Diverticular disease and diverticulitis
Overview
Diverticular disease and diverticulitis are conditions that affect the large intestine (bowel), causing tummy (abdominal) pain and other symptoms. They're caused by small bulges or pouches in the walls of the intestine called diverticula.
Symptoms
The symptoms of diverticular disease include: pain in the lower left side of your tummy (abdomen) – a small number of people get pain on the right sidetummy pain that gets worse after you eat, and gets better after you poo or fartconstipationdiarrhoeablood in your poobloating If your intestine becomes infected or inflamed, it's called diverticulitis. You may also have symptoms such as: severe, constant tummy painhigh temperaturebleeding or passing slime (mucus) from your bottom The symptoms of diverticular disease and diverticulitis are similar to those of other conditions such asirritable bowel syndrome (IBS).