Diverticulitis

If you’ve been prescribed a clear liquid diet, it’s important to understand how the diet works and learn about its risk factors and benefits.

Careful application of some home remedies, coupled with a few lifestyle changes, can help alleviate the condition and stop it from reaching the stage where it requires surgical intervention.

We’ve compiled a list of the most common signs, symptoms, causes and treatments for diverticulitis. Anyone experiencing the symptoms mentioned here should discuss their concerns with a qualified health care practitioner.

Diverticulitis is an inflammation or infection of the pouches called diverticula on the intestine walls which can lead to complications. Thankfully, you can potentially improve the condition by adding or avoiding certain foods.

Although we may feel uncomfortable talking about gastrointestinal problems, they’re incredibly common and affect most everyone at some point or another in their life. We look into 12 of the most common digestive diseases and disorders (including symptoms and treatments for each).

Abdominal pain is a common ailment that just about everyone will experience at least once in his or her lifetime. Pain in the left lower side of the abdomen is referred to as left lower quadrant (LLQ) pain. We look into the 12 common causes of left lower quadrant pain in men and women.