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By Tracee Cornforth, About.com Guide to Women's Health since 1997

Lower Abdominal Pain and Distress

Monday December 22, 2003
Diverticulitis Diverticulosis
Most people have in their colons small pouches called diverticula that bulge outward through weak spots, like an inner tube that pokes through weak places in a tire. When these pouches become inflammed or infected a person is diagnosed with diverticulitis.

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April 29, 2009 at 4:37 pm
(1) joanna says:

can you help me
i really want to be pregnant and im dying to have a child with my husband
can someone help me please….

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