IC Disease

I try to read as many articles and research studies as I can on IC Disease and bladder problems and I found another article that I thought was worth mentioning.  This article from the Kalamazoo Gazette shares a female patient’s story with her own battle with Interstitial Cystitis and her trials of getting a proper diagnosis. 

What else I found interesting in the article is where it was mentioned that  approximately 25% of all women suffer from some sort of pelvic floor and/or bladder disorder.  These include IC Disease, prolapsed uterus, incontinence of the bladder and bowel, and recurrent bladder infections. Twenty-five percent - that is an alarming number of women who are out there suffering like I am.

That percentage increases as women age.  The article states that…

A recently released study by the National Institutes of Health indicates the prevalence of pelvic-floor disorders increases with age, affecting more than 40 percent of women from 60 to 79 years old and about 50 percent of women 80 and older.

It also increases with the number of times a woman has given birth.