is belived that the asthma was due to my working with the chemicals without adequate ventilation.  Briefly, what happened is I worked for a start-up company as the head mold technician using recently invented techniques in a newly constructed lab.  The company was low on money and delayed the installation of a hydronic boiler in my controlled temperature room that would have provided fresh air.  I ended up working in that room with zero ventilation.  I was routinely exposed to Dow Corning 1200 red primer (a silicone primer in a xylene base plus etc.) and isocyanates from a polyurethane component.  Casting silicone and urethane is what I did essentially.  Had I known what I was working with, I never would have done this to myself, but I bought into the idea that I was in on the ground floor of a new business.  
     Could the lining of my intestines have been weakened by my chronic exposure to the primer?  Have any cases like mine been chronicalled?  How soon after the exposure ends is it likely that my symptoms will stop getting worse?  As I understand it, I fit none of the classic risk factors for diverticultis: young, high fiber diet, no constipation, active lifestyle, low stress mentality, absolutely no family history.  What happened to me?
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Dear Paul,
You are correct that you do not fit the profile of people likely to develop diverticulosis.  I am unaware of reports documenting occupational exposures as the cause of diverticulosis.  You may consider seeing a physician in occupational medicine.  POssibly other readers of this Forum will have information for you.
HFHSM.D.-rf
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