Diverticulitis? Could it just be a really bad case of Lactose Intolerance?

Question by Katie: Diverticulitis? Could it just be a really bad case of Lactose Intolerance?
My mum was diagnosed with Diverticulitis, and a few years later my son was born, 8 months after her was born we found out the reason he was so upset and crying and full of diarrhea all the time was because he was Lactose Intolerant. I found a check list, and took it to my mum, and she said that was what she was going through. So she gave up anything with Lactose, now she has lost a heap of weight and she doesn’t have Diverticulitis anymore. My MIL has all the symptoms but she is adamant that one’s got nothing to do with the other. My BIL reckons he has Irritable Bowel Syndrome, he has all the symptoms too, and thinks that he’s not Lactose Intolerant. I’m just wondering why you wouldn’t give it a go at least, I would and did, and now I’m better too. Because it obviously passes though the family.

Has anyone else had this experience???

Best answer:

Answer by thetruth
I imagine they had a proper test to be diagnosed with Diverticulitis, to be diagnosed they must find the small pouches in the lining of the colon, or large intestine (each pouch is called a diverticulum).
When the pouches become inflamed, the condition is called diverticulitis. Now…Doctors are not certain what causes diverticula to become inflamed, could the lactose be related to causing inflammation? and once they stopped consuming products with lactose their symptoms got better? is it possible they still have it? and is just not causing any problems right now?
Is a valid question….I would look further in to it, there might be a connection.
Good Luck!

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