Facing a multitude of challenges, Mung overcomes the chasm between the two cultures with exuberance and bravery. book picks All you need is a jar and an airing cupboard to grow Chinese bean sprouts, or mung beans.
Two medical terms that are confused by patients with diverticular disease are diverticulosis and diverticulitis. Although they sound the same, they have distinct meanings. Diverticulosis. Diverticulosis is the condition that occurs before a patient gets diverticulitis.
1 Abdominal pain, constipation, and diarrhea, can occur with diverticulosis, which then may be called diverticular disease. 2  Diverticulosis can be diagnosed with barium X-rays, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or CT scan. 3  Treatment of diverticulosis can include high fiber diet, and anti-spasmodic drugs. Treatment of diverticulosis can include high fiber diet, and anti-spasmodic drugs. 2  When diverticulosis is associated with inflammation and infection the condition is called diverticulitis.