I am having my first flare up of diverticulitis.

Yes DD flair ups are like u are experiencing. You should be on soft foods or just a liquid diet. A probiotic is a good idea because antibiotics play havoc your intestines.

a warm heating pad on your abdomen should help a lot.  Do not eat hard to digest foods or meat unless it is ground .  Stay on soft foods until you see improvement.

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I was diagnosed 5 yrs ago and have only had 3 flare ups. Once it has cleared up you need to include fibre in your diet and avoid getting constipated at all costs! Hope you feel better soon. 

Hi jolly I didn't change my eating habits after my first attack I was very naive Now 8 weeks later and in just getting out of the hospital again I have lost 17 pounds and afraid to eat anything Please change diet or you may regret it

That’s what I experienced was the burning sensation across belly with diarrhea and loss of appetite and nausea, bloating,  Pain on left side of ab, was diagnosed in Feb 2018 diverticulitis with abscess , lotsa antibiotics with probiotics and changed my diet, I used the Mayo Clinic diet plan and found a website on Diverticulitis pain free foods, keep a food journal and  In April now just have diverticulosis.  But May 25 I started having same symptoms burning feeling across tummy, diarrhea, nausea, loss of appetite, so just had blood work and cat scan done which shows no signs of flare up or infection. So confusing. So going to GI Dr for colonoscopy. Think I developed IBS . Along with all this crap I developed anxiety/panic attacks, lost 32lbs, so it’s been a rough 4 months, the most important thing is your diet and what you eat. For me and a lot of others it’s a trial and challenge so look up the Mayo Clinic diet for DD, and this forum is great for info from people who are going through this , for me I do teas, no caffeine, no red meat or fried foods, no seeds or skins, no dairy. I do Tumeric daily and Golden milk, probiotics, slippery elm, marshmallow root, GSE(grapefruit seed extract) Kefir, organic Apple cider vinegar with lemons, Aloe Vera juice. Bone beef broth with collagen/gelatin peptides, a lot of water and Gatorade. Go slow introducing fiber and greens and fruits. I eat a lot of fish , chicken, pork chops. Canned fruit, my crockpot has become my best freand and smoothies, Also use coconut oils and butter for cooking. Hope this helps a little. Best wishes for a healthy recovery. 

I think I am having a flare up but sometimes the doc says are you sure it's not gastroenteritis I have been diagnosed 2 years ago and have been in hospital twice but my doctor acts like it's nothing serious allove you sufferers will appreciate it is serious when your feeling the pain I have hadone bloating and loose stools for over a week feel washed out but this time it feels like a I'm having heart attack the wind pains are so bad in my chest and back my doctor didn't understand what I meant by wind pains does anyone else suffer this x