Hello Dears! (First of all, sorry for my English) My story was started with left-sided / lower left quadrant (sigmoid part), MILD stabbing pain 5-6 weeks ago, in the FIRST 4 days of my left abdominal was very touch sensitive. But not anymore. Just since the random, 1-3 minutely mild pain all...

I am prompted to post this because of massive bleeding at the moment - something I have usually assumed is internal haemerhoids. Diverticulosis is the only firm diagnosis I have - following my recent post-55 sigmoidoscopy.at the end of last year. I have had permanent near-diarreah for maybe 8...

so I found this paper saying those with ibs are 12 times more likely to get diverticulosis : http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/832 was wondering if anyone had any links for me / input / info, etc?

Hi, I'm 46 years old and I am plagued by persistant constipation with IBS. I've been on Omprozazole (Prilosec) for almost 7 years now. Is there anyone out there that takes long term Omprozazole and has diverticulosis, gastritis, and/or gerd with IBS? I have suspected that the prilosec is the...