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Men & women with interstitial cystitis may have a variety of symptoms:
- urinary frequency (up to 60 times a day)
- sudden urgency
- pressure
- severe pain, particularly as the bladder fills
The Top FIVE Forbidden Foods that badly irritate an IC bladder are:
- Regular & Decaf Coffee
- Green & Regular Teas
- Regular & Diet Sodas
- Artificial Sugars (Nutrasweet.)
- Fruit Juices (Cranberry, Orange
The Top FIVE Forbidden Foods that badly irritate an IC bladder are:
- Regular & Decaf Coffee
- Green & Regular Teas
- Regular & Diet Sodas
- Artificial Sugars (Nutrasweet.)
- Fruit Juices (Cranberry, Orange
IC Fast Facts
- An IC patient is newly diagnosed every 15 seconds (Source: J. Dimitrakov MD). An estimated 2 million patients are in the USA.
- Cranberry juice and green tea can trigger IC symptoms and pain.
- IC patients often describe their symptoms as "the worlds worst bladder infection." Some patients may take antibiotics for years before learning that their urine cultures were negative for infection.
- The pain of IC worsens as the bladder fills with urine and is often relieved after urination. To ask an IC patient "to hold it" for an extended period of time is cruel.
- IC is not a mental, emotional or hysterical condition. IC patients may have large, bleeding wounds in their bladder that can be caused by any number of events, such as an accidents, falls
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