About Interstitial Cystitis and Painful Bladder Syndrome
“P” – more than just the sixteenth letter of the alphabet
October 3, 2006 - 3:42am — JessicaEach day most of us with IC will void – also known as pee – exceedingly more than the general public does. The ravishing affects of Interstitial Cystitis leaves many IC patients voiding in excess of 40, 60+ times a day! But have you ever paused to consider exactly what urine is? Aside from obviously being the secretion of liquid waste from our bodies, urine is a composition of many chemicals. And its eventual expulsion from our bodies is a fascinating process.
In this article we will take a look at what urine is (besides being really darn annoying to most ICers) and touch on the role it plays in IC bladders. As a mammal, humans produce urine in liquid form. It is largely comprised of metabolic wastes. The liquid itself comes primarily from the blood through a process called glomerular filtration.
