Essays on Diverticular Disease

Diverticular is a disease that involves the appearance of pockets or small bulges in the intestine walls (NHS, 2016). The pockets may become infected or inflamed resulting into diverticulitis. Some of the symptoms of diverticular include bloating; and pain in the lower abdomen. Many people who suffer from diverticular do not exhibit any symptoms. In such a case the condition is referred to as diverticulosis. On the other hand, diverticulitis has some serious symptoms that include fever; diarrhea; and severe pain in the abdomen. The diverticular disease occurs on the walls of the colon. The responsibility of the colon ...

A 49-year-old male presenting for vague abdominal discomfort, lack of appetite, and no bowel movements has a large differential diagnosis. The causes of the symptoms may be diverse and tangential fields such as nutrition and psychiatry must be considered aside from bowel pathology. The bowel pathologies that must be considered are obstructions, infections, ischemia, and perforations of the underlying anatomy. Given the history of appendix surgery, adhesions must be considered as well. Peritonitis is unlikely due to the lack of rebound and the vague localization of the pain. The most likely diagnosis is a diverticulitis. Diverticulitis is the most likely culprit ...

Introduction

Diverticular disorder occurs when the lining of the intestine develops small bulges that with time become inflamed or infected. The Diverticular disease has three conditions that involve small sacks or pocket development in the lining of the intestine, formation of numerous tiny pockets, and the final condition is Diverticular bleeding. The disease has two clinical forms which are diveticlusis where there is the presence of Diverticular, but there are no symptoms and diverticulitis in which the diverticula have been inflamed and can cause fatal obstruction. The disease is common to those members of the society who are ageing ( ...