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Interstitial cystitis |
08ÌýNovemberÌý2004 |
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A disease that affects 400,000 people in the UK - most of them women
You’ve almost certainly heard of Cystitis, but InterstitialÌýCystitis is probably totally unfamiliar. Despite it’s low profile a conservative estimate puts the number of people with IC in the UK at 400,000. Of these 90% are women.
IC is a chronic inflammation of the bladder wall that creates severe pain in patients. Its cause is not known and there is no cure.Ìý
Woman's Hour talks toÌýa woman who has lived with the disease for 8 years andÌýJenni talks to Consultant Urologist,ÌýMr Henry Lewi about what can be done to help.
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