diverticulosis

ggmarion I do not have diverticulitis but I do have IBS and the gut related problems seem to be coming under similar scrutiny at the moment. Do look at the low fodmap diet and ask your doctor about it. When my doctor had checked me out and decided we needed to treat the problem (which I have had for a long time) and not the symptoms she started telling me about this and the first thing she said is "I bet you eat a lot of fruit and vegetables" and, of course, I did. Like you I also was careful to eat wholemeal bread.

If you look here it explains the theory and here is a paper which explains the reasons why this, rather than a high-fibre diet might work.

It will really depend on where your GP is with this. Mine seems very up on these things. The research was done in Australia and the U.S. 'NICE' is now recommending this regime but some like to stick to what they have always done.

This may not seem like an answer to you but if, when you have discussed it with the doctor, you do try it and want to message me, please feel free to do so.

I was diagnosed with this about 10 years ago, I do get flare ups when the pain is really bad, but most of the time I do control it with diet. It took me a while to find what triggered mine, and it is a range of foods, wheat is the worst, very seedy fruit, some cheeses and eggs can all cause pain. I also find that any anti-inflammatory medication is a real problem, so I use external creams on arthritic pain.

I've had it for years and still haven't found what sets it off, in fact I gave that up years ago. Sometimes I can go years ( a lot of years here, sorry) but last year I had two very bad attacks in a matter of weeks. In one of the attacks last year an ambulance had to be called because I passed out in the bathroom. I just accept now, it is what it is.

I am a bit like you petra it seems to be something where no two people are the same, and it is a question of experimenting and finding what suits or does not suit. Trouble is you do not know until after the damage has been done.

Cutting out gluten cleared my pain and other unspeakable symptoms. These also included dreadful mouth ulcers and exhaustion. Never been diagnosed though.

Diverticulosis and diverticulitis are two different things - the latter is, I think, inflammation and is, I believe, the condition that causes pain. I may be wrong but my understanding is that lots of people, particularly older people, have diverticulosis.

You're correct Eloethan, they are different conditions. I was tested a couple of years ago and have mild diverticulosis. My understanding is that you can go on to develop the 'itis', but not necessarily.

I decided to go gluten free about eighteen months ago and it's made a huge difference re IBS and a skin problem.

Mine is the second one then. The reason I passed out was because I was hyperventilating with the pain. My Dr has told me to use the old fashioned system of breathing into a paper bag.

Poor you petra. It is indeed awful. I have the "osis" and always know when it is developing into the 'itis' as I feel extremely cold for a couple of days before it strikes me down. The pain IS awful. May I suggest a hot water bottle held against your abdomen? It does help the spasms. Someone earlier gave a weblink for dietary advice and changing your diet does help enormously. After a few episodes it's amazing how easy it is to change the diet!!

Thank you all for your kind comments. I believe that when it became so painful (not just the dull ache) it had temporarily developed into the 'itis'. Seems that they used to advise avoiding anything with seeds - e.g. tomatoes - but this is no longer the case. A healthy diet with plenty of fibre seems to be the way to go.

I had an episode of diverticulitis last year and ended up at the emergency gP at 3am, on the advice of NHS direct.
Antibiotics cleared it up. My GP advised against pomegranate seeds, blueberries or similar but Dr google suggested that advice was out of date, something I was grateful for.
I have inflammatory arthritis so I suspect inflammatory processes were at work. I do hope it doesn't recur, very unpleasant.

Suggestion: low fat; less meats, cheeses, puddings.

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I keep getting lots and lots of uti and blood in my wee I’ve had 2 infections in the last 3 weeks. Does anyone have this

Might I suggest you start a new thread under the heading Health.
This is an old thread, resurrected by a spam post and your symptoms don’t really fit this title. You might get more and indeed more useful replies.

Did you have any nutritional advice when receiving the diagnosis ggmarion? My niece has this condition, but wasn’t told what foods should be avoided or encouraged. I realise we are perfectly able to find this information online, but along with the medication, dietary advice should also be given.

Patsy70
I doubt if the OP is watching. She poster this in 2017.

🙄. Thank you MerylStreep.