Question

What causes diverticulitis?

Accepted Answer

It is caused when a lack of fiber leads to hard stool which requires more intestinal contractions, subsequently increasing pressure within the colon. In this environment, small defects within the colonic wall that would otherwise never pose a problem now fail, resulting in bulges in the wall. These small outcroppings eventually turn into pouches, called diverticula.

Front	What causes diverticulitis?
Back	It is caused when a lack of fiber leads to hard stool which requires more intestinal contractions, subsequently increasing pressure within the colon. In this environment, small defects within the colonic wall that would otherwise never pose a problem now fail, resulting in bulges in the wall. These small outcroppings eventually turn into pouches, called diverticula.

Small Diverticulitis Caused Lack Fiber Leads Hard Stool