Diverticulitis
#87025 - 07/06/04 04:39 PM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Why not go online and do a google search for diverticulitis? You'll find more info than I can provide, but this is some of what the info I have says:
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The colon is home to many beneficial bacteria -- helpful as long as they stay in the colon. However, these bacteria can seep through the thin wall of diverticuli and cause infection. This infection around diverticuli is called diverticulitis. It can be mild with only slight discomfort in the left lower abdomen. Or it can be quite extreme with severe tenderness and fever. Treatment is usually needed for diverticulitis. It requires antibiotics and resting of the bowel by avoiding food or, at times, even liquids. For severe cases, the patient must be hospitalized.
It is not uncommon to see this occur in people who are in their 30s.
The chance of developing diverticula increases with age, so that by the age of 50, about 20-50% of all people will have some diverticula.
I didn't have a fever either, ironically, but that could be because my case wasn't too severe. It sounds like, if that's indeed what you have, yours is not severe at all; otherwise, you'd be reaching for the phone to dial 911.
8-hour wait in the emergency room? Good grief, a person could expire in that time! What is it about the word "EMERGENCY" that the hospital doesn't understand?!
Keep us posted.
Bev
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its really ridiculous. KELLY - I hope that the clinic can help - I live near Toronto (about 15 mins away) so 2 hrs from london!!
I really like your apartment too btw, it looks really spacious. Oh and also, when are we going to see a pic of you. I agree with the others its nicer when you get to see the person you're talking to! 
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When ARE we gonna see a pic of you, Kelly? You've been on the Boards long enough to post one -- what's up with that?
Okay, now we're on a mission -- Get Kelly's Pic! We're gonna hound ya, Girlfriend, 'till you give in.
WE WANNA PIC!
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I hope to have a pic up soon guys  I have absolutely no pics of myself stored in the computer, and I don't have a scanner, so I would have to take a new picture, and I'm horribly camera shy 
I haven't exactly looked my best lately because I've been so sick, I haven't been getting out and have been getting ghastly pale, I'm avoiding having my pic taken. But I'll try and bite the bullet and get one up soon ok?
Kelly
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