Diverticulitis Treatment

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The treatment of diverticulitis is largely  dependent on the present state of the condition. In the acute active inflammatory stage the main part of any diverticulitis treatment is resting the bowel, which is crucial. In this stage nothing is eaten as any movement in the bowel will only increase the inflammation and irritate the affected area.  

In this stage that person suffering the acute attack of diverticulitis will be hospitalised and will be fed intravenously. Additionally broad-spectrum antibiotics will be used.                                             

In cases of recurrent acute inflammatory attacks or complications such as abscess or fistula surgical intervention is often required.

Once the patient is through the acute inflammatory stage of diverticulitis treatment method of choice is the adoption of the diverticulitis diet programme

The main suspected cause of diverticular disease in general and diverticulitis specifically the low fibre diets typical in most Western countries. So it makes sense that after the acute inflammatory state of  the disease as passed the adoption of a high-fiber diet would be the most effective way of not only preventing a recurrence of diverticulitis but also helping to correct the underlying diverticulosis and prevent the formation of more diverticula in the future.

This would then decrease dramatically the likelihood of the inflammatory active phase of the disease ever occurring again. 

The high-fiber diverticulitis diet will ensure that adequate levels of fibre intake are maintained. This is critical in the prevention of the formation of diverticular as a low fibre diet leads to constipation which then leads to significant pressure within the large intestine when any attempt is made to move the stool when going to the toilet.

This increased pressure within the large intestine  is what is responsible for the creation of the pouch like intrusions in the intestinal wall that are known as diverticula.

Once these pockets have been formed it is unlikely that the intestinal wall will return to normal and the diverticula disappear. However smooth easy and quick bowel movement gives the best chance of waste products being moved out of the body was little chance of faecal matter accumulating in the diverticula.

Quick and easy bowel movements are enhanced by a regular high level of fibre in our diet. And as mentioned a quick and easy bowel movement minimises the strain on the intestinal wall that would lead to  an increased number of diverticula.

An important part of a high-fiber diverticulitis diet is adequate levels of water in take. And what we're talking about here is water not tea or coffee or fruit juice, but pure water.

Increased water intake will further increase the speed and ease of the bowel movement. With the increased fibre It will make the stool softer and bulkier making the evacuation of the bowels more complete and less stressful to the intestinal walls.

Oftentimes mild pain medication is sometimes needed during this phase of treatment as ther can still be some residual pain during a bowel movement and general abdominal discomfort. These mild pains go very quickly once the high-fiber diet is implemented

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