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Diverticulitis Flare-Ups: Causes, Management, and Relief Strategies
Mar 21, 2024 - Summer Pitocchelli-Schwartzman
Diverticulitis is a condition where pouches in the large intestine, called diverticula (named such as they divert off the normative long intestine tract) become infected or inflamed. This can be due to bacterial infection, resident inflammation, rotten food stuck in the pouches inducing an immune response, or spontaneous, and typically require medical attention. Diverticulitis can […]
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Ulcerative Colitis and Back Pain
Oct 26, 2022 - Evinature
Many with Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease suffer extra-intestinal manifestations, meaning symptoms that affect the body beyond the intestines. The most common are anemia, psoriasis, and specific forms of arthritis which are linked to IBD, mainly axial arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis (AS), which cause back pain in roughly 25% of patients. What Causes Back Pain […]
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