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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.
Diverticulitis (Definition). Diverticulitis is inflamation and/or infection of diverticuli, almost exclusively of the colon. The most common place is in the sigmoid colon, low on the left side. Symptoms are pain and tenderness of the left lower abdomen. They can be mild to severe.our doctor: Your doctor can talk to you about the differences between colitis and diverticulitis. Diverticulitis is an inflammation of the outpouching in the colon.