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Recommended Books on Cystitis
The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Interstitial Cystitis This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to interstitial cystitis (also Hunner's Patch; Hunner's Ulcer; Painful bladder syndrome; Pelvic Pain Syndrome; Trigonitis; Urethral Syndrome), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on interstitial cystitis. Given patients' increasing sophistication in using the Internet, abundant references to reliable Internet-based resources are provided throughout this sourcebook. Where possible, guidance is provided on how to obtain free-of-charge, primary research results as well as more detailed information via the Internet. E-book and electronic versions of this sourcebook are fully interactive with each of the Internet sites mentioned (clicking on a hyperlink automatically opens your browser to the site indicated). Hard-copy users of this sourcebook can type cited Web addresses directly into their browsers to obtain access to the corresponding sites. In addition to extensive references accessible via the Internet, chapters include glossaries of technical or uncommon terms.
Interstitial Cystitis (Books) ...edited by the leading expert on this complex and poorly understood topic and including major sections on general information on IC, research, diagnosis (clinical and endo- scopic features),and treatment (including laser therapies).
Stretch Into A Better Shape: Stretching and Strengthening for Interstitial Cystitis and Fibromyalgia Patients This is the only exercise book written exclusively for IC and Fibromyalgia patients. The book includes extensive demonstration pictures and is a guide to safe and gentle exercises and stretches. The authors, Gaye Grissom Sandler and Merrilee Kullman, R.P.T. pooled their backgrounds in movement and muscle re-education, and physical therapy together to create the series of stretching and strengthening exercises. This book will help chronic pain patients such as those with Interstitial Cystitis (IC), Fibromyalgia (FMS) and Arthritis, as well as individuals needing pain relief and muscle reshaping.
Patient to Patient : Managing Interstitial Cystitis & Overlapping Conditions Interstitial Cystitis (IC) is a chronic, painful inflammatory disease that affects the bladder wall. An estimated 750,000 Americans have this disease. The multidisciplinary focus of Patient to Patient: Managing Interstitial Cystitis & Overlapping Conditions makes this book particularly helpful and unique. It is our goal to fulfill the needs of the many IC patients who suffer with more than one disease or condition. In order to accommodate these individual needs, our comprehensive book covers a broad spectrum of accompanying conditions, such as fibromyalgia and chemical sensitivity, as well as diet, exercise, massage, and traditional medical interventions.
Patient to Patient is a compilation of our personal experiences (from both a patient and spouse perspective), extensive up-to-date medical research, and shared stories from IC patients across the country.
Coping With Cystitis (Overcoming Common Problems Series) Cystitis is an inflammation or infection of the bladder. Your bladder feels full even when it isn't, and you may also suffer pain, backache and misery. In the past many women have resigned themselves to being recurrent sufferers, but you need never suffer again. This book explains the causes of cystitis, including the roles of sex, diet, bacteria and candida. It gives emergency advice, to help you cope as soon as an attack begins, along with information about talking to your doctor, and self-help approaches to make cystitis a thing of the past.
Whole Woman Homeopathy: The Comprehensive Guide to Treating PMS, Menopause, Cystitis, and Other Problems - Naturally and Effectively Discover Total Wellness for Women Through Natural Healing
From the Introduction:
"The greatest blessing that I have to share with other women is the gift of homeopathy. . . . Every day I see the profound changes that this remarkable method of healing has brought to my patients' lives. That a form of healing that is so simple and elegant and makes so much common sense to patients can transform lives so powerfully, with doses of natural medicine administered months or even years apart, still boggles my mind almost as much as it does the minds of my patients."
—Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman
Inside, you'll learn how to select the correct homeopathic medicine that will help you quickly and gently. This invaluable reference offers practical, time-tested homeopathic and naturopathic answers for such health concerns as chronic yeast infections, fibrocystic breast disease, excessive menstrual bleeding, morning sickness, and many more.
Please Understand: The Interstitial Cystitis Guide For Partners Finally, after much time and patience Please Understand, the first book written specifically for the partners of IC patients is now available! This new and unique book is both sensitive and empowering and will touch the hearts of so many IC sufferers and their loved ones. Couples will relate to the heartfelt stories of IC partners, and appreciate a look into one couple s candid and honest experience of life with IC. Please Understand is filled with information to help couples achieve and maintain successful and loving relationships. Not only is this book a great resource for patients and partners, but also for families and friends who are trying to understand the difficult struggles IC couples face. PLEASE UNDERSTAND legitimizes these struggles and offers realistic solutions to deal with them.
Healing: A Life with Chronic Illness In the late 1980s Marguerite Guzman Bouvard began experiencing the puzzling symptoms of an illness that affects millions of women yet often takes years to diagnose, interstitial cystitis: an inflammation and deterioration of the bladder lining. It is often accompanied by related immune disorders such as fibromyalgia and vulvodynia that cause crushing fatigue and a host of allergies, conditions Bouvard developed. As her illnesses progressed, Bouvard, an active globe trotting scholar and writer, was forced to slow down and to reassess her priorities. This memoir tells the story of how she came to create a life that was rich and full despite debilitating physical conditions.
Bouvard addresses key issues such as the importance of speaking clearly to the broader society about illness, learning to deal with pain, and how to manage relations with physicians. She reveals how she learned to continue to be of use to the world by opening up a new area of working toward human rights and reorienting her life as a writer. The book has a strong spiritual dimension in revealing how the meditation and reflection she turned to because of her curtailed activities actually opened her up to a wider life. From these practices she learned to cultivate inner strength, flexibility, and adaptability. Thankful for small pleasures and grateful for what she has, Bouvard shows how true healing means not waiting for a cure, but maintaining a sense of possibility.
Confident Choices: Customizing the Interstitial Cystitis Diet Ready to ship June 30, 2005!
Over 90% of interstitial cystitis patients report that food choices can affect their symptoms! Confident Choices: Customizing the Interstitial Cystitis Diet is written by a registered dietitian who knows what it is like to live with interstitial cystitis. This easy to use workbook can help you determine your personal food triggers and help you modify your diet without compromising nutritional status. Bonus sections include information on nutrition supplements, food intake and voiding diaries, and planning sheets.
Confident Choices: Customizing the Interstitial Cystitis Diet REVISED! New edition of Confident Choices: Customizing the Interstitial Cystitis Diet.
Over 90% of interstitial cystitis patients report that food choices can affect their symptoms! This easy to use workbook can help you determine your personal food triggers and get you on your way to feeling better!
BONUS sections include information on nutrition supplements, food intake and voiding diaries, and planning sheets. Confident Choices: Customizing the Interstitial Cystitis Diet also includes information on exercise, stress management, emotional issues,while illustrating success stories with patient stories. Confident Choices concludes by providing you with a wealth of IC resources!
Long awaited by the interstitial cystitis community, Confident Choices: Customizing the Interstitial Cystitis Diet was written by a registered dietitian who knows what it is like to live with interstitial cystitis.
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