MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'diverticulitis'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3742310&cid=t_162249_111_f&fid=39123&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnursingcomments%2Ftdtc%2F%7E3%2FbjGJW_4b92Y%2F           Diverticulosis is a condition which affects your large intestine, more commonly referred to as the colon.  Nutrition is digested and food is absorbed in the 20 feet of your small intestine – the long, thin portion of the bowel that begins at the stomach and ends in the right, lower abdomen.  Following digestion, the liquid waste enters the 5 feet of the large intestine (colon) which ends in the rectum.  Just above the rectum, there is an s-shaped portion of the colon called the sigmoid colon, and this is where diverticulosis usually occurs.  A colon affected by diverticulosis has weak spots in the walls and these weak spots allow the development of outpouches.  These hollow pouches on the colon are about the size of a large pea and are referred to as diverticula.�... Nursing Comments blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3742310 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:05:27 +0100 3742310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216729&cid=t_162249_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fis-my-pain-crohns-or-something-else%2F The mystery pain that I had back in Feb 2008 has returned.  Back then, I thought that I had a kidney stone, but the doctors were not so sure.  At the time, I had a lot of pain that felt very similar to a kidney stone – came and went, sharp sometimes and dull achy pain other times.  I did have a stone that was in my kidney but the urologists told me that I shouldn’t have pain with it there – it would only hurt when it made its way to the urethra.   My general doctor thought that it was the stone causing the pain so I never really had a clear answer since no one agreed. Since then, I have had bouts of pain that felt similar but not as severe and they would last only a few days.  Well, I started having pain again on Jan 16th and it got really severe this time.  I was hurting near... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216729 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:23:51 +0100 3216729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739549&cid=t_162249_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fdiverticulosis-nuts-corn-popcorn-dont-increase-risk%2F Received wisdom has long held that people with diverticulosis (described below) should not eat nuts, corn or popcorn because these foods would increase the risk of their developing diverticulitis, a serious complication sometimes requiring surgery. In fact, most physicians specifically tell their patients with diverticulosis to avoid these foods even though there was never much evidence to support such a recommendation. But research just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that eating these foods does not increase the risk of either diverticulosis or its potential complications. Moreover, for men with the highest intake of nuts and popcorn, there was actually a reduced risk of developing diverticulitis (20 percent reduction with regard to nuts and 28 perc... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739549 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:03:49 +0100 1739549 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1561377&cid=t_162249_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fchronic-pain%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Ftreatment-or-torture%2F As all of you who read this blog on a regular basis know, I just went through an endoscopy and colonoscopy. Because of the many years of pain in my sacroiliac joints, I said I would never have a colonoscopy. It seems James Bond was right: “Never say never again.” With the many problems that have plagued me for the last few months, I didn’t really have a choice. Confidentially, I was petrified. I wasn’t worried about the outcome; I was worried about the process. There aren’t many things that frighten this intrepid blogger, but the thought of the prep and the procedure for the lower and upper scopes had me frightened. It’s the same irrational fear I have when walking on ice or any slippery surface: I knew it would give my already sore behind a beating; I knew the two-hour drive w... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1561377 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:41:31 +0100 1561377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1119388&cid=t_162249_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fchronic-pain%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fa-less-than-perfect-christmas%2F I was going to title this, “When Christmas Sucks,” but thought that sounded a bit too caustic and Scrooge-like. I love Christmas. It really goes against the grain for me to speak of it in negative tones but here goes. I plan for it, shop for it and look forward to that particular holiday all year long. This year the gods seemed to be against me. It’s one thing to be against me but “Geesh!;” I personally think they overdid it a bit. It all started with the epic windstorm we had in the early part of the month. With my lousy immune system due to my chronic illnesses, I developed a bad gut in the form of diverticulitis at that time and it never got better. I finally gave in and went to the doctor and she put me on two antibiotics, gave me a little lecture about coming in sooner and s... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1119388 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:01:21 +0100 1119388