Relieving Pelvic Pain/IC with Aloe

Aloe Vera benefits the body in four unique ways. It has the ability to reach the deepest body tissues; some seven layers deep unlike most lotions, liquid substances, and water will penetrate only two layers of skin. Aloe has six antiseptic agents: Lupeol, salicylic acid, urea nitrogen, cinnamic acid, phenol, and sulfur. It kills bacteria, viruses, and fungus. It stimulates birth of new, healthy tissue up to six to eight times the normal rate, proven by independent research. It also detoxifies and normalizes your metabolism.

IC Can Hurt: Emotionally and Sexually

Download Dr. Melanie Barton’s Voice of American radio show exploring how IC affects so many areas and people in the patient’s life. Loved ones suffer not knowing how to help. Children of IC/pelvic pain patients grow up missing the normal activities that other families take for granted. Sports events, traveling, or shopping all require more energy and bathroom stops for the patient than the family can tolerate. The family learns to go without the person or to just all stay home. Intimacy between partners becomes strained or non-existent due to painful sex.

Tony Tyler new ICA Board member will tell us what it is like to have a dad with IC. Amy Stein, MPT, author of Heal Pelvic Pain will tell us how sexual pain can be lessened or alleviated through physical therapy.

Severe Interstitial Cystitis (IC), How to Treat: ICA Short with Kristene Whitmore, MD

About 5% of IC patients have symptoms for more than 2 years and 5% of patients have end stage disease defined as very hard bladders with low capacity and terrible pain. Many have Hunner's ulcer. Kristene Whitmore, MD, from the Pelvic and Sexual Health Institute (PSHI), discusses how to treat severe IC. Dr. Whitmore was interviewed at the joint meeting of the International Continence Society and the International Urogynecological Association in Toronto by the Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA). Dr. Whitmore is a member of the ICA Medical Advisory Board.

Sex & IC, If the Pain is Treated, Sexual Function Improves: ICA Short with Kristene Whitmore, MD

In both men and women with pelvic flood dysfunction, sexual dysfunction is common. Learn more from international expert Kristene Whitmore, MD, who was interviewed at the joint meeting of the International Continence Society and the International Urogynecological Association in Toronto by the Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA). Dr. Whitmore is a member of the ICA Medical Advisory Board.

You've Come a Long Way, Interstitial Cystitis (IC): ICA Short with Kristene Whitmore, MD

International expert Kristene Whitmore, MD, discusses what's changed in the last 10 years for interstitial cystitis. It's 2010 and we've got greater awareness, more collaboration across specialties, better recognition of related conditions, soon-to-be-released treatment guidelines, and promising research. Interview conducted from the joint meeting of the International Continence Society and the International Urogynecological Association in Toronto by the Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA). Dr. Whitmore is a member of the ICA Medical Advisory Board.

Power of Positive Thinking & Interstitial Cystitis (IC): ICA Short with Ragi Doggweiler, MD

Ragi Doggweiler, MD, shares the overall message from her talk "What Can I do to Help Myself? Alternative Approaches to the Treatment of IC/BPS" presented at the ICA patient forum "Finding Better Relief: Working with an IC Healthcare Team" on June 5, 2010 in Nashville, TN. Dr. Doggweiler is a urologist who is trained in myofascial pain, trigger point injections, and hypnotherapy and is also board certified in holistic medicine. She is the Director of Neuro-Urology and Integrative Medicine and Associate Professor of Urology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

The Pelvic Floor & Interstitial Cystitis (IC) Diagnosis: ICA Short with Jennifer Fariello, CRNP

Jennifer Fariello, a nurse practitioner specializing in women's health, explains the importance of including an examination of the pelvic floor in a complete urologic work-up as part of the interstitial cystitis (IC) diagnosis process. Fariello is on staff at The Pelvic and Sexual Health Institute at Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia and adjunct faculty in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania.