Diverticulitis and diverticulosis require antibiotic treatment, and may require surgical intervention. Among people with diverticulosis, 4 to 15% may go on to develop diverticulitis. Some people with diverticulosis complain of symptoms such as cramping, bloating, flatulence, and irregular defecation. Most people with colonic diverticulosis are unaware of this structural change. Having pouches in the large intestine that are not inflamed is known as diverticulosis. Meanwhile, he began to experience severe abdominal pains, diagnosed as diverticulosis. Complicated diverticulosis requires treatment of the complication. As diverticulosis occurs in an older population such complications are serious events. The prevalence of diverticulosis progressively increases with age. Krol was hospitalized in 1987 for treatment of diverticulosis. The heritability of diverticulosis is estimated to be approximately 40%. Mesalazine and rifaximin appear useful for preventing attacks in those with diverticulosis. Diverticulosis (the presence of bowel diverticula) is an essentially ubiquitous phenomenon. Diverticulosis occurs when pouches form on the intestinal wall. On the way back, the Colonel suffers another diverticulosis attack.