diverticulitis
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DIVERTICULITIS
Brooke Carter
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WHAT IS DIVERTICULITIS?
❖ Diverticulitis is the inflamation of “sacs” or diverticli In the colon
❖ it is a disease found in humans
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WHODISCOVERED IT ANDHOWWAS IT NAMED?
First discovered and studied in 1849, its recognition increased with thedevelopment of the barium enema
❖ not one certain personwho discovered diverticulis
❖ Divertucla- means the formation of pouches in the abdomin
❖ -Itismeans inflamation
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SIMILAR DISEASES
❖ Appendicitis
❖ Irritable bowel syndrome
❖ Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
❖ Bowel obstruction
❖ Perforation by a foreign body
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TYPEOF CONDITION
Most doctors say genetic (dependsonwho you ask)
people with collogen disorders aremost likely to get it.
studdies show that if your grandparents have it youmost likley will
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ENVIORMENTAL
❖ diverticulitus is not transmitted its inherited.
❖ seasonshave no effect
❖ risk factors include:
• age• obesity• smoking• lack of exercise• diets low in fiber and high in animal fat
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DEMOGRAPHICS
❖ men aremore likley to get it thanwoman
❖ usually comeswith older age (60+)
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STATISTICS
❖ Counties and the number of affected people:
CountryUSACanadaMexicoBrazilRussiaIndia
Number with disease2,159,230239,028771,7611,353,6841,058,6327,831,401
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FUNCTION
❖ diverticulitis effects the digestive tract
❖ Digestive system: The systemof organs responsible for getting
food into and out of the body and formaking use of food to keep the
body healthy.
❖ diverticulitus creates a blockage in this tract
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DEALING WITH IT
❖ a personwith diverticulitis requires surgery
• the surgeon will take the small seccion of the tract out
❖ triggers to avoid:
• seeds (all kinds)• nuts• corn• popcorn(anything that might get stuck)
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SYMPTOMS & DAILY LIFE
❖ diverticulitis occurs in "flare ups"
❖ symptoms include:
• pain in the abdomen• bright red or maroon blood in the stool.• fever• nausea• vomiting• chills• constipation• (less often, diarrhea).
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CAUTION: GRAPHICPICTURESNEXT
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TESTS
❖ the tests you take to find out it you have it:
• Complete blood count (CBC)• Urinalysis• Abdominal X-ray• The digital rectal exam• The fecal occult blood test• colonoscopy
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MEDICATIONS
❖ Ciprofloxacin
• Ciprofloxacin fights bacteria in the body.
❖ Bactrim
• antibiotics that treat different types of infection caused by bacteria.
❖ Various painmedications
• to deal with the uncomfortablity and the pain
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COSTS
❖ Total hospital chargesweremore than $6,600 higher with
colectomy for diverticular disease
❖ even higher for cost, complications, and mortality.
❖ Medication costs about $350 for 60 pillswith out insurance
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CURRENT RESEARCH
❖ http://www.drugs.com/mtm/rifaximin.html
❖ there is a new drug that doctors are testing on the patients to see if it
works called rifaimin
❖ it is not yet approved by the FDA
❖ mymother is one of these test subjects
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CONCLUSION
❖ i chose this disease becausemymomand family friend both have
this disease
❖ themost interesting thing that i learned was that there is still
unknown things about the disease like wither its genetic or not.
❖ mymother was themost helpful sorce of information
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QUESTIONS& IMPORTANTIMFORMATION
❖ Why is it so hard formedical researchers to find out how this
problemoriginates?
❖ it is important for everyone to realize just how common this disease
is.
❖ it is also a very painful thing to have happen
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WORKS CITED
❖ Drugs.com.N.p., n.d.Web. 5 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.drugs.com/mtm/rifaximin.html>. Harvard Health
Publications.N.p., Aug. 2010.Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mens_Health
_Watch/2010/August/diverticular-disease-of-the-colon>.
Medicine.net. N.p., n.d.Web. 5 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2994
>. MedicineNet. JayW.Marks,MD, 18Mar. 2014.Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
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WORKS CITEDCONT.
❖ <http://www.medicinenet.com/diverticulosis/article.htm#what_i
s_diverticulosis>. Society of GastroenterologyNurses and Associates.
"Pathophysiology and Epidemiology." SGNA.N.p.: n.p., n.d. 1-6.
Print. Statistics by Country forDiverticular Disease.N.p., n.d.Web. 5
Dec. 2014.
<http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/d/diverticular_disease/stats-count
ry.htm>.