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Show references Diverticular disease. Accessed March 27, Diverticula, diverticulosis, diverticulitis: What's the difference? International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders.
Mayo Clinic; Swanson SM, et al. In the clinic: Acute diverticulitis. Annals of Internal Medicine. Diverticulosis and diverticulitis. American College of Gastroenterology. Brown AY. Allscripts EPSi. For safety reasons, talk with your doctor before using probiotics or any complementary or alternative medicines or medical practices. For people who have diverticulitis without complications, doctors may recommend treatment at home. However, people typically need treatment in a hospital if they have severe diverticulitis, diverticulitis with complications , or a high risk for complications.
If you have bleeding from your rectum —even a small amount—you should see a doctor right away. In some cases, diverticular bleeding may stop by itself and may not require treatment. In other cases, doctors may need to find the source of the diverticular bleeding and stop it, or give blood transfusions if a lot of blood has been lost. Doctors may recommend different treatments for abscesses. Doctors may. Research suggests that certain lifestyle factors may lower the risk of developing diverticulitis.
These factors include. If you had diverticulitis in the past, talk with your doctor about whether lifestyle changes may lower your chance of having diverticulitis again. IQWiG health information is written with the aim of helping people understand the advantages and disadvantages of the main treatment options and health care services. Because IQWiG is a German institute, some of the information provided here is specific to the German health care system. The suitability of any of the described options in an individual case can be determined by talking to a doctor.
We do not offer individual consultations. Our information is based on the results of good-quality studies. It is written by a team of health care professionals, scientists and editors, and reviewed by external experts. You can find a detailed description of how our health information is produced and updated in our methods. Turn recording back on. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Search term. Diverticular disease and diverticulitis: Treating acute diverticulitis Created: May 17, ; Next update: There are two types of diverticulitis: Uncomplicated diverticulitis : Diverticula and the surrounding intestinal lining are inflamed but there are no signs of pus building up abscesses or the inflammation spreading.
Complicated diverticulitis : Abscesses have formed. Sometimes the inflammation has even already spread or the wall of the intestine has torn intestinal perforation. The intestine may also become blocked or the inner lining of the tummy may become inflamed peritonitis. How is uncomplicated diverticulitis treated? Antibiotics The use of antibiotics can sometimes be avoided in uncomplicated diverticulitis — but only if an ultrasound or CT scan has been done and no abscesses were found.
Diet Some doctors advise people to try to carry on eating normally — or to eat a low-fiber diet for a while. How is complicated diverticulitis treated? Antibiotics Complicated diverticulitis is treated in hospital. Diet Whether or not people with complicated diverticulitis should avoid solid foods will depend on their symptoms and the results of diagnostic tests.
Draining About 15 out of people who have complicated diverticulitis have a pus-filled abscess. Dig Surg ; 34 2 : Jackson JD, Hammond T. Systematic review: outpatient management of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis. Int J Colorectal Dis ; 29 7 : Z Gastroenterol ; 52 7 : Sigmoid diverticulitis: a systematic review.
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