Diverticular Disease - Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

Diverticular disease affects the large intestine, also called the colon . It develops when small pouches push outward through weak areas in the colon wall. Doctors call one pouch a diverticulum and multiple pouches diverticula . These pouches occur most often in the sigmoid colon, which is the lower section of the large intestine. The presence of diverticula without inflammation is called…