Can Quitting Smoking Help Ease Interstitial Cystitis Pain?
Smoking can worsen symptoms of chronic pain according to David O. Warner, MD and his research team from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in ...
How Food Can Affect a Painful Bladder
Before I wrote the first version of Customizing the Interstitial Cystitis Diet, one concept I had to work around--delicately I might add--was the idea of ...
Interstitial Cystitis: Allergies and Diet
Guest Blog Post by ICAF Daily News It is not unusual for an interstitial cystitis patient to be diagnosed with overlapping syndromes including food sensitivities and/or ...
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Understanding the Interstitial Cystitis Diet
Determining Your Personal Trigger Foods Diet modification is the first line of defense for patients struggling with interstitial cystitis or painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS). Since sensitivity ...
Interstitial Cystitis and Pot Roast
This traditional (Interstitial Cystitis friendly) pot roast recipe comes from Sally Fallon, author of Nourishing Traditions. The key to this recipe is marinating the meat ...
Palmitoylethanolamide (Normast) effective in bladder pain
Bladder pain is caused by a chronic inflammation of the urinary bladder. This inflammation is associated with a relative thermal hyperalgesia referred to the hind ...
Blog Talk Radio
“The Pelvic Messenger” show was brought about when I realized how popular my website and also my work as an Advocate and Spokesperson had become ...
Interstitial Cystitis and Coffee Milkshake
Combine low/no acid coffee with vanilla ice cream and what do you get? Heaven in a glass (and a Interstitial Cystitis friendly recipe)! Cold brewed coffee ...
Normast: Chronic pain due to neuropathy and sciatica treated with Normast
Chronic pain due to neuropathy and sciatica treated with Normast® Severe neuropathic pain due to and a chronic neuropathy as well as due to nerve compression by a herniated disk, both pains reacted quick and after administering Normast® the patient’s pain decreased considerably, and he could start working again, after being on sick leave for [...]
What is Interstitial Cystitis / Bladderpainsyndrome (IC/BPS)
Interstitial cystitis or Bladder pain syndrome (commonly abbreviated to “BPS/IC”) is a chronic, severely debilitating disease of the urinary bladder. Of unknown cause, it is characterised by: pain associated with the bladder, pain associated with urination (dysuria), urinary frequency (as often as every 10 minutes), urgency, and/or pressure in the bladder and/or pelvis. The disease has a profound impact on [...]
Now That’s Therapy: Kevin Noa
When the pain arrived shortly after I turned 43 it was furious. I knew it was something serious, and I was right. Hell on Earth is a good description for what I would go through for next several years. After finally gaining a diagnosis of interstitial …
The Sunshine Vitamin and Interstitial Cystitis
Vitamin D is an essential nutrient, meaning that our bodies cannot manufacture it, therefore we need to get it from our food or outside sources. Unlike most essential nutrients, however, our bodies can make Vitamin D if we are exposed to the sun’s ultraviolet rays for a minimum of 10 minutes a day. Although 10 [...]
Palmitoylethanolamide (Normast) effective in bladder pain
Bladder pain is caused by a chronic inflammation of the urinary bladder. This inflammation is associated with a relative thermal hyperalgesia referred to the hind limb. Palmitoylethanolamide (Normast) attenuates this referred hyperalgesia in a dose-depended fashion. These result implicates that Palmitoylethanolamide (Normast) can be seen as a novel treatment for bladder pain. More Normast information [...]
What is ELMIRON®?
ELMIRON® is a prescription medication used to treat the pain and discomfort of interstitial cystitis (IC). It is not known exactly how ELMIRON® works, but it is not a pain medication like aspirin or acetaminophen and therefore must be taken continuously for relief as prescribed by your doctor. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ELMIRON® should not be [...]
S. Los Angeles
When I first met with Matia, it was only after many visits to my urologist and several other “alternative” attempts to solve my bladder problem via books and info on the web. I had all the symptoms of interstitial cystitis… frequent, urgent needs to go to the bathroom, pelvic pain etc. It was like having [...]
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