Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nuts, seeds OK for people with diverticulitis, study says
Patients with diverticulitis often try to control the digestive condition by cutting nuts, seeds and popcorn out of their daily diet.
May 6, 2025
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Surgery
Operations for diverticulitis decreased in 2020, but the degree of disease severity increased
The first year of the COVID pandemic significantly altered how patients and providers treated diverticulitis, causing a significant drop in operations to manage the disease but a corresponding increase in the proportion of ...
Oct 16, 2022
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Inflammatory disorders
ACP releases two new clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and management of diverticulitis
According to two new clinical guidelines from the American College of Physicians (ACP), uncomplicated diverticulitis can be treated in an outpatient setting without antibiotics. Patients with complicated disease should be ...
Jan 18, 2022
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Radiology & Imaging
Low-dose CT for right colonic diverticulitis an alternate diagnosis of appendicitis
According to an open-access article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), IV contrast-enhanced 2-millisievert CT (2-mSv CT) is comparable to conventional-dose CT (CDCT) for the diagnosis of right colonic diverticulitis.
Apr 8, 2021
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Medications
Amoxicillin-clavulanate safe and effective compared with metronidazole-with-fluoroquinolone for diverticulitis
Treating diverticulitis in the outpatient setting with the antibiotic combination amoxicillin-clavulanate may reduce the risk for fluoroquinolone-related harms without adversely affecting diverticulitis-specific outcomes. ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Treatment for diverticulitis: Updated ASCRS guidelines published
Reflecting research-driven changes in clinical practice, a revised set of evidence-based recommendations for the medical and surgical treatment of left-sided colonic diverticulitis has been published in Diseases of the Colon ...
May 7, 2020
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Gastroenterology
Editorial calls for a precision medicine approach to follow-up of diverticulitis
An editorial challenges physicians and the U.S. healthcare system to reconsider the current "one size fits all" care for diverticulitis and to employ a precision medicine approach to determine which patients should be referred ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Health
Tips for preventing diverticulitis
Although colonoscopy screens for cancer, it can also uncover a common condition called diverticulosis.
Aug 9, 2019
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Genetics
Genome-wide study identifies genes linked to diverticular disease
More than half of adults in the Western hemisphere over the age of 40 have small bulging pouches inside their intestine known as diverticula. Caused by weakening of the outer lining of the intestine, these pouches are typically ...
Sep 4, 2018
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Surgery
Risk factors for recurrence of acute diverticulitis identified
(HealthDay)—Certain patient factors increase the risk of recurrent acute diverticulitis, according to a study published in the March issue of Diseases of the Colon & Rectum.
Feb 23, 2018
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Diverticulitis is a common digestive disease particularly found in the large intestine. Diverticulitis develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) on the outside of the colon. Diverticulitis results if one of these diverticula becomes inflamed.
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