Diverticulosis Is Less Dangerous Disease Than Previously Thought

Diverticulosis Is Less Dangerous Disease Than Previously Thought.
Diverticulosis - a medical difficult characterized by pouches in the lining of the colon - is much less dangerous than at one time believed, a new study contends Dec 2013. Previous research concluded that up to one-quarter of society with diverticulosis will develop a painful and sometimes serious infection called diverticulitis. But this late 15-year study shows that the risk is actually only about 1 percent over seven years.

And "These colon pouches are commonly detected during colonoscopy, and patients meditate if they are important and what to do with them," said deliberate over senior author Dr Brennan Spiegel, an associate professor of medication at the University of California, Los Angeles. "In short, diverticulosis is not something to worry much about. Chances are naughty that something will happen," Spiegel said in a university news release.