About Interstitial Cystitis and Painful Bladder Syndrome
Could IC be an immune disorder?
October 3, 2006 - 3:59am — JessicaIn the hunt to determine what the cause of IC is - and what can be done to treat it - many theories have abounded. Certain ideas are more plausible than others (for example it appears to be far more likely that IC could be related to the nervous system than its likelihood of being an STD), and some have not been studied in-depth or at great length. One topic which seems to fall a bit in the middle, is the idea of IC as an autoimmune or immune related condition.
In the hunt to determine what the cause of IC is - and what can be done to treat it - many theories have abounded. Certain ideas are more plausible than others (for example it appears to be far more likely that IC could be related to the nervous system than its likelihood of being an STD), and some have not been studied in-depth or at great length. One topic which seems to fall a bit in the middle, is the idea of IC as an autoimmune or immune related condition. Before we take a look at potential reasons why IC could have immune system involvement, let's briefly discuss the function of the immune system itself.
