Serious causes of rectal pressure are less common and include diverticulitis, rectal prolapse ... It is between the last segment of the colon (the sigmoid colon) and the anal sphincter. 1. Anal ...

New findings reveal nuts and seeds may not trigger diverticulitis, challenging decades of restrictive dietary advice once ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(9):1360-1368. Our study has several limitations. The most important limitation is that the comparative studies we included in our review were not randomized ...

He was noted to have diverticulosis, otherwise his endoscopic ... and friable mucosa was seen from the rectum to the sigmoid colon which was suggestive of ulcerative colitis.

Pain and bloating in the abdomen and stomach area can happen for many reasons, from constipation and indigestion to more severe conditions like gallstones or a blockage. Abdominal bloating occurs ...

It can be argued that in US Emergency Departments, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis has shifted from clinical impression to radiographic confirmation, even for patients for whom the diagnosis ...