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| Diverticulosis
is
a condition, rather than a disease. It affects the colon that removes
water
from the intestine. The precise etiology of this disease is not
settled.
but there is tendency to be inherited. There may be few if any symptoms
and is usually not serious. About 20 percent of the time, the
diverticula
(pouches) become infected and develop into diverticulitis
Diverticulitis a more serious condition that might have be treated surgically. Low-fiber diet is believe to be the main cause the main cause of diverticular disease and the disease is more common in industrialized nations where low fiber diets are more common. Diverticulitis, on the other hand, is a problem, sometimes a serious one where people eat high-fiber vegetable diets. |
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condition of having diverticula in the colon, which are outpocketings
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