What is Diverticular Disease?
What is Diverticular Disease?
- Diverticular Disease: Protrusions of the colon wall (diverticulosis) or their inflammation (diverticulitis).
- Diverticular Disease: A pathological condition characterized by the presence of a number of COLONIC DIVERTICULA in the COLON. Its pathogenesis is multifactorial, including colon aging, motor dysfunction, increases in intraluminal pressure, and lack of dietary fibers.
Source - Diseases Database
- Diverticular Disease: inflammation of a diverticulum in the digestive tract (especially the colon); characterized by painful abdominal cramping and fever and constipation.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Diverticular Disease: Introduction
Types of Diverticular Disease:
Broader types of Diverticular Disease:
How many people get Diverticular Disease?
Prevalance of Diverticular Disease: 2 million people in the USA 1983-87 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Prevalance Rate of Diverticular Disease: approx 1 in 136 or 0.74% or 2 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Diverticular Disease: 300,000 new cases in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Incidence Rate of Diverticular Disease: approx 1 in 906 or 0.11% or 300,000 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Diverticular Disease:
About half of all Americans age 60 to 80, and almost everyone over age 80,
have diverticulosis.
(Source: excerpt from Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis: NIDDK)
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Prevalence: 2 million people (1983-87) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Incidence of Diverticular Disease: Incidence: 300,000 new cases (1987) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Who gets Diverticular Disease?
Patient Profile for Diverticular Disease: The majority of elderly people have diverticulosis
How serious is Diverticular Disease?
Prognosis of Diverticular Disease: Eating a high-fiber diet, getting plenty of fluid, and exercising regularly may help prevent diverticulosis.
Complications of Diverticular Disease:
see complications of Diverticular Disease
Deaths for Diverticular Disease: 3,000 deaths (NIDDK, 1985)
What causes Diverticular Disease?
Causes of Diverticular Disease: see causes of Diverticular Disease
Causes of Diverticular Disease:
Though not proven, the dominant theory is that a low-fiber diet is the
main cause of diverticular disease.
(Source: excerpt from Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis: NIDDK)
Risk factors for Diverticular Disease:
see
risk factors for Diverticular Disease
What are the symptoms of Diverticular Disease?
Symptoms of Diverticular Disease:
see symptoms of Diverticular Disease
Complications of Diverticular Disease:
see complications of Diverticular Disease
Onset of Diverticular Disease: seen after 40 years
Diverticular Disease: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Diverticular Disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Diverticular Disease.
How is it treated?
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Diverticular Disease: General practitioner, Primary care physician, General surgeon, Radiologist, Gastroenterologist, Infectious disease specialist, Pediatrician, Pediatric surgeon, Physiotherapist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Diverticular Disease.
Treatments for Diverticular Disease:
see treatments for Diverticular Disease
Research for Diverticular Disease:
see research for Diverticular Disease
Society issues for Diverticular Disease
Hospitalizations for Diverticular Disease: 440,000 in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Hospitalization statistics for Diverticular Disease:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Diverticular Disease:
- 0.47% (59,435) of hospital consultant episodes were for diverticular disease of intestine in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 87% of hospital consultant episodes for diverticular disease of intestine required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 39% of hospital consultant episodes for diverticular disease of intestine were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 61% of hospital consultant episodes for diverticular disease of intestine were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 28% of hospital consultant episodes for diverticular disease of intestine required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Hospitalizations for Diverticular Disease: Hospitalizations: 440,000 (1987) (Source: excerpt from
Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Physician office visits for Diverticular Disease: 2 million people in the USA 1983-87 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Physician office visits for Diverticular Disease: Physician office visits: 2 million (1987) (Source: excerpt from
Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Disability from Diverticular Disease: 112,000 people in the USA 1983-87 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Disability from Diverticular Disease: Disability: 112,000 people (1983-87)
(Source: excerpt from
Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Organs Affected by Diverticular Disease:
Organs and body systems related to Diverticular Disease include:
Name and Aliases of Diverticular Disease
Main name of condition: Diverticular Disease
Other names or spellings for Diverticular Disease:
Diverticulosis, diverticulitis, Diverticulum
Colonic diverticulosis
Source - Diseases Database
Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Diverticular Disease:
- Lower gastrointestinal bleeding
- Lower GI bleeding
- Meckel iliac diverticulum
- Congenital diverticula
- Peridiverticular inflammation
- Tenesmus
- Recurrent urinary tract infections
- Colovesicular fistulas
- Pneumaturia
- Feculent vaginal discharge
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