Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Interstitial cystitis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Interstitial cystitis: Introduction
Types of Interstitial cystitis:
Broader types of Interstitial cystitis:
Prevalance of Interstitial cystitis: 847,000 in the USA 1988-1994 (Weighted Analysis of 1988-1994 National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2003)
Prevalance Rate of Interstitial cystitis: approx 1 in 321 or 0.31% or 847,000 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Interstitial cystitis:
About 700,000 people (90 percent of
whom are women)
(Source: excerpt from Kidney and Urologic Diseases Statistics for the United States: NIDDK)
...
"Estimates of the number of
people who have IC run as high as 500,000, but no one knows for sure how
many people have it. (Source: excerpt from Interstitial Cystitis (Bladder disorder): NWHIC)
Patient Profile for Interstitial cystitis: Typically younger adults (two-thirds in 20's to 40's); rare in children.
Profile for Interstitial cystitis: IC is far more common in women than in men. Of the more than 700,000 Americans estimated to have IC, 90 percent are women. (Source: excerpt from Interstitial Cystitis: NIDDK) ... While people of any age can be affected, about two-thirds of patients are in their twenties, thirties, or forties. IC is rare in children. (Source: excerpt from Interstitial Cystitis (Bladder disorder): NWHIC)
Gender Profile for Interstitial cystitis: 90% women
Gender Profile for Interstitial cystitis: About 90 percent of IC patients are women. (Source: excerpt from Interstitial Cystitis (Bladder disorder): NWHIC)
Complications of Interstitial cystitis:
see complications of Interstitial cystitis
Causes of Interstitial cystitis: see causes of Interstitial cystitis
Cause of Interstitial cystitis: Unknown. Some cases possibly autoimmune.
Symptoms of Interstitial cystitis: see symptoms of Interstitial cystitis
Complications of Interstitial cystitis: see complications of Interstitial cystitis
Onset of Interstitial cystitis: More common in middle-age to older women.
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Interstitial cystitis
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Interstitial cystitis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Interstitial cystitis.
Treatments for Interstitial cystitis:
see treatments for Interstitial cystitis
Research for Interstitial cystitis:
see research for Interstitial cystitis
Organs and body systems related to Interstitial cystitis include:
Main name of condition: Interstitial cystitis
Class of Condition for Interstitial cystitis: autoimmune possibly
IC
Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Interstitial cystitis:
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