Month: February 2018
Diverticular disease
Posted on February 8, 2018 by adminIn Medical
Diverticular disease occurs in about 10% of people over 45 YO and 65% for those older than 70. Only 15-20% of patients have symptoms but a quarter of these will develop inflammatory diverticulitis which may be associated with significant infection abscess formation or haemorrhage. Consideration should be given to colonoscopy or ct colonography follow up following severe episodes of diverticulitis unless recently performed prior to the episode.
Antibiotics and resting the bowel during acute diverticulitis is commonplace during bouts of diverticulitis but a high fibre diet when the bowel is asymptomatic is the main stay of treating diverticular disease and avoiding diverticulitis inflammation.