Self Help Strategies

If you'd like to talk with other EC patients, you're more than welcome to use the ICN message boards, which has special board for EC patients at the bottom of the list.

 

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Because EC has many of the same symptoms as interstitial cystitis, a great many self help strategies may be directly helpful and useful, including the modification of diet, pain control, and more! The ICN Patient Handbook has many links that may be of help!

Understanding Your Bladder
.The Physiology of the Urinary Tract
The Function and Structure

Diet
.Top Ten List of Forbidden Foods
.IC & Diet
.Elimination Diets for IC
.Vitamins & Minerals

Pain & Flares
.Your Rights and Responsibilities
.Types of Pain & the Pain of IC
.Measuring your Pain
.Myths and Issues of Narcotic Pain Management
.Pain Treatments
.Coping with flares
.Pain Center Guidelines
.Dr. Dan Brookoff On IC & Chronic Pain-Oct. 1997
.Pain Resources
.Recommended Readings

LifeStyle
.IC & Sleep: Tips for Insomnia
.Relaxation
Clothing
Undergarments and laundry
Soaps & Detergents
Toilet Paper & Urine Burn
Exercise
Menstrual Products

The Involved Patient
.
Locating a Doctor in the USA
.Building an IC Tool Kit
.How to Do a Voiding & Pain Diary
.Self Assessment Quiz

Your Emotional Well Being
.Basic Tools of Survival
.Living with Chronic Illness
.Meditation & IC
.Depression & IC

Prelief and IC
.How Prelief Works
.IC Study Results
.Acidic Reduction Percentages
.Common Acidic Foods
.Patient Testimonials


Women
.Hormones
.Menstrual Cycles
.Menopause

Sex
.15 Rules for Intimate Relationships

Physicians
.Locating a Doctor in the USA
.Doctor-Patient Relationships

Careers
.Work Related Issues & IC
.A Brief Guide to Disability Insurance - USA

Internet Street Smarts
.Safety Guidelines for the Internet
.IC Consumer Awareness & Alerts

Revised: may 15, 2002


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