The Treatment of Diverticular Disease of the Colon with a High-Fibre Diet
| Autor: | Neil S. Painter |
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| Rok vydání: | 1975 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Bowel habit media_common.quotation_subject digestive oral and skin physiology food and beverages Sigmoid colon Appetite Abdominal distension medicine.disease Gastroenterology digestive system diseases Diverticulosis medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine medicine Diverticular disease medicine.symptom Flatulence business Feces media_common |
| DOI: | 10.1016/b978-0-433-24660-2.50027-8 |
| Popis: | This chapter discusses the treatment of diverticular disease of the colon with a high-fiber diet. A deficiency of dietary fiber alters the consistency of the fecal stream and leads to small hard stools. This causes the sigmoid colon to segment excessively to generate high pressures to propel viscous feces and these abnormally high pressures lead to the development of diverticulosis. By contrast, the addition of cereal fiber, in the form of unprocessed millers' bran, to the diet results in the passage of bulky soft stools, which can be voided without effort. The symptoms of diverticular disease can be grouped into those associated with (1) acute diverticulitis—the symptoms of which vary according to the damage that is wrought by the inflammatory process, (2) painful diverticular disease—the colic of this condition waxes and wanes too rapidly to be because of the inflammation and is attributed to intermittent functional obstruction of the colon brought about by excessive colonic segmentation, and (3) diverticulosis—vague symptoms, such as a sense of fullness, flatulence, abdominal distension and aching, a loss of appetite, and alteration in the bowel habit may all be associated with the presence of colonic diverticula. |
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