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Suggest Remedy For Belching And Gas When Suffering From Diverticulitis

Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2015

Question: your Dr. have been wonderful to work with. today new question. my dr thought I had diverticulitis with blood in my stool. blood only once. went for followup with dull ache in my mid right side which then moves lower just below navel sometimes movi ng to right back area which is what I told him with the diverticulitis, it was never on the left . belching and gas very tender during exam right side . he ordered CT scan and told me a host of terrible thi gs it coukd be. he ordered contrast XXXXXXX is that ok with an active diverticulitis atta k. does this sound serious. and should i have the XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rovena (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
detailed below.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Welcome to Healthcare Magic.

I read carefully your query.

First of all ,CT-scan is the test of choice in evaluating acute diverticulitis so contrast CT won't be a problem.
It is difficult to say it for sure but complications of diverticulitis may have happened like abscess formation ,a fistula,peritionitis etc.
The Ct scan is necessary to evaluate the colon and exclude any possible complication.
Try not to stress out and think bad things.We need to wait for the CT scan to understand something more.

Hope it helps.
Let me know if you need further help.

Kind regards,
Dr.Rovena Murati

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