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What is more common is young children divertiulitis or irritable bowel syndrome?
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Irritable bowel: In 3 decades of caring for kids I have never seen or heard of a case of diverticulitis. It is a disease of elder adults. I do see ibs in kids ocassionally.
Answered 9/13/2013
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