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Diverticulitis: Complications
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About half the people with diverticulitis require hospitalization and many need intravenous antibiotics. You're more likely to be hospitalized if you have vomiting, a fever above 100 F, a high white blood cell count or are at risk of complications such as a bowel obstruction or peritonitis. You're ... likely to need additional care if you are older, have another disease or have a weakened immune system.
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In more serious diverticulitis, with CT scan showing complications, antibiotics and fluids must be given by intravenous infusion. Some cases will require surgery to remove the offending diverticulum and abscess. Nowadays, this can often be done successfully using a key-hole approach (laparoscopy).
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Serious complications can occur as a result of diverticulitis. Most of them are the result of the development of a tear or perforation of the intestinal wall. If this occurs, intestinal waste material can leak out of the intestines and into the surrounding abdominal cavity causing the following problems:
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Treatment for diverticulitis focuses on clearing up the infection and inflammation, resting the colon, and preventing or minimizing complications. An attack of diverticulitis without complications may respond to antibiotics within a few days if treated early.
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Treatment for diverticulitis focuses on clearing up the infection and inflammation, resting the colon, and may prevent or minimize complications. If you are suffering from acute diverticulitis, you should consult your doctor prior to taking anything.
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Very elderly patients with diverticulitis, or those who have a damaged immune system, should be hospitalized. If there are no complications, oral antibiotics and fluids-only by mouth are likely to be successful within 2-3 days.
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