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.
Diverticulitis is defined as an inflammation of one or more diverticula, which are small pouches created by herniation of the mucosa into the wall of the colon. Diverticulitis is generally considered a disease of the elderly, but as many as 20% of patients with diverticulitis are younger than 50 years.