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.
Diverticula are most common in the lower portion of the large intestine, called the sigmoid colon. When the pouches become inflamed, the condition is called diverticulitis. Ten to 25 percent of people with diverticulosis get diverticulitis. Diverticulosis and diverticulitis together are called diverticular disease..