I'm a newly diagnosed IC patient. I'm 33 years old and after years of what I thought was random pain in my pelvic area, back, sides, kidneys, etc, I was finally referred to a uro. He did a cysto and my bladder looked like it had gone through a cheese grader. I had a uro appnt on tues and that showed blood in my urine, but everything else looked good. He sent it for a culture, but didn't think I had an infection. The next day, there was so much blood, my urine looked like kool-aid. I'm having UTI symptoms, but those are also IC symptoms. My question is, will IC cause that much blood? I've been feeling feverish and have the chills, although my actual temp is normal. How do I distinguish between IC and UTI????
This seems like a frustrating journey I'm just now beginning, but hopefully I'll be able to get rid of the pain now that I know what I'm up against!
This seems like a frustrating journey I'm just now beginning, but hopefully I'll be able to get rid of the pain now that I know what I'm up against!
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