Suggest Treatment For Diverticulosis

Posted on Wed, 11 Mar 2015

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Wed, 11 Mar 2015 Answered on

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Question : diverticulosis----whats the treatment?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Klerida Shehu (32 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
hydric diet and antibiotics

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Treatment of diverticulosis depends on severity of symptoms and presence of inflammation.

Basically, there are 2 main lines of treatment :
- hydric diet including intravenous perfusions if severely ill. Otherwise orally : water, fruit juice, broth and ice pops
- antibiotics monotherapy or combination therapy.

Hope it was of help!
Dr.Klerida

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