intersticial cystitis

  3 months ago my 65 year old aunt was diagnosed with IC, exrays showed no problems. The ureathea was streched but this did not help. Not bacteria was found in any cultures. They have tried urised, floxen,. They perforned the pressure test where water was inserted into the bladder and everything was negative.  She then had 7 treatments where DNSO and some other drug was inteseted by cathera into the bladder and held for one hour.  This was painful  with a lot of pressure and no improvement.  She is no on Elmiron for the past two weeks and has only seen a very minor improvement.  Are there any specialists that you can recommend in the Atlanta,GA area?  What are the next steps ?  She is very depressed and cannot not leave the house very often because she feels that she has to void all the time.  We would appreciate any hellp. Thanks
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Dear Delores,
I sympathize with your condition and plan to provide you with information such that you can understand that you are not alone.  You have a condition known as interstitial cystitis(IC).  This is a chronic inflammation of the bladder wall and unfortunately there is not a known cause or cure.  It differs from common cystitis in that the later is caused by a bacterial infection which can be treated by bacterial antibiotic therapy, which you state you don