Question

What are common symptoms of interstitial cystitis?

Answer 1

Common symptoms include:

• Bladder pressure and pain that gets worse as your bladder fills up.
• Pain in your lower tummy, lower back, pelvis, or urethra (the tube that carries urine from your bladder out of your body)
• For women, pain in the vulva, vagina, or the area behind the vagina
• For men, pain in the scrotum, testicles, penis, or the area behind the scrotum
• The need to urinate often (more than the normal 7-8 times daily)
• The feeling you need to pee right now, even right after you go
• For women, pain during sex
• For men, pain during orgasm or after sex