diverticulitis
digestive disease caused by an inflammation of a herniating pouch (diverticulum) within the wall of the intestine, most often colon
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Summary
diverticulitis is a class of disease[1]. diverticulitis ranks in the top 2% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,817 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Subclass of: intestinal disease[4], diverticular disease[5], inflammatory disease[6], sigmoiditis[7], disease[8]
- Commons category: Diverticulitis[9]
- ICPC 2 ID: D92[10]
- Symptoms and signs: abdominal pain[11], fever[12], nausea[13], diarrhea[14], constipation[15], melena[16]
- Medical examination: blood test[17], computed tomography[18], colonoscopy[19], lower gastrointestinal series[20]
- Possible treatment: antibiotic[21]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C26752[22]
- Different from: diverticulosis[23]
- Health specialty: gastroenterology[24], general surgery[25]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: metronidazole[26], ciprofloxacin[27], levofloxacin hemihydrate[28], L-scopolamine[29]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_7475[30], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:7475[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[32]
Why It Matters
diverticulitis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] diverticulitis is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]