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Suggest Treatment For Interstitial Cystitis

I am looking for a DR that treats IC in the bowling green ky area. The DR I m seeing now gave me 7 installations. N nothing else. Said there s nothing else he can do. No Elmiron no pain med. I hurt so bad I think death would b better. All he said was watch what I eat.
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Hello,

IC is a chronic inflammatory condition of bladder with scarring and stiffening of bladder resulting in symptoms like pain in voiding,urgency,increased frequency of micturition and is most commonly found in women.

Unfortunately there is no permanent cure of this condition and goal of treatment is to relieve your symptoms.
Not everyone responds to the treatment in same way and treatment has to be devised and decided by the treating doctor. Various modalities of treatment include..

Bladder instillation,bladder distension,electrical nerve stimulation,oral drugs etc. Such treatments may take weeks to respond and treatment has to be extended continuously because of chronic nature of condition.

Other things which can be worked are exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles,taking care of diet and regular voiding of urine at regular intervals.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Dr. Iven Romic Rommstein
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Suggest Treatment For Interstitial Cystitis

Hello, IC is a chronic inflammatory condition of bladder with scarring and stiffening of bladder resulting in symptoms like pain in voiding,urgency,increased frequency of micturition and is most commonly found in women. Unfortunately there is no permanent cure of this condition and goal of treatment is to relieve your symptoms. Not everyone responds to the treatment in same way and treatment has to be devised and decided by the treating doctor. Various modalities of treatment include.. Bladder instillation,bladder distension,electrical nerve stimulation,oral drugs etc. Such treatments may take weeks to respond and treatment has to be extended continuously because of chronic nature of condition. Other things which can be worked are exercises to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles,taking care of diet and regular voiding of urine at regular intervals. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Dr. Iven Romic Rommstein