- Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis of Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
 - Detailed overview of diverticular disease and its potential complications. - Diverticulitis Fact Sheet
- Explains risk factors and prevention tips for diverticulitis, a disease that occurs when small pouches in the colon become infected or inflamed.
- Diverticulitis Treatment Information and Resources
- Resource for individuals who suffer from diverticular disease.
- Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
- Explains diverticulosis, which occurs when people develop pouches (diverticula) in their colon, and what can be done when those pouches become infected or inflamed (diverticulitis). From the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse.
- eMedicine.com: Diverticulitis
- Clinical explanation of diverticulitis including differentials, treatments, medications, and follow-up care.
- MayoClinic.com: Diverticulitis
- Explains symptoms, risk factors, complications, treatment, and prevention of diverticulitis.
- MedlinePlus: Diverticulitis
- Description of the inflammation of an abnormal pouch (diverticulum) in the intestinal wall. Includes symptoms, treatments, and potential complications.
- Merck Manual: Diverticulitis
- Overview of diverticulitis, the condition in which diverticula on the outside of the intestine become infected, causing pain and bleeding and potentially an intestinal rupture.
- Merck Manual: Diverticulosis
- Fact sheet explaining diverticulosis, the condition in which diverticula (pouches or sacs) occur on the outside of the large intestine, particularly the sigmoid colon.
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