Diverticulosis
Disease information
Diverticulosis
Also it is known him like
disease
to diverticular Is
a
suffering that affects the heavy
intestine
, mainly in the part of the colon, in where small bags or in the zones form
divertículos
in which the
intestinal
wall is weaker.
To
each
stock market the flame
divertículo
and to all the together bags that form is called
diverticulosis
to them.
Generally, the people who suffer them do not present / display symptoms, others occasionally have slight, diarrea pain or presence of blood in the evacuations.
The severe
problem
appears when the fecal matter is accumulated in one or several of the bags, developing
a
called
infection
diverticulitis, that are characterized by fever, bled weighs, intense pain in the abdomen and general malaise and thinks that it is caused by the
bacteria
that contains the fecal matter and are catched in the
divertículos
infecting them.
The diverticulitis appears between the 10 to 25% of the people who have
diverticulosis
, that get to be
almost
all the greater people of 80 years and generally in countries in where the diets are low in fiber.
If it is not taken care of, opportunely, the diverticulitis can cause serious complications, like the perforation of the
intestine
, that can cause to
a
peritonitis
or an inflammation and
infection
of the membrane and the abdominal cavity that can be mortal.
Which is
thought
that the
origin
of this
disease
is the low fiber diet, originates constipation and with it the increase of the pressure in the colon, which causes that the muscles make an effort too much to move the fecal matter that is very hard and causes that in the weak points of the colon they appear or the
divertículos
form.
The fiber is the part of the fruits,
vegetables
and
grains
that the body cannot digest and allows the formation of consistent
but
smooth fecal matter. The soluble fiber dissolves easily in water and acquires
a
soft consistency and gelatinous in the internal and the insoluble fiber it happens
almost
through the internal without changing.
Both fibers, soluble and the insoluble one, help to that the fecal matter is soft and happens easily through the
intestine
.
IMPORTANT:
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charge
on its use.
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