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Colorectal Disease

Diverticulitis

Diverticulitis is inflammation or infection in small pockets along the colon wall. One mild attack and a colon that keeps flaring up are very different conversations.

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About This Condition

About diverticulitis

With diverticulitis, Dr. Talbert is usually looking for the story behind the diagnosis. Was this one bad episode, or the third one? Did a CT scan show an abscess? Did it settle down, or does the same area of colon keep causing trouble?

A mild case and a colon that keeps getting infected are not treated the same way. Repeated flare-ups, an abscess, a perforation, narrowing, or an infection that will not calm down are what move surgery into the conversation.

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Answers from Dr. Talbert

Dr. Talbert usually explains diverticulitis as inflammation or infection in small pockets along the colon wall. Some attacks calm down with medicine. Others become more stubborn, especially when the same area keeps flaring up or a CT scan shows more than simple irritation.

Dr. Talbert does not usually talk about surgery after one simple attack that settled down. The concern is the pattern. Repeated flare-ups, an abscess on CT, a perforation, narrowing, blockage, or an infection that will not calm down with treatment changes the conversation. That is when surgery has to be discussed more seriously.

Yes. Dr. Talbert sees this often enough that he does not treat every episode like a fresh, unrelated problem. One flare-up that calms down is one thing. Diverticulitis that keeps returning, sends someone back to the ER, or keeps showing up in the same section of colon deserves a closer surgical conversation.

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