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Are you experiencing bladder or pelvic pain, urinary urgency, and/or frequency?

11/10/2015

You may have a conditional called interstitial cystitis (IC) (also called bladder pain syndrome), which affects 3 to 6% of all women in the US. This is a chronic condition with the symptoms of pain, urgency, and frequency during both the day and the night, with symptoms lasting longer than 6 weeks. In many people, the pain is worse when the bladder is filling and emptying the bladder relieves the pain. Some patients also experience pain while having intercourse. These symptoms occur in the