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What is Interstitial cystitis?
- What is Interstitial cystitis?
- Types of Interstitial cystitis
- How many people get Interstitial cystitis?
- Other names for Interstitial cystitis
- Who gets Interstitial cystitis?
- How serious is Interstitial cystitis?
- What causes Interstitial cystitis?
- Organs Affected by Interstitial cystitis
- Can anyone else get Interstitial cystitis?
- How is it treated?
- Introduction: Interstitial cystitis
What is Interstitial cystitis?
- Interstitial cystitis: A rare condition involving inflammatory disease of the bladder which progresses slowly.
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Interstitial cystitis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Name and Aliases of Interstitial cystitis
Main name of condition: Interstitial cystitis
Other names or spellings for Interstitial cystitis:IC
Types of Interstitial cystitis:
Subtypes of Interstitial cystitis:
Ulcerative Interstitial Cystitis, Nonulcerative Interstitial Cystitis, Autoimmune Interstitial Cystitis
Parent types of Interstitial cystitis:
Bladder conditions, Possibly autoimmune diseases, Urinary disorders, Cystitis
Organs Affected by Interstitial cystitis:
How many people get Interstitial cystitis?
Prevalance of Interstitial cystitis: 847,000 in the USA 1988-1994 (Weighted Analysis of 1988-1994 National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2003)
Prevalance Rate of Interstitial cystitis: approx 1 in 321 or 0.31% or 847,000 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Interstitial cystitis:
About 700,000 people (90 percent of
whom are women)
(Source: excerpt from Kidney and Urologic Diseases Statistics for the United States: NIDDK)
...
"Estimates of the number of
people who have IC run as high as 500,000, but no one knows for sure how
many people have it. (Source: excerpt from Interstitial Cystitis (Bladder disorder): NWHIC)
Who gets Interstitial cystitis?
Patient Profile for Interstitial cystitis: Typically younger adults (two-thirds in 20's to 40's); rare in children.
Profile for Interstitial cystitis:
IC is far more common in women than in men. Of the more than 700,000
Americans estimated to have IC, 90 percent are women.
(Source: excerpt from Interstitial Cystitis: NIDDK)
...
While
people of any age can be affected, about two-thirds of patients are in
their twenties, thirties, or forties. IC is rare in children. (Source: excerpt from Interstitial Cystitis (Bladder disorder): NWHIC)
Gender Profile for Interstitial cystitis: 90% women
Gender Profile for Interstitial cystitis: About 90 percent of IC patients are women. (Source: excerpt from Interstitial Cystitis (Bladder disorder): NWHIC)
How serious is Interstitial cystitis?
Complications of Interstitial cystitis:
see
complications of Interstitial cystitis
What causes Interstitial cystitis?
Cause of Interstitial cystitis: Unknown. Some cases possibly autoimmune.
Class of Condition for Interstitial cystitis: autoimmune possibly
Causes of Interstitial cystitis:
see
causes of Interstitial cystitis
Can anyone else get Interstitial cystitis?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Interstitial cystitis
How is it treated?
Treatments for Interstitial cystitis:
see treatments for Interstitial cystitis
Research for Interstitial cystitis:
see research for Interstitial cystitis
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