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{{CMG}}{{AE}} [[User:Seyedmahdi Pahlavani|Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D.]] | {{CMG}}{{AE}} [[User:Seyedmahdi Pahlavani|Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D.]] | ||
==Overview== | |||
Often this disorder has no symptoms<ref name="pmid12230665">{{cite journal |vauthors=Simpson J, Spiller R |title=Colonic diverticular disease |journal=Clin Evid |volume= |issue=7 |pages=398–405 |year=2002 |pmid=12230665 |doi= |url=}}</ref>,unless progress to symptomatic disease([[diverticulitis]] or [[lower gasterointestinal bleeding|lower GI Bleeding]]. | |||
==Symptoms== | ==Symptoms== | ||
The most common symptoms including<ref name="pmid12230665">{{cite journal |vauthors=Simpson J, Spiller R |title=Colonic diverticular disease |journal=Clin Evid |volume= |issue=7 |pages=398–405 |year=2002 |pmid=12230665 |doi= |url=}}</ref>: | |||
*[[Bleeding]] (variable amounts), | |||
*[[Bloating]], | |||
*[[Abdominal pain]]/[[cramp]]ing after meals or otherwise often in the left lower [[abdomen]] | |||
*Changes in bowel movements ([[diarrhea]] or [[constipation]]). | |||
*Sometimes, symptoms include nonspecific chronic discomfort in the lower left abdomen, with occasional acute episodes of sharper pain. | |||
*The discomfort is sometimes described as a general feeling of pressure in the region, or pulling sensation. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D.
Overview
Often this disorder has no symptoms[1],unless progress to symptomatic disease(diverticulitis or lower GI Bleeding.
Symptoms
The most common symptoms including[1]:
- Bleeding (variable amounts),
- Bloating,
- Abdominal pain/cramping after meals or otherwise often in the left lower abdomen
- Changes in bowel movements (diarrhea or constipation).
- Sometimes, symptoms include nonspecific chronic discomfort in the lower left abdomen, with occasional acute episodes of sharper pain.
- The discomfort is sometimes described as a general feeling of pressure in the region, or pulling sensation.