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Diverticulitis Fistula Symptoms

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Summary: Diverticulitis fistula symptoms include increased urination and pain. In general, diverticulitis fistulas must be removed surgically. Learn how a diverticulitis fistula forms when two organs become connected in an abnormal way with information from a nurse and respiratory care practitioner in this free video on diverticulitis fistula symptoms.

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Nancy Bennett is a nurse and respiratory care practitioner located in Central Florida. She has a degree in respiratory therapy from the University of Virginia. She has experience...read more

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"Diverticulitis fistula symptoms. This is an abnormal connection between two organs or between an organ and the skin. When the damage in the tissues come into contact, they stick together and this forms a fistula in it because it it's healed together, so when you, what happens is when the tissue comes into contact with an organ or another tissue and they heal together, what's going to happen is there's going to be a merging together called a fistula. And with diverticulitis, because of the inflammation of this, it's going to in, infect, it's infected and it's going to spread outside the colon. It spreads outside the colon, begins, it sticks to something else, and when it sticks, it's going to have to have a surgical removal to be able to to treat that. With men, you might see it in the bladder and the colon where there'll be a fistula forms. One of the symptoms of that is increased urination, but if a fistula forms, it will take surgery to cut that out."

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