Suggest Treatment For Diverticulitis

Posted on Thu, 2 Feb 2017

Question: I have had pain in the bottom left quadrant of my belly the last few days. It is a dull pain that sometimes increases in intensity to a moderate pain. What do you think it could be? Do I need to go see my doctor?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (36 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Diverticulitis can be the reason.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

Pain in this area can be caused by diverticulitis, inguinal hernia or urinary tract infection.
If you have also some loose stool, blood in stool, or have had constipation before, diverticulitis of the sigmoid colon can be the reason. Fever can appear with this issue as well.
Inguinal hernia gives pain which is more intense while standing and coughing or lifting heavy objects. A lump in the groin can be present.
With urinary tract infection the pain can radiate to the back. Frequent urinating, burning while urinating can appear as well.

I suggest you to visit your doctor and have abdominal ultrasound, blood work and urine analysis done.
Colonoscopy should be scheduled.

Hope this helps.
Regards.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar