Interstitial Cystitis

This cause of Interstitial Cystitis is not clear but the condition is often associated with Endometriosis. The symptoms may be urinary frequency and urgency but occasionally is limited to lower abdominal pain. The diagnosis may be made by history but is confirmed by instillation of a Potassium Chloride solution which causes no symptoms in the normal bladder but with ICS the lining of the bladder is disrupted and severe discomfort occurs during instillation of Potassium Chloride. The treatment/solution is dietary as well as pharmacological.