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Top 10 unbelievable historical concurrencies. There are three common types of diverticular disease: diverticulosis, diverticulitis, and diverticular bleeding. The diseases are caused when pouches, called diverticula, form inside the large intestine.They can also form in the esophagus, small intestine, or stomach, but these are rarer. person has diverticulosis simply by having the pouches on his intestinal wall. Diverticulosis is the type of diverticular disease that usually does not have any symptoms. If a person does experience symptoms, they are usually mild, such as cramps.
When pouches begin to protrude outwards from the colon wall the person has diverticular disease or diverticulosis. When one of these pouches becomes infected and inflamed, that infection is called diverticulitis. People may have lots of protruding pouches and feel fine. One outpouching is a diverticulum; two or more are diverticula. 2  3. Diverticular disease refers to people with diverticulosis who have symptoms. 3  4. Diverticulosis generally refers to cases without symptoms. 4  5. 5  When one of the outpouches (diverticula) becomes infected, it is known as diverticulitis.