Risk Factors of Diverticulitis
• Abscess (accumulation of pus due to infection)
• Bowel obstruction (prevents the normal transition of the products formed during digestion)
• Intestinal fistula
• Peritonitis (the membrane that lines sections of the abdomen is inflamed due to infection)
• Intestinal perforation
• Bleeding
• Sepsis and septic shock (infection which results in the decrease of tissue perfusion and delivery of oxygen)






