Irritable bladder - help!

RE: Irritable bladder - help!

Dear Miksweety

It would be wise to go back to the doc's to see if there is really no infection, because if you're feeling ill that would suggest that it has lingered and needs sorting out. There are homeopathis remedies for all manner of symptoms, I have used them successfully for cystitis, but best to get it checked and then make sure it's nipped in the bud by whatever means. I hope you're feeling better soon, sounds absolutely miserable [sm=hug.gif]. Reiki hugs coming to you.

RE: Irritable bladder - help!

Hi Miksweety,

I know how you feel, I suffered from constant bladder and kidney infections for years. When you say 'chilly' do you mean you have shivers when you have this pain? If so, the cause might be little bladder stones. Is it possible to see a different doctor? A simple ultrasound would be able to rule it out.

I've heard that cranberry juice is good, but you have to drink a heck of a lot to get any real benefit. If you feel as though you've still got some infection, you could always try a bit of bicardonate soda in water and see if that helps (its tastes horrible but it should ease the pain).

Hope you get your answers and you feel better soon xx

RE: Irritable bladder - help!

WOW! Thanks for the amazingly quick replies - much appreciated!

It's so hard to 'diagnose' something when you cannot get to the root of it. At the moment it feels like an irritation rather than an infection - I've had 3 tests over the last couple of months and they're all clean. It's not thrush and it's not an STD. I'm trying to find a urologist to do a cystoscope so at least I can find out if my bladder is normal. Doctor's are so quick to dismiss symptoms as one thing or another, I wish they would listen more!

Many thanks,

Miksweety 🙂

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Miksweety

It's possible that you may have interstitial cystitis - a non-bacterial, chronic form of cystitis. This would explain why your tests are coming back 'all clear'. GPs in the UK are horrendously underinformed about this, and will generally try to foist antibiotics on you even when there's little or no evidence of bacterial infection.

If you want more info, try the website of the Interstitial Cystitis Association - a huge US website which is a brilliant resource. I don't have the website address to hand, but if you type it into a search engine, it should come up.

Don't give up - and good luck!

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Hi there,

Thanks so much for this info!

I thought it could be this too and have looked into it. Since posting on this forum I have been to a herbal practitioner friend of mine who seems to think I have candida - all the symptoms correspond and I never in a million years would have known my troubles were related to this. Apparently it's not thrush, it's something that lives in the gut and effects the whole digestive system. I'm currently trying a mixture of herbs and natural remedies so I'll keep you posted!

This whole experience has made me want to stay away from conventional doctors as they really don't take into account your complete history or even ask questions about symptoms. They seem so eager to just palm you off with pills. Never again!

Here's hoping this stuff works!

xx

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Hello

Oh dear I really do empathise with what you are going through. I had cystitis for years during my early teens to late teens and sometimes it would not disapear for weeks at a time. I was constantly on antibiotics and half the time like you there was no infection present. I was just one of those unlucky people who were prone to it. I was also told when seeing my odsteopath lol!! that I had candida she could tell by looking at my tongue. I know what you mean by the chills it almost feels like you have a temperature. It makes you feel really unwell. I had tried everything from the medicines to diets to cranberry juice which I drank by the gallon but after a while it didnt help it. I actually took alot of the enamel off my teeth un- awares by drinking the cranberry. Anyway I decided to try accupuncture. I visited one whilst I actually had the symptoms of a cystitis attack I felt so terrible and nothing would get rid of it. I was at the accupuncture place aprox an hour and hadnt drunk anything extra whilst there. I left and the symptoms had gone. I carried on going for a few months for treatment and never got it again. I havent had any accupuncture now for aprox over nine years and have never since had cystitis touch wood lol!!!! I swear by accupuncture it really helped me. And believe me I tried everything else.

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I have Irritable bladder syndrome. It comes and goes. I notice it kicks up whenever I drink caffeine drinks. I found out about a tea I think it is called Uva Ursi and it has something on the label of it that says "Pau de Arco". This tea is made from the bark of a tree. A lady at work has the same thing and she heard me complaining about it and she told me about it and brought some to work for me. I had to drink several cups of it and it took a day, but honestly, it made that pain in the bladder go away as well as that constant feeling of needing to empty your bladder. It was a miracle for me. I wish I had some right now because I'm up at the hospital and they don't have anything like that here! Hope this helps someone.

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Thanks, It might help my uncle.
Sharonx

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The type of candida that the herbalist mentioned is a close relative of the thrush variety.

If you do a Forum Search on Candida, you'll find myself and others have talked about it a lot. As for your current symptoms, then it's something that I had suffered from on & off for years and have now cleared the problem.

Give me a shout if you don't sort it with the herbalist and I'll point in right direction.

Andrew.

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Angelic

Where would be a good place to find a good accupuncturist?

Anish

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Try the British Association of Acupuncturists, assuming your in the UK, info not in your profile.

http://www.acupuncture.org.uk/

There's also the Chinese Medical Institute & Register - http://www.chinesemedicine.org.uk/

I have a preference for 5 Element acupuncture, but don't know their practitioner professional body, so maybe a Google Search on 5 Element Acupuncture in your area may throw something up.

And.

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ORIGINAL: Goodboy

Angelic

Where would be a good place to find a good accupuncturist?

Anish

Hi not sure whereabouts you live but I went to a college of accupuncture where a student treats you they have almost completed their training so are able to practice on you and they have a fully qualified practioner in with them. It is very interesting and I actually found it really relaxing too. The college of accupuncture I went to is In EastGrinstead West Sussex!! Hope that helps or try the info above on Anahata's post.

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Anahata/Angelic

Thanks for your info...I cant quite figure out what is going on with my system around the bladder, prostate area...Do you think acupuncture is a possible solution?

Goodboy

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I live in London by the way