diverticulitis

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What is diverticulitis?

Diverticulitis is swelling (inflammation) of an abnormal pouch (diverticulum) in the intestinal wall. These pouches are usually found in the large intestine (colon). The presence of the pouches themselves is called diverticulosis.

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I'm lost. I have diverticulitis that didn't respond to first course of antibiotics. Second ...
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My husband has just had a foot of his colon removed due to sigmoid diverticulitis that abse...
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