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Hi…I went to Costa Rica recently and suffered from diverticulitis.I’d been living with this condition for two years and everything was under control until the third day of arrival.I’m aware of the foods and diet that i have to follow however It was terrible and Flight back in advance.I would like to have some comments about this.I want and love to go CR again.I’m planning to live there part of every year.Thanks..
According to [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diverticulitis ] “Diverticulitis is a common digestive disease particularly found in the colon (the large intestine). Diverticulitis develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) on the outside of the colon. Diverticulitis results if one of these diverticula becomes inflamed or infected. The colon can become infected with craters of food stuck inside, which causes abdominal pain.”
Thankfully I have never suffered from this and have not heard of this being a common problem for people visiting Costa Rica but does anybody else have any useful tips on this?
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comDiverticulitis is a condition that you have, it is not the same as “Montezuma’s revenge” so to speak. Scott is correct about the pouches in the large colon. They are there because you have them and you must be careful what you eat. What triggers an attack are small seeds (tomato, cucumber, fruit) that can get into the pockets. The pockets are already succeptible to inflamation from normal diets. You probably need to research your condition online but unless you picked up a specific enteric bacteria in Costa Rica your bout with diverticulitis is something that can cause you fits no matter where you go. Having had gastroenteritis (Montezuma’s revenge) almost every time I’ve been to Mexico I can tell you that you know it when you get it. You run at both ends until you are prostate with exhaustion. Ultimately your body can adapt to the microbacteria in a given environment. Perhaps some yoghurt with active culture will restore the beneficial bacteria in your gut. In the meantime, be careful eating foods with seeds and nuts that do not fully breakdown in the stomach and small intestine.
I have a natural, – made in USA nutritional product which can help you to resolve those “bowel packets” once and forever. It is easy to use ( drink shake twice a day), completely safe, effective, patented by US goverment as a food. Made by US food – science comlpany for 21 years. Myself, my mother and my sister use it for our digestive issues for 7 years. Resolved the problem in first 4 month 7 years ago…
I have been in CR 4 times lately, love it, never had any problems.
It can help you too, so you can enjoy CR!!!Good day.Please feel free to recommend the product here in the forum ‘lavemder’… We are not concerned about this kind of recommendation, we are concerned about people planting information about dubious real estate projects and people we don’t know.
We’ll feature a couple of new articles on why I’m paranoid about that over the next few weeks.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comPS. Just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean to say they’re not out to get me … 🙂
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