Interstitial Cystitis
CAUSE
Interstitial cystitis is an autoimmune disease. Check out the autoimmune section for more information.
TREATMENT
Interstitial Cystitis is a disease that can often be effectively treated
Since it is in part, at least, an autoimmune disease, there are a variety of foods that can trigger the autoimmune reaction. We find that there usually are foods that must be avoided for the person to do well.
There are some fairly simple injections that can be done just under the skin in the area of the bladder that can help reduce inflammation.
There are also minimally painful treatments into the bladder that can be enormously helpful.
RECENT CASE STUDY
An approximately 20 year old woman had severe IC for many years. She had found that there were several foods that triggered a flare of symptoms. Even with careful food avoidance, she continued to have a high degree of pain almost continuously. She noted that the only thing that really helped was using extremely hot heating pads that almost burned the skin. When they were so hot she could barely stand it on the skin, the bladder symptoms would settle somewhat.
We began treating her with the protocol we use. Shortly after the first treatment, she was doing much better. After a series of treatments, she was doing very well. Occasionally now she will get a flare, she’ll come in for a simple treatment and is feeling good within a very short period of time.