Is colon diverticulum serious?

Many people are not familiar with the disease of colon diverticulum, which leads to a wrong perception that after getting sick, all they need to do is take some anti-inflammatory drugs to fight off the disease. Patients are advised not to have this wrong understanding. Colon diverticulum is very harmful to human health, and sometimes complications may occur due to delay in treatment. But patients don’t have to worry. As long as they receive timely treatment and maintain a good attitude, their condition will improve.

The full medical name of intestinal diverticulum is colon diverticulum. The incidence of this disease is not very high, but it has a great impact on the patient's physical health after suffering from the disease. In order to reduce the harm caused by intestinal diverticulum, people are required to understand the relevant situation, clarify the causes and symptoms of intestinal diverticulum, and receive timely and effective treatment.

People need to have a correct understanding of the disease of intestinal diverticulum. This disease must be treated, otherwise it may cause a series of complications. If you find that you have intestinal diverticulum, you should go to the hospital for a physical examination in time. Currently, there are many methods to examine intestinal diverticula, including CT scan, cystography, enema, abdominal plain film, B-ultrasound, sigmoidoscopy and mesenteric angiography. When diagnosing intestinal diverticulum, it is important to differentiate it from diseases such as gastrointestinal bleeding, inflammatory enteritis, appendicitis, and colon cancer.

Once intestinal diverticulum is diagnosed, timely treatment is required. Currently, surgical treatment and medical treatment are available for this type of disease. Medical treatment is appropriate for patients without complications and includes antibiotics, intravenous fluid therapy, and gastrointestinal decompression. Patients with intestinal diverticula with more complications require surgical treatment, and they need to be fully prepared and undergo comprehensive examinations before surgery, such as antibiotic preparation and intestinal cleansing. Surgical treatment generally refers to diffuse fecal peritonitis surgery or intracolonic bypass. The choice of treatment method needs to be based on the doctor's advice.

In order to better treat intestinal diverticulum, we must have a comprehensive understanding of the relevant knowledge of this disease. It is generally believed that most patients with intestinal diverticula are women, and the average age of the disease is around 50 to 60 years old. The main cause of intestinal diverticula is heredity. In addition, drug stimulation, autoimmune diseases and other causes can also cause the disease.

There are many clinical manifestations of intestinal diverticulum, and the most prominent symptoms are abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhea. As the condition of intestinal diverticulum patients continues to progress, the abdominal pain will become more and more severe, developing into stabbing, cramping and dull pain. Patients with severe conditions may also experience nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite, and intestinal diverticula may also develop diverticulitis.

Patients with intestinal diverticulum must pay special attention during the illness, have a comprehensive understanding of the disease, communicate carefully with their doctors, and remember not to abuse medications. Of course, you also need to pay attention to regular diet, eat three meals a day on time, and never smoke or drink. In addition, you should maintain a positive and optimistic attitude, so as to alleviate the further development of the disease.