Anyone with Diverticula under 25 or 30??

[Sea_Star]

NOW I'm really kicking myself....my colonoscopy from May 5th showed some sigmoid diverticula, and mild nonsepcific inflammation in the terminal ileum. I understand we don't have control over IBD forming necessarily, but between my last colonoscopy from 2011 and this one...straining and poor diet must have caused the diverticula...dang it! If only I had eaten better and not been obese
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I just turned 25 yesterday and this is not a present I wanted to hear.....does anyone have both Crohns and Diverticulosis (in the Sigmoid?) especially under 25??

 

[Kero]

I have diverticulosis. I'm 35 The GI that did my sigmoid scope said I have the bowels of someone in their 60's. In my case it's apparently hereditary, found out my father has it as well.

 

[Sea_Star]

Kero-how long have you had it, if you don't mind me asking? I keep reading poor diet and straining/constipation cause it...and that it's more common in Western society, which is interesting...

 

[Kero]

I have actually only known about it since November. Chances are it's been around longer. I have dealt with abdominal pain since about 2000. They blamed endometriosis for years, but after having a full hysterectomy done in 2011, they couldn't blame it anymore and the investigation started. I did great until last May/June when I went to work, and the pain started again

 

[Trysha]

I was diagnosed with extensive diverticular disease when I was 21years old.
Diverticula throughout the ascending, transverse and descending colon.
Also bouts of undefined enteritis.
First attack of diverticulitis at age 27.
Subsequent to that gallbladder removal and then over ten years later crohn's.
Currently surgery has been scheduled urgently to remove a right side polyp,-- ascending colon---very large I am told which is supposed to have been removed in 2012.
The surgeon has explained a right hemicolectomy has to be done and also they are looking at removing the left colon because of numerous infected diverticula----the crohn's is situated between the diverticula.The GI showed me the pictures taken at colonoscopy.
Quite devastating news to me.
I had just changed from the first GI to another I had worked with and could trust implicitly.
He may have saved my life.
Don't know how I will manage and have now reached my retirement years.
It does go to show that you can live a long time with the diverticular disease.It gets complicated with the crohn's.
Feel better soon
Hugs Trysha

 

[Sea_Star]

Trysha-wow, I'm so sorry to hear you have gone through all that! Did you change your diet once you were diagnosed? I wonder if they can just cut those diverticula out (or push them back in lol)...it's basically a reverse polyp, right? You will do just fine!! I think God made our colons so long just in case they malfunction, giving us extra

I have Crohn's in the terminal ileum, and then apparently some diverticula in the Sigmoid Colon...so opposite ends, i guess? What treats the Diverticula?

 

[Sea_Star]

I wish I had never known I'm just going to pretend I didn't see that on the report...since apparently it's common and most people don't know they have it! So, what's the difference?

 

[Sea_Star]

Has anyone had Diverticulosis without problems??

How many of you have had it for several years and not have any problems with it? I'm so depressed thinking no guy will want me (after I thought the same thing with Crohn's! lol) now this Worse, that I may have done this to myself not eating a proper diet, being overweight, etc. At 25, it's pretty young...and I'm scared...

 

[Trysha]

It is true that many years (30+) went by after the initial diagnosis of diverticular disease before any problems.
It is possible to live with diverticula unless infection sets in ..
Many people don't know they have them
It is the current technology which produces information sometimes incidental to the condition being investigated.
It is good to have plenty of soluble fibre which can be found in a good diet, things like oat bran , oat meal etc.The Scots have the right idea start the day with a bowl of porridge oats or oatmeal of some kind.
The present GI prescribed Mucillium for me which has made a big difference.
In the early years a low fibre diet was recommended but subsequent thinking changed
this to high soluble fibre. Mostly I have eaten whatever I wanted but only had to change some things because of the crohn's.
For many years I never worried about it never crossed my mind at all and life went on till crohn's reared its ugly head. Then so many investigations and attacks., various treatments for crohn's including remicade .Now in remission---no more meds--- next thing surgeryfor a right side adenoma.(polyp)
I would agree that diverticulosis in itself is not a cause for doing anything different., unless infection becomes a problem.All those years I never even thought about it., and lived a pretty healthy life.Best to leave then alone unless otherwise indicated.
A diverticulum is a weakness in the bowel wall that causes a bulge...and can allow for infection since the flow of normal fluids does not reach them .
Seas tar....It most certainly is not a reverse polyp .
A polyp is a growth of tissue usually benign but which must always be removed because of the propensity for some to become malignant.
This is the reason for colonoscopies of healthy people to find the polyps and remove them before there is any chance of malignancy.They can be silent killers.
A polyp grows like a mushroom on a stalk, but there are different types which are not always easy to remove, some are flat,and sessile these are the difficult ones to remove.
I would agree with you to forget what you saw on the report, it most likely will not cause a problem.
Try to increase your soluble fibre, which may also help the crohn's.
Feel better soon
Hugs
Trysha