Soap Opera Icon Talks About Painful Off-Screen Condition

Soap Opera Icon Talks About Painful Off-Screen Condition

New Program Raises Awareness About Painful Bladder Condition

NEW YORK, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- THIS IS A MULTIVU REPORT.

INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS, KNOWN AS IC OR PAINFUL BLADDER SYNDROME, IS A MEDICAL CONDITION WHERE THE BLADDER LINING BECOMES IRRITATED AND INFLAMED, AND CAN CAUSE PAIN OR DISCOMFORT, AND THE NEED TO URINATE FREQUENTLY OR URGENTLY. IF LEFT UNTREATED, THE SYMPTOMS MAY GET WORSE.

IC IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED BECAUSE ITS SYMPTOMS MAY BE SIMILAR TO ENDOMETRIOSIS, URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND OVERACTIVE BLADDER.

SOAP OPERA ICON, MELODY THOMAS SCOTT WHO PLAYS NIKKI NEWMAN ON THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, RECENTLY REVEALED HER SIX-YEAR BATTLE WITH IC. SHE'S NOW RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE CONDITION THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED, ALL ABOUT IC.

"The symptoms of IC can affect your quality of life tremendously. I know. I lived it. Even though I was experiencing pain and all of the usual core symptoms, until my diagnosis I had never heard of the condition. You need to know that you're not alone."

AFTER HER DIAGNOSIS, MELODY'S DOCTOR RECOMMENDED A TREATMENT PLAN TO ADDRESS HER IC SYMPTOMS.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IC, VISIT WWW.ALLABOUTIC.COM.

I'M DANIELLE ADDAIR.

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AUDIO PROVIDED BY: Ortho Urology, a unit of Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc

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Source: Ortho Urology, a unit of Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc

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