“Could diverticulosis become diverticulitis?”
After a routine colonoscopy, it showed that I have diverticulosis. Lately been having constant stomach pain and constipation. Could diverticulosis eventually become diverticulitis?
3 Answers
Yes, if one of the diverticula (outpouching of the colon wall) perforates then this results in diverticulitis. But it usually causes severe acute pain that makes people go to the ER or urgent care. Chronic pain with constipation doesn't sound like diverticulitis, which is diagnosed by history, physical exam and a CT scan.
Yes, of course it can. That would be diverticulitis. Avoid constipation, and if your symptoms do not improve, then ask your physician for further tests.
Yes. Diverticulosis and diverticulitis are the main ways diverticular disease presents. Diverticulitis means a diverticulum (or more than one diverticuli) is now infected, with significant inflammation; this leads to typical symptoms of fever, abdominal pain in the area of the diverticulum, and elevated white blood cells.
