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==Overview==
==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 of diverticulosis may include chronic bloating and 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.
==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>:
*Common symptoms of diverticulosis include the following:<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]]
*[[Bloating]],
:*[[Abdominal pain]]/[[cramp]]ing following meals, usually in the left lower abdominal quadrant
*[[Abdominal pain]]/[[cramp]]ing after meals or otherwise often in the left lower [[abdomen]]
:*Changes in bowel movements ([[diarrhea]] or [[constipation]])
*Changes in bowel movements ([[diarrhea]] or [[constipation]]).
*Occasionally, symptoms include non-specific 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.   
*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. [2]

Overview

Symptoms of diverticulosis may include chronic bloating and 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.

Symptoms

  • Common symptoms of diverticulosis include the following:[1]
  • Occasionally, symptoms include non-specific 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

  1. Simpson J, Spiller R (2002). "Colonic diverticular disease". Clin Evid (7): 398–405. PMID 12230665.

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