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Article: Painful bladder disorder often defies treatment
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 1, 1987
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For years, the painful condition of interstitial cystitis was
considered extremely rare, impossible to treat and probably
psychological in origin.
It remains virtually impossible to treat, although there are a
variety of therapies, some of which help some patients some of the
time.
But doctors have learned a great deal more recently about this
bladder disorder, finding that it is more common than previously
thought, more debilitating, and not a figment of the imaginations of
its estimated 200,000 to 500,000 victims. For many women, it makes
holding a job impossible.
Symptoms include frequent urination and severe abdominal pain.
The cause remains unknown, although women with the ...