The nurse urges the patient with diverticulitis to seek treatment because the inflamed bowel wall may:
a. extend the inflammation to the entire bo-wel.
b. progress into ulcerative colitis.
c. perforate and cause peritonitis.
d. cause appendicitis.
C
The term diverticulum refers to a small, blind pouch resulting from a protrusion of the mucous membranes of a hollow organ through weakened areas of the organ's muscular wall. Diverticula occur most often in the intestinal tract, especially in the esophagus and colon. The infected diver-ticula can perforate through the bowel wall and cause peritonitis. Diverticulitis does not result in ulcerative colitis or appendicitis.
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