how to relieve interstitial cystitis?

Question

Will catheters relieve the urgency symptoms of interstitial cystitis?

Answer 1

Personal Approach: Interstitial cystitis is a very difficult diagnosis to treat, or provide a simple treatment that works for everyone. Diet modification, elmeron, certain antidepressants and even pelvic floor physical therapy have demonstrated to improve symptoms. Don't get frustrated and work with your urologist to find a treatment that works for you!

Answer 2

No: Bubble baths do not usually cause a urinary tract infection but rather, especially in girls, cause an irritation in the urethra (the last part of the body in the travels of urine) which can burn and feel like a uti.

Answer 3

Yes: Bubble baths have been linked to UTIs as the harsh chemicals can irritate the urethra so much that kids end up holding their urine, as it is painful to urinate. This causes bacterial overgrowth in stagnant urine and there starts the UTI. It is not recommended to give kids bubble baths if they are under 3 or 4 years old.

Answer 4

Yes: As baby girls change into todlers their outer labia begins to decrease in relative size and may no longer remain closed during bathing. As they sit in a tub, their labia may open and expose vulnerable tissue to irritants in soaps, shampoos, or bubble bath beads.A soap film left overnight may trigger itching & discharge, all leading to pain with voids and possably germs pushed into the bladder.

Answer 5

Yes: Bubble-bath is quite a well-known cause of utis in lttle girls. Chemicals in bubble-bath irritate urinary opening, enter the most distal urethra and can even get all way up into the bladder. Chemical irritation damages urethral & bladder lining making it easier for bacteria to attach & penetrate creating the initial focus for a uti. Bacteria , once in the urinary tract multiply. Do not use bb.

Answer 6

Anti-itch remedies: Moisturize with a non-perfumed product-good examples are cetaphil, vaseline, lubriderm. Shower with lukewarm water. Avoid allergens from clothing/foods/cosmetics/laundry products. Topically, use 1% Hydrocortisone ointment and orally use 25 mg Benadryl (diphenhydramine) at bedtime. If symptoms do not resolve, then you may need prescription topical meds and your physician needs to rule out other underlying disorders.

Answer 7

Antihistamines: Try using otc Benadryl (diphenhydramine) tablets. You can also try using Cortaid or other Hydrocortisone 1% creams to help. If this does not help, see a dermatologist.

Answer 8

Yes: Most patients with interstitial cystitis start with dietary changes and a medication called elmiron (pentosan). Some patients benefit from weekly bladder irrigation with a combination of medications called Heparin and lidocaine. These are injected into the bladder through a small catheter. This can be very helpful. For patients that do not respond there is an outpatient surgical treatment called interstim.

Answer 9

DMSO instillations: Course of DMSO cocktail containing local anesthetic + steroid can induce ic remission. Chlorpactin instillation under anesthesia is a tertiary treatment for ic.

Answer 10

Yes: Topical peppermint oil to the back may relax the muscles and ease sciatic pain. Warm soaks in epsom salts can be helpful as well. Consider a prenatal massage if it persists.

Answer 11

Not Likely: Not likely that any time of topical substance will actually help the condition of sciatica. Sciatica is due to nerve root compression at a much deeper level than that of the skin where peppermint oil is applied. Although symptomatically the oil may feel good and typically will not be of harm it is only providing symptomatic relief at best for reasons unrelated to the underlying condition.

Answer 12

You can try: although if it does, it will be transient only. Likely you will need more than peppermint oil to help.

Answer 13

No: It is an inflammation not an infection.

Answer 14

No: It is not infectious.

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