Patients Encyclopedia of Urinary Tract Infection, Sexual Cystitis and Interstitial Cystitis: The international bible on self-help [Paperback]

Angela Kilmartin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2002

Classic urinary tract infection and inflammation has pain, frequency, bleeding, backache and /or fever in any order or combination. It is also known as cystitis. No figures are kept because it is so very common, but in the 25 years since Angela introduced self-help and prevention, attacks in the UK have dropped by 50% from their high in 1971 when they were over 25 million a year. The medical profession generally has not changed its treatments at all, still only offering antibiotics, poor quality urine sampling and futile trips to helpless urologists who may cause further procedural damage.

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About the Author

Angela Kilmartin was born in Brentwood, Essex, UK as Angela Mendham. She attended the Ursuline Convent there and commenced work after leaving, in the world of fashion as an haute couture model. Following many appearances as lead in local operas and theatre, she won a multitude of awards and scholarships sending her to and maintaining her at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 1966 she married Paul Kilmartin and began disabling attacks of cystitis which eventually ended her promising career in opera. After seven years of trauma and no hope she was introduced to one small self help tip. From then on, in a rage because the self help had partially worked where all medical interventions had not, she researched other ways to help herself. Eventually by 1976 she had completely overcome it with very simple measures of prevention. In 1971, Angela founded the famous U&I Club with magazines and membership of other sufferers and many doctors. From here she lectured regularly to patients groups and countless professional medical groups, counselled, wrote and campaigned for many leaflets with both government and drug companies. The U&I Club stopped in 1981. She has written eight books on Cystitis alone. Alongside cystitis there was terrible Candida from all the antibiotics so her writings included this and finally in 1995 she was asked to write a complete bible on it. This also became renowned in the field and a best seller. It will be re-issued in Autumn 2002. Following a distressing divorce after seven years on foreign postings in Nigeria and Saudi Arabia, Angela settled once again in London. In 1986 to 87 Angela became seriously ill. No tests or hospital stays could diagnose the problem. At one point M.E. was suggested. In bed most days or on the sofa, she looked and felt dreadful. Life as she had known it came to halt and one afternoon she nearly stopped breathing. The turning point came with a chance meeting with Dr Jack Levenson. Two years later after another coincidence, Angela was diagnosed with mercury poisoning. Mercury amalgams were removed in 1994 and life resumed without any of the forty or so symptoms which had brought her so low. Again in anger, she has turned her own experiences into help for the majority of citizens who are knowingly or unknowingly afflicted to a greater or lesser degree. Patients Against Mercury Amalgams (PAMA) aims to inform and educate and to encourage patients and dentists to reject poisonous mercury amalgams as filling materials choosing only white composite fillings. It seems that Angela Kilmartin is destined to take on majority problems affecting huge numbers of people. Cystitis has reduced in percentages at the General Practice level by 50% since 1971. This coincides exactly with her work and indeed, nothing in medical practice can have brought about the dramatic drop since diagnosis and antibiotic are the same as the 1940's. Angela informs patients and their dentists about the dreadful hazards of mercury and dissimilar metals in the mouth. Root Canal Treatments are also long-term hazards for the general and oral health of everyone.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Angela Kilmartin; 1 edition (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0954267702
• ISBN-13: 978-0954267704
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolute Must For Any Cystitis Sufferer, April 25, 2007

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A. James "Clarah123" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patients Encyclopedia of Urinary Tract Infection, Sexual Cystitis and Interstitial Cystitis: The international bible on self-help (Paperback)

This is the Bible for the cystitis sufferer. Excellent tips and tools to help you deal with the discomfort and pain but most importantly to prevent infections from happening in the first place! I used to get UTI's every six months like clockwork but since I started following the instructions in this book I've taken control and know how to take better care of myself. Don't just keep suffering - do something about it and this is a great way to start.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Urinary //tract Infections, Sexual Cystitis and Interstitial Cystitis, April 1, 2008

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Nicole E. Wynnyk "Nicole Wynnyk" (Yukon,Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patients Encyclopedia of Urinary Tract Infection, Sexual Cystitis and Interstitial Cystitis: The international bible on self-help (Paperback)

This book was so great I bought one for my family Doctor so he could help others and understand how cystitis works. It is a great reference and answer book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative, February 18, 2010

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N. Balderrama "CallMeMs.B" (Whittier,CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patients Encyclopedia of Urinary Tract Infection, Sexual Cystitis and Interstitial Cystitis: The international bible on self-help (Paperback)

Having suffered from cystitis my entire life and only now that I am 38 figuring out that there is a name to this chronic problem, I am very relieved to know that it is not all in my mind and research has been done on the subject of interstitial cystitis. This book has answered a lot of my questions and some that I didn't know I had! I use it as a reference book and look up new facts whenever I am plagued by a new symptom or question. IC sufferers no longer have to live in the dark and suffer alone. They can educate themselves and feel confident in taking charge of their own health. I know I do! This book is the third book I have purchased on the subject of IC and I continue to educate myself as technology and research changes.