Hi! I need help! I am not sure if I have IC.
I am a 37-year-old woman. I had pelvic pain for a few months, but my OBGYN discovered an infection. I took antibiotics, but shortly thereafter I developed IC-like symptoms. All of a sudden one day, I had the urge to urinate frequently and felt constant bladder pressure. That was 4 weeks ago. Since then, I have had some dull bladder pain (nothing unbearable) and a near constant pressure/urge to urinate. My OBGYN did two tests for a UTI , two weeks apart, and they both came back negative. I had a UTI about 20 years ago, but no urinary tract/bladder infections since. My OBGYN did an ultrasound and said my ovaries, bladder and kidneys look normal. Still, he wants to do laparoscopic surgery to see if I have endometrosis, which may be putting the pressure on my bladder. He said there is a slight change I may have IC, but he thinks it’s endometrosis . However, the ultrasound showed no endometrosis, but he says I could still have it.
I suspect I may have IC. What do you all think?
My symptoms are:
Dull pain in the bladder area;
Pressure on the bladder and need to urinate often (sometimes once an hour, sometimes 3 times an hour),
I have no other symptoms, and I find that ibuprofin helps me feel better. It relieves the pain and pressure, although not entirely.
Could this be beginning IC? Does it start mild and get worse?
I had a baby (my first) two years ago, and my bladder has not really been the same since. It hasn’t had the same capacity, but that wasn’t really a big problem until now. Also, I have had a very high-stress job and for the past 18 months and have not urinated as often as I should. Before these symptoms set on, I would sometimes hold it until I was bursting and would sometimes only pee two to three times in a 10-stretch at work (because I was so busy.) I also wasn’t drinking enough fluids during the day. I wonder if this — combined with childbirth — could have messed up my bladder function.
I am thinking of doing the elimination diet to see if it has any affect.
Any advice? Thank you!
I am a 37-year-old woman. I had pelvic pain for a few months, but my OBGYN discovered an infection. I took antibiotics, but shortly thereafter I developed IC-like symptoms. All of a sudden one day, I had the urge to urinate frequently and felt constant bladder pressure. That was 4 weeks ago. Since then, I have had some dull bladder pain (nothing unbearable) and a near constant pressure/urge to urinate. My OBGYN did two tests for a UTI , two weeks apart, and they both came back negative. I had a UTI about 20 years ago, but no urinary tract/bladder infections since. My OBGYN did an ultrasound and said my ovaries, bladder and kidneys look normal. Still, he wants to do laparoscopic surgery to see if I have endometrosis, which may be putting the pressure on my bladder. He said there is a slight change I may have IC, but he thinks it’s endometrosis . However, the ultrasound showed no endometrosis, but he says I could still have it.
I suspect I may have IC. What do you all think?
My symptoms are:
Dull pain in the bladder area;
Pressure on the bladder and need to urinate often (sometimes once an hour, sometimes 3 times an hour),
I have no other symptoms, and I find that ibuprofin helps me feel better. It relieves the pain and pressure, although not entirely.
Could this be beginning IC? Does it start mild and get worse?
I had a baby (my first) two years ago, and my bladder has not really been the same since. It hasn’t had the same capacity, but that wasn’t really a big problem until now. Also, I have had a very high-stress job and for the past 18 months and have not urinated as often as I should. Before these symptoms set on, I would sometimes hold it until I was bursting and would sometimes only pee two to three times in a 10-stretch at work (because I was so busy.) I also wasn’t drinking enough fluids during the day. I wonder if this — combined with childbirth — could have messed up my bladder function.
I am thinking of doing the elimination diet to see if it has any affect.
Any advice? Thank you!
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