Symptoms of Diverticular Disease
Symptoms of Diverticular Disease
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Diverticular disease:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Diverticulosis usually produces no symptoms, but may cause recurrent left lower quadrant pain, which is commonly accompanied by alternating constipation and diarrhea and is relieved by defecation or the passage of flatus. Symptoms resemble irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and suggest that both disorders may coexist.
Mild diverticulitis produces moderate left lower abdominal pain, mild nausea, gas, irregular bowel habits, low-grade fever, and leukocytosis. In severe diverticulitis, the diverticula can rupture and produce abscesses or peritonitis, which occurs in up to 20% of such patients. Symptoms of rupture include abdominal rigidity and left lower quadrant pain. Peritonitis follows release of fecal material from the rupture site and causes signs of sepsis and shock (high fever, chills, and hypotension). Rupture of the diverticulum near a vessel may cause microscopic or massive hemorrhage, depending on the vessel’s size.
Chronic diverticulitis may cause fibrosis and adhesions that narrow the bowel’s lumen and lead to bowel obstruction. Symptoms of incomplete obstruction are constipation, ribbonlike stools, intermittent diarrhea, and abdominal distention. Increasing obstruction causes abdominal rigidity and pain, diminishing or absent bowel sounds, nausea, and vomiting.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Esophageal diverticula:
Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Midesophageal and epiphrenic diverticula with an associated motor disturbance (achalasia or spasm) seldom produce symptoms, although the patient may experience dysphagia and heartburn. Zenker’s diverticulum, however, produces distinctly staged symptoms, beginning with initial throat irritation followed by dysphagia and near-complete obstruction. In early stages, regurgitation occurs soon after eating; in later stages, regurgitation after eating is delayed and may even occur during sleep, leading to food aspiration and pulmonary infection.
ELDER TIP Hoarseness, asthma, and pneumonitis may be the only signs of esophageal diverticula in elderly patients.
Other signs and symptoms include noise when liquids are swallowed, chronic cough, hoarseness, a bad taste in the mouth or foul breath and, rarely, bleeding.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Diverticular disease:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
The two forms of diverticular disease produce different signs and symptoms.
Diverticulosis
Although diverticulosis usually produces no symptoms, it may cause recurrent left lower quadrant pain. Such pain, commonly accompanied by alternating constipation and diarrhea, is relieved by defecation or the passage of flatus. Symptoms resemble irritable bowel syndrome and suggest that both disorders may coexist.
In older patients, a rare complication of diverticulosis (without diverticulitis) is hemorrhage from colonic diverticula, usually in the right colon. Such hemorrhage is usually mild to moderate and easily controlled but may occasionally be life-threatening.
Diverticulitis
Mild diverticulitis produces moderate left lower abdominal pain, mild nausea, flatus, irregular bowel habits, low-grade fever, and leukocytosis. Constipation or loose stools and nausea and vomiting are usually present.
In severe diverticulitis, the diverticula can perforate and produce abscesses or peritonitis. Perforation occurs in up to 20% of such patients; its symptoms include peritoneal signs of abdominal rigidity and left lower quadrant pain.
Peritonitis follows release of fecal material from the perforation site and causes signs of sepsis and shock (high fever, chills, hypotension). Perforation of diverticulum near a vessel may cause microscopic or massive hemorrhage, depending on the vessel’s size.
Chronic diverticulitis may cause fibrosis and adhesions that narrow the bowel’s lumen and lead to bowel obstruction. Signs and symptoms of partial obstruction include constipation, thin-caliber stools, intermittent diarrhea, and abdominal distention. Complete obstruction symptoms include abdominal rigidity and pain, diminishing or absent bowel sounds, nausea, and vomiting.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Esophageal diverticula:
Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)
Traction and epiphrenic diverticula with an associated motor disturbance (achalasia or spasm) seldom produce symptoms but may cause dysphagia, heartburn, and regurgitation from associated esophageal conditions, such as hiatal hernia, diffuse esophageal spasm, achalasia, reflux esophagitis, and cancer. Zenker’s diverticulum produces distinctly staged symptoms: initially, throat irritation and, later, dysphagia and near-complete obstruction.
In early stages, regurgitation occurs soon after eating; in later stages, regurgitation after eating is delayed and may even occur during sleep, leading to food aspiration and pulmonary infection. Other symptoms include noise when liquids are swallowed, chronic cough, hoarseness, a bad taste in the mouth, and halitosis.
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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
Meckel Diverticulum:
Meckel Diverticulum - signs & symptoms
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Rectal bleeding
- Obstruction—Abdominal pain/vomiting
- Inflammation—Fever
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Diverticular Disease:
Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis: NIDDK (Excerpt)
Most people with diverticulosis do not have any discomfort or symptoms.
However, symptoms may include mild cramps, bloating, and constipation.
Other diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and stomach ulcers
cause similar problems, so these symptoms do not always mean a person has
diverticulosis. You should visit your doctor if you have these troubling
symptoms.
(Source: excerpt from Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis: NIDDK)
Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis: NIDDK (Excerpt)
The most common symptom of diverticulitis is abdominal pain. The most
common sign is tenderness around the left side of the lower abdomen. If
infection is the cause, fever, nausea, vomiting, chills, cramping, and
constipation may occur as well. The severity of symptoms depends on the
extent of the infection and complications.
(Source: excerpt from Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis: NIDDK)
Facts and Fallacies About Digestive Diseases: NIDDK (Excerpt)
Most
people do not have symptoms and would not know that they had diverticula
unless x-ray or intestinal examination were done. (Source: excerpt from Facts and Fallacies About Digestive Diseases: NIDDK)
Diverticular Disease as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions
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