Diverticulitis Diverticulitis

Table of Contents

Background of Problem1

Review of Literature2

Diverticulitis in Young Patients4

Basic Concept4

Causes5

Symptoms6

Diagnosis of Diverticulitis7

Etiology of Diverticulitis7

Natural Products for Diverticulitis7

Treatments8

Dietary Fiber9

Diverticulitis Therapies10

Home Remedies for Diverticulitis10

Foods to Choose10

Foods to Avoid11

Conclusion11

Diverticulitis

Background of Problem

Diverticulosis is the formation of diverticulitis in the colon wall. Like little bags of the size of a pea, or small hernias, it develops on the mucous membranes of the large intestine, where the muscles slow intestinal transit. They usually form on the last part of the colon (connected to the rectum), but they can also appear on the wall of the small intestine. In industrialized countries, it is estimated that nearly half the population of more than fifty years developing diverticulitis (Loffeld & Van, 2002).

In fact, diverticulitis is a common condition that affects women more often than men, and, in most cases, has no major drawbacks. The main complication of diverticulitis is diverticulitis, an inflammation of the diverticulitis. Diverticulitis is much more serious than diverticulitis. Even if it disappears by itself in most cases it can lead to complications that require medical attention.

Diverticulosis usually causes no pain. Moreover, most people do not even know that they have diverticulitis, until they reveal X-ray and other studies of the intestine. However, some people from 10 to 25% with long diverticulitis, diverticulitis becomes diverticulitis. This means that previously no conspicuous diverticulitis become infected and inflamed, causing rectal bleeding, constipation and pain in the lower abdomen (Loffeld, 2002).

Review of Literature

The large intestine is a long tube-shaped organ, it contains undigested food residue, and then the colon eliminates unnecessary waste. Diverticulum is bulging out of the mucous membranes and submucosa of the intestine. Diverticulitis can be found everywhere in the large intestine, but most often they are formed in the sigmoid colon (left colon). The patient may not experience any manifestation of diverticulitis disease. But the formation of gaps and infection in the diverticulitis, diverticulitis occurs, characterized by abdominal pain and fever. If you open the bleeding from a diverticulum, it is called diverticulitis bleeding (Loffeld, 2002).

Diverticulitis is common in the Western world, but quite rare in Asia and Africa. The risk of diverticulitis increases with age of person. Diverticulitis is very rare in people under the age of formation of forty years, but found one in two people older than sixty. Taking into account that in most cases, diverticulitis has no specific symptoms, you should be aware that some patients may start bleeding, infection (diverticulitis), constipation, intestinal colic (Hjern & Johansson, 2006).

With age, the muscular wall of the intestine becomes thicker. Thickening of the bowel wall occurs to compensate for increased efforts are needed to bring feces from the intestines. Over time the intestinal contents moving outward through the vigorous muscle contractions of the intestine. In this case it may fall through the cracks in the walls of the muscle, which produced "bags" which are called diverticulitis (Comparato & Pilotto, 2007).

In most cases, diverticulitis does not appear. This disease is detected by chance during other examinations of the gastrointestinal ...