Text Callout : Key Takeaways: Diverticulitis: What to Know and How to Prevent It Normally, the lining of your colon is smooth. Diverticulosis ... others with mild to moderate cases of the disease ...

It may be no bigger than a BB shot, or it may be the size ... diverticulum sufficiently. In the symptom-free stage of diverticulosis there may be dozens of small diverticula scattered along the colon.