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Top 10 unbelievable historical concurrencies. There are three common types of diverticular disease: diverticulosis, diverticulitis, and diverticular bleeding. The diseases are caused when pouches, called diverticula, form inside the large intestine.They can also form in the esophagus, small intestine, or stomach, but these are rarer. person has diverticulosis simply by having the pouches on his intestinal wall. Diverticulosis is the type of diverticular disease that usually does not have any symptoms. If a person does experience symptoms, they are usually mild, such as cramps.
Diverticular disease will occur in about one in four of those with diverticulosis. Factors that increase the risk of diverticular disease include constipation, smoking, being overweight, physical inactivity, and the use of anti-inflammatory medication. The reasons for why these risk factors increase the risk of diverticular disease are unclear. It has been suggested that being constipated and usually straining at bowel movements may create enough pressure in the intestinal walls to weaken them and begin the development of diverticular pouches.