Clear liquids are great for diverticulitis diets because they don't irritate the colon and are easy on the rest of the digestive tract. While diverticulitis diets don't cure diverticulitis, they do settle the bowels down so that they have a chance to heal properly.

These foods were rated as HIGH RISK by our survey respondents. I would look to exclude these in your diet. Just remember that even though most people said they caused trouble, they may not cause trouble with you personally. This is only the recommendations as per the survey we did for the End Diverticulitis web site.

While, when it comes to diverticulitis, natural cures often do not work but there can be more serious ways to manage the disease, particularly when the diverticulum has ruptured. This is a serious complication. If there is excessive bleeding, blood transfusions might become necessary.

For years it was thought that an infection occurred in a diverticulum when a plug of stool or a food particle lodged in the diverticulum. The result was inflammation of the pocket lining and an infection or an abscess developed, eventually rupturing to create a localized perforation of the colon.

If the patient shows improvement after 48 to 72 hours, they are put on a diverticulitis diet and then can be discharged and switched to oral antibiotics. At this point a discussion with their doctor and possibly a dietitian should be initiated in order to get the patient started on lifestyle and diet changes that will need to be implemented in order to try and avoid an occurrence.

There are natural and personal diverticulitis cures that you can do at home. You can increase the amount of fiber in your diet so as to keep food moving through the colon quickly. You can exercise more so that your bowels move regularly and quickly.

The preventive, high fiber diet for diverticulitis is not difficult to maintain for most people who are conscious of it. It may be difficult at first, especially for those used to a low fiber diet that includes lots of red meat, but a little meal planning and selectivity in the grocery store will help get that 25-35 grams of fiber so important in a healthy diet for diverticulitis.

The treatment needed for diverticulitis depends on how bad the symptoms are and whether an infection exists. In general there are a small percentage of people whose condition will move from diverticulosis to diverticulitis.

The best way you can help your doctor cure diverticulitis is to manage your diet. When the diverticulitis is acute, you may have to consume a clear liquid diet.

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