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==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==
==Symptoms==
Often this disorder has no symptoms. The most common is [[bleeding]] (variable amounts), [[bloating]], [[abdominal pain]]/[[cramp]]ing after meals or otherwise often in the left lower [[abdomen]], and changes in bowel movements ([[diarrhea]] or [[constipation]]). 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.  A tickling sensation may be felt as the small pockets fill and unfill; a feeling like gas may be moving in areas outside the colon.  First-time bleeding from the [[rectum]] should be followed up with a physician, especially if over age 40 because of the possibility of [[colon cancer]]. Symptoms of [[anemia]] may present: [[fatigue (physical)|fatigue]], [[light-headedness]], or [[dyspnea|shortness of breath]].
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>:
*[[Bleeding]] (variable amounts),  
*[[Bloating]],
*[[Abdominal pain]]/[[cramp]]ing after meals or otherwise often in the left lower [[abdomen]]
*Changes in bowel movements ([[diarrhea]] or [[constipation]]).  
*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.

Overview

Often this disorder has no symptoms[1],unless progress to symptomatic disease(diverticulitis or lower GI Bleeding.

Symptoms

The most common symptoms including[1]:

  • Bleeding (variable amounts),
  • Bloating,
  • Abdominal pain/cramping after meals or otherwise often in the left lower abdomen
  • Changes in bowel movements (diarrhea or constipation).
  • 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Simpson J, Spiller R (2002). "Colonic diverticular disease". Clin Evid (7): 398–405. PMID 12230665.

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