I-Diverticulosis iyisenzakalo esivamile emazweni anezimboni. Cishe i-10% kuya ku-20% yabantu abanalesi simo bazoba nokuhlaselwa kwe-diverticulitis empilweni yabo.

Ngaphandle uma ubhekene ne-diverticulitis eyinkimbinkimbi, manje kutuswa ukuthi ulinde okungenani ukuhlaselwa kathathu kwe-diverticulitis (ngokuxilongwa nge-radiological) ngaphambi kokuqhubeka nokwelashwa kokuhlinzwa. Khona-ke kuyokwenziwa ukuhlinzwa okukhethekile ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokukhishwa kabusha kwengxenye ethintekile, ngokuvamile ingxenye engakwesobunxele yamathumbu amakhulu. Siqhubeka kakhulu nge-laparoscopy (izimbobo ezincane nekhamera) ukuze sivumele ukululama ngokushesha. Yiqiniso, esimweni esiphuthumayo, indlela evamile kakhulu ngokuvamile yenziwa.

Ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukubonana nodokotela uma ucabanga ukuthi unezimpawu nezimpawu ze-diverticulitis ukuze kuhlolwe i-X-ray futhi kuqalwe ukwelashwa okufanele. I-colonoscopy (ukuhlolwa okubonakalayo kwekholoni) kufanele futhi ilandele noma yikuphi ukuhlaselwa kokuqala kwe-diverticulitis ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuxilongwa nokulawula ukuba khona kwesinye isilonda kukholoni.

D^r Mathieu Bélanger, udokotela ohlinzayo jikelele, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Quebec