randibear
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here an article i found on stress and diverticulitis.
One of the many medical conditions that are related to stress is diverticulitis, a digestive disease characterized by the inflammation or infection of the diverticula. The word "diverticula" is the medical term for small pouches that develop in the wall of the colon or large intestine. This diverticular development is referred to as diverticulosis, which leads to diverticulitis when the small pouches become inflamed or get infected. Age is considered a factor in the existence of diverticulitis - older people tend to get hit by the condition more often than the younger ones. People who are overweight or obese are also more prone to getting the disease than those who are not. And, according to a recent study, people who live stressful lives are bound to develop the condition than those who know how to handle, manage, and fight stress.
Only 20% of diverticulosis patients suffer from the disease's progression or further development into diverticulitis. The study mentioned earlier found out that the missing link in this equation is stress. Stress is the primary factor that causes diverticulosis, a generally benign condition, to turn into diverticulitis, a serious one that can lead to potentially life-threatening complications.
It's no secret that stress disrupts proper digestion and causes the digestive system, among other systems in the body, to deteriorate. This is because when the body is under stress, there is difficulty in delivering oxygen to and circulating blood in the digestive tract. When diverticula form in the intestinal wall, your digestive system fights them off with all its might, which collapses when oxygen and blood are suddenly withdrawn. This is when inflammation and infection are likely to take place, right at the moment when the body's defenses become weak. It is thus vital to the prevention of diverticulitis that stress be eliminated from your body.
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Very interesting reading. I was told mild diverticulitis. How did i bypass diverticulosis?
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