Treatment vs Cure

[Monika76]

Okay, I am a little confused here. They say there's no cure for IC but its treatable, isn't this a contradiction of terms?

And by the way, why isn't there any cure? They have it for about everything else!

[kelly McC]

Right now there is no scientific cure researchers are working on it. There are however many treatments such as,medicines,bladder instills,diet and so on . Many find treatments or a combo that relief there symptoms
Interstitial cystitis is a chronic, and often severe, inflammation of the bladder wall, the cause of which is unknown. Primary symptoms are urinary frequency, urgency, and, for some, severe lower abdominal or perineal pain. However, IC patients rarely test positive for infection in standard urinalysis and urine cultures (1).
Unfortunately, there is no definitive diagnostic test for IC. A diagnosis is usually based upon a patient's symptoms, a cystoscopic examination of the bladder under anesthesia and exclusion of other bladder diseases. During the cystoscopy urologists carefully examine the bladder wall for signs of IC, including small petechial hemorrhages (known as glomerulations) and/or larger Hunner's Ulcers.
http://www.ic-network.com/handbook/treatments.htmlhere is a link to treatments
Kelly

[kadi]

Basically it means that doctors can treat the symptoms, but not fix the cause. Which means that when you stop treatment, you risk having the symptoms return. That's the difference...

[Portia17]

Yeah I would love to know when mine will go away for a while. Had it since november 2004 and yes, i do the diet, take the meds and the treatments