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How to know if diverticulosis and diverticulitis are the same thing?
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Diverticulosis: Of the colon is an acquired condition, when your colon develops outpouchings in its walls. Diverticulitis happens when these things get infected.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Infection or not.: Diverticulosis is the presence of diverticuli, while diverticulitis is an infection of same (technically a micro perforation which leads to infection).
Answered 1/11/2015
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