Diverticulitis
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Diverticulitis Incidence
Facts about diverticulitis:
About 30 percent of Americans over 60 years of age have
diverticulosis
.
Diverticulitis is more common in people who are over the age of 50.
Diverticulitis is rare in people who are under the age of 40.
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Diverticulitis Risk Factors
Related Conditions
Angiodysplasia
Colon cancer
Diverticulosis
Intestinal polyps
Left lower abdominal pain
Lower GI bleeding
Meckel's diverticulum
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Abdominal pain
Black stool
Blood in the stool
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Last Updated: Apr 9, 2008
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Diverticulitis References:
Hall NR. Managing diverticular disease. Practitioner. 2003 May;247(1646):392-6, 400, 402 passim.
Janes S, Meagher A, Frizelle FA. Elective surgery after acute diverticulitis. Br J Surg. 2005 Feb;92(2):133-42.
Pugliese R, Di Lernia S, Sansonna F, Scandroglio I, Maggioni D, Ferrari C, Costanzi A, Chiara O. Laparoscopic treatment of sigmoid diverticulitis: a retrospective review of 103 cases. Surg Endosc. 2004 Sep;18(9):1344-8.
Simpson J, Spiller R. Colonic diverticular disease. Clin Evid. 2004 Dec;(12):599-609.
