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Yamamoto H, Taniguchi Y. Interstitial Cystitis in Sjögren's Syndrome. N Engl J Med 2024; 390:548. [PMID: 38314846 DOI: 10.1056/nejmicm2308925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Shenhar C, Kass A, Yakimov M, Tomashev Dinkovich R, Golan S, Baniel J, Gilon G, Aharony S. [BLADDER PAIN SYNDROME - DOES DETRUSOR MASTOCYTOSIS PREDICT SYMPTOMATIC IMPROVEMENT FOLLOWING BLADDER HYDRODISTENTION UNDER ANESTHESIA?]. Harefuah 2021; 160:586-593. [PMID: 34482671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic, debilitating syndrome involving bladder pain and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), with a substantial effect on patients' quality of life. IC/BPS poses a diagnostic challenge, and its available treatment options remain only moderately effective. Bladder-wall biopsies from IC/BPS patients commonly uncover mastocytosis. While mast-cells are suspected as pivotal in disease pathogenesis, the clinical significance of their presence remains unclear. Clinical guidelines differ on whether or not bladder biopsies should be a part of routine IC/BPS workup. AIMS To determine whether detrusor mastocytosis can serve as a prognostic marker for treatment response and improvement duration. METHODS We retrospectively collected patient data for IC/BPS patients who underwent bladder hydrodistension under anesthesia. We used statistical modelling to determine the effect of mastocystosis and other possible predictive factors - age, comorbidity, Hunner lesions - on the presence and duration of symptom improvement. RESULTS A total of 35 patients (89% female, median age 63.5 [IQR 48.8-73.6] years) underwent hydrodistension, of whom 28 (89% female, median age 63.0 [44.8-73.1] years) had bladder biopsies; 11 (39%) of them had mastocystosis. Within a median follow-up of 8.8 [1.7-24.2] months, 11 (100%) of the patients with mastocytosis and 9 (53%) of the patients without it, experienced symptomatic improvement (p=0.007). Improvement duration was 8 months longer (p=0.006) in those with mastocystosis. Univariate logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (OR). Mastocytosis (p=0.004) and Charlson Comorbidity score were the only variables with a statistically significant OR. Univariate survival models were fitted, and improvement duration was estimated to be longer in patients with mastocystosis (p=0.01). A multivariate Cox regression model found no variable to be statistically significant, though mastocystosis was borderline significant (p=0.055). CONCLUSIONS Mastocystosis defines a discernible phenotype of IC/BPS, which exhibits higher rates and longer duration of hydrodistention treatment response. DISCUSSION Notwithstanding limitations of sample size and retrospective study design, we were able to demonstrate that mastocystosis can serve as a prognostic factor for symptom improvement after hydrodistension in IC/BPS patients. Prospective studies are required to validate this finding and to investigate the mechanisms involved.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Urology Division, Rabin Medical Center, Israel
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- Urology Division, Rabin Medical Center, Israel
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Kulchavenya EV. [A new approach to understanding the pathogenesis and treatment of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the urogenital tract]. Urologiia 2020:99-105. [PMID: 33185356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The current trends in understanding the pathogenesis of infectious and inflammatory urogenital disorders are highlighted in the review. The etiological and pathogenetic significance of increased intestinal permeability for pathogens in the development of various diseases has been convincedly proved. There is no doubt about the pathogenetic role of increased permeability of the bladder mucosa, which can result in interstitial cystitis (IC). The association of intestinal diseases with IC has been established. In rats, the induction of intestinal inflammation may cause increased permeability of the bladder mucosa. In the postoperative period, bacteria are translocated from the gastrointestinal tract to the urinary tract, which is associated with stress. Particular attention is paid to the therapy based on new knowledge about the pathogenesis of infectious and inflammatory diseases of the urogenital tract. Possibilities of decreasing intestinal and bladder permeability using rebamipide are described. Various therapeutic mechanisms of action made it possible to use this drug in endoscopy, ophthalmology, chemotherapy and rheumatology. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of rebamipide has been shown in-vitro. Intravesical instillation of rebamipide accelerates the recovery of damaged urothelium and its barrier function, and also influences on bladder hyperactivity. Thus, the first results of using rebamipide in urology are encouraging; however, further researches are required.
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- E V Kulchavenya
- TB Research Institute of Ministry of Health of Russia, Novosibirsk, Russia
- FGBOU VO Novosibirsk State Medical University of Ministry of Health of Russia, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Lee CK, Tsai CP, Liao TL, Huang WN, Chen YH, Lin CH, Chen YM. Overactive bladder and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis in primary Sjögren's syndrome patients: A nationwide population-based study. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0225455. [PMID: 31747429 PMCID: PMC6867625 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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To investigate the risks of overactive bladder (OAB) and bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) in primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) patients. A nationwide, population-based cohort study was conducted using data from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database. From 2001 to 2010, participants with newly diagnosed pSS were recognized as the study group. In addition, a comparison cohort of non-pSS participants was matched for age, gender, and initial diagnosis date. Risks of developing OAB and BPS/IC in pSS patients of different age, sex, and various therapeutic strategies were calculated. Hazard ratios (HR) and a 95% confidence interval (CI) were analyzed by Cox proportional hazard model. In total, 11,526 pSS patients were recognized. The HRs of OAB and BPS/IC in pSS patients were 1.68 (95% C.I.: 1.48–1.91, p<0.01) and 2.34 (95% C.I.: 1.59–3.44, p<0.01), respectively. The risks of OAB and BPS/IC were significantly increased for pSS patients aged < 65 years (HR: 1.73 and 2.67), female patients (HR: 1.74 and 2.34), and patients requiring treatment for dry eyes and dry mouth (HR: 2.06 and 2.93). pSS patients exhibited an increased risk of OAB and BPS/IC. Female gender, younger age, and severe glandular dysfunction requiring treatments were potential risk factors.
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- Chun-Kang Lee
- Department of Medical Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Public Health, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
- Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Murphy A, Teplitsky S, Das AK, Leong JY, Margules A, Lallas CD. Medical evaluation and management of male and female voiding dysfunction: a review. Rom J Intern Med 2019; 57:220-232. [PMID: 30990789 DOI: 10.2478/rjim-2019-0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A significant workforce shortage of urologists available to serve the US population has been projected to occur over the next decade. Accordingly, much of the management of urologic patients will need to be assumed by other specialties and practitioners. Since primary care physicians are often first evaluate common urologic complaints, it makes sense that these physicians are in an excellent position to intervene in the management of these patients when appropriate. One of the most common complaints in urology is voiding dysfunction. The incidence of voiding dysfunction increases with age, with conservative estimates showing that over 50% of elderly patients suffer. Despite this high prevalence and its negative impact on quality of life, however, few seek or receive treatment, as many do not readily disclose these impactful yet personal symptoms. We sought to summarize the typical presentation, evaluation, assessment and therapeutic options for both male and female patients presenting with voiding dysfunction.
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MESH Headings
- Cystitis, Interstitial/diagnosis
- Cystitis, Interstitial/etiology
- Cystitis, Interstitial/therapy
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Prostatism/diagnosis
- Prostatism/etiology
- Prostatism/therapy
- Urinary Bladder, Overactive/diagnosis
- Urinary Bladder, Overactive/etiology
- Urinary Bladder, Overactive/therapy
- Urinary Bladder, Underactive/diagnosis
- Urinary Bladder, Underactive/etiology
- Urinary Bladder, Underactive/therapy
- Urinary Incontinence, Stress/diagnosis
- Urinary Incontinence, Stress/etiology
- Urinary Incontinence, Stress/therapy
- Urination Disorders/diagnosis
- Urination Disorders/etiology
- Urination Disorders/therapy
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- Alana Murphy
- Department of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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Matthews CA, Deveshwar SP, Evans RJ, Badlani G, Walker SJ. Small fiber polyneuropathy as a potential therapeutic target in interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. Int Urogynecol J 2019; 30:1817-1820. [PMID: 31240362 DOI: 10.1007/s00192-019-04011-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and fibromyalgia (FM) are frequently co-occurring medical diagnoses in patients referred to the urology clinic for secondary and tertiary treatment options. METHODS Abundant literature has shown that many patients with FM have small fiber polyneuropathy (SFPN) that can be confirmed via skin punch biopsy and immunological staining to measure nerve density. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS This finding of SFPN provides a therapeutic target for FM and in this article we hypothesize and provide rationale for the idea that this same phenomenon (SFPN) might explain, in some IC/BPS patients, the finding of widespread pain and likewise provide a therapeutic target for these patients.
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- Catherine A Matthews
- Department of Urology/Female Pelvic Health, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 391 Technology Way, Winston Salem, NC, 27101, USA
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- Department of Urology/Female Pelvic Health, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Urology/Female Pelvic Health, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Urology/Female Pelvic Health, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
- Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 391 Technology Way, Winston Salem, NC, 27101, USA.
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Kechaou I, Cherif E, Boukhris I, Hariz A, Sabbegh N, Ben Hassine L. Interstitial Cystitis: An uncommon revelation in primitive Sjögren syndrome. Tunis Med 2018; 96:88-89. [PMID: 30325002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Interstitial cystitis is an exceptional entity during primary Sjögren's syndrome. In this regard, we report the case of a 67-year-old patient in whom initially idiopathic interstitial cystitis revealed primary Sjögren's syndrome after 5 years of evolution in front of xerostomiaa, xerophtalmia and bilateral parotid hypertrophy with histological confirmation at the biopsy of accessory salivary glands.
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Wang X, Liu W, O'Donnell M, Lutgendorf S, Bradley C, Schrepf A, Liu L, Kreder K, Luo Y. Evidence for the Role of Mast Cells in Cystitis-Associated Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network Animal Model Study. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0168772. [PMID: 28002455 PMCID: PMC5176179 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Bladder inflammation frequently causes cystitis pain and lower urinary tract dysfunction (LUTD) such as urinary frequency and urgency. Although mast cells have been identified to play a critical role in bladder inflammation and pain, the role of mast cells in cystitis-associated LUTD has not been demonstrated. Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic and debilitating inflammatory condition of the urinary bladder characterized by the hallmark symptoms of pelvic pain and LUTD. In this study we investigated the role of mast cells in LUTD using a transgenic autoimmune cystitis model (URO-OVA) that reproduces many clinical correlates of IC/BPS. URO-OVA mice express the membrane form of the model antigen ovalbumin (OVA) as a self-antigen on the urothelium and develop bladder inflammation upon introduction of OVA-specific T cells. To investigate the role of mast cells, we crossed URO-OVA mice with mast cell-deficient KitW-sh mice to generate URO-OVA/KitW-sh mice that retained urothelial OVA expression but lacked endogenous mast cells. We compared URO-OVA mice with URO-OVA/KitW-sh mice with and without mast cell reconstitution in response to cystitis induction. URO-OVA mice developed profound bladder inflammation with increased mast cell counts and LUTD, including increased total number of voids, decreased mean volume voided per micturition, and decreased maximum volume voided per micturition, after cystitis induction. In contrast, similarly cystitis-induced URO-OVA/KitW-sh mice developed reduced bladder inflammation with no mast cells and LUTD detected. However, after mast cell reconstitution URO-OVA/KitW-sh mice restored the ability to develop bladder inflammation and LUTD following cystitis induction. We further treated URO-OVA mice with cromolyn, a mast cell membrane stabilizer, and found that cromolyn treatment reversed bladder inflammation and LUTD in the animal model. Our results provide direct evidence for the role of mast cells in cystitis-associated LUTD, supporting the use of mast cell inhibitors for treatment of certain forms of IC/BPS.
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- Xu Wang
- Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Tianjin Institute of Urology, The 2 Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Tianjin Institute of Urology, The 2 Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) has been investigated in Western countries and identified to be associated with chronic pelvic pain and inflammation. Bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) is a complex syndrome that is significantly more prevalent in women than in men. Chronic pelvic pain is a main symptom of BPS/IC, and chronic inflammation is a major etiology of BPS/IC. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between BPS/IC and PID using a population-based dataset.We constructed a case-control study from the Taiwan National Health Insurance program. The case cohort comprised 449 patients with BPS/IC, and 1796 randomly selected subjects (about 1:4 matching) were used as controls. A Multivariate logistic regression model was constructed to estimate the association between BPS/IC and PID.Of the 2245 sampled subjects, a significant difference was observed in the prevalence of PID between BPS/IC cases and controls (41.7% vs 15.4%, P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the odds ratio (OR) for PID among cases was 3.69 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.89-4.71). Furthermore, the ORs for PID among BPS/IC cases were 4.52 (95% CI: 2.55-8.01), 4.31 (95% CI: 2.91-6.38), 3.00 (95% CI: 1.82-4.94), and 5.35 (95% CI: 1.88-15.20) in the <35, 35-49, 50-64, and >65 years age groups, respectively, after adjusting for geographic region, irritable bowel syndrome, and hypertension. Joint effect was also noted, specifically when patients had both PID and irritable bowel disease with OR of 10.5 (95% CI: 4.88-22.50).This study demonstrated a correlation between PID and BPS/IC. Clinicians treating women with PID should be alert to BPS/IC-related symptoms in the population.
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- Shiu-Dong Chung
- From the Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City (S-DC); School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei (S-DC); Graduate Program in Biomedical Informatics, College of Informatics, Yuan Ze University (S-DC); Department of Urology, China Medical University and Hospital (C-HC); Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung (C-HC, C-HM); Department of Internal Medicine, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chiayi Christian Hospital, Chiayi (P-HH); Department of Applied Life Science and Health, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan (P-HH); Department of Health Risk Management, College of Public Health, China Medical University (C-JC); Department of Medical Research, China Medical University and Hospital (C-JC); Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung (C-HM); and Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (C-YH)
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Scheiner DA, Perucchini D, Fink D, Betschart C. [Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS)]. Praxis (Bern 1994) 2015; 104:909-918. [PMID: 26286495 DOI: 10.1024/1661-8157/a002102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (BPS) is still an etiologically poorly understood chronic pain syndrome. BPS is a clinical diagnosis. The current treatment modalities are aimed at symptom relief because no cure is possible. Analgesics may be used at any point in treatment but preferably for short-term relief for flares or bladder pain. AUA has issued clinical practice guidelines with a stepwise approach. The first-line therapy begins with self-care and behavior modification. Physical therapy and oral medications such as amitriptyline, PPS, or antihistamines belong to the second-line therapy. Third-line therapy requires cystoscopy and hydrodistension, treatment of Hunner lesions, or intravesical use of e.g. DMSO. Neuromodulation is considered a fourth-line therapy in patients who have failed third-line treatments. Fifth-line therapies consist of intravesical injection of BoNT or oral cyclosporin A. Cystectomy is the sixth-line therapy and the treatment of last resort.
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Martin E, Sheaves C, Childers K. Underlying Mechanisms and Optimal Treatment for Interstitial Cystitis: A Brief Overview. Urol Nurs 2015; 35:111-116. [PMID: 26298945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The intention of this article is to present a brief overview of the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment modalities of interstitial cystitis for primary care clinicians. While very succinct, it encapsulates the condition with clear and precise definition.
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Hanno P. International journal of urology supplement 3rd International Consultation Interstitial Cystitis Japan (ICICJ) and International Society for the Study of Bladder Pain Syndrome (ESSIC) Joint Meeting 21–23 March 2013 Kyoto, Japan. Preface. Int J Urol 2015; 21 Suppl 1:3. [PMID: 24926491 DOI: 10.1111/iju.12395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kumagai J, Matsushima H, Murayama S, Yokoyama M, Homma Y. [A case of bladder cancer arising after augmentation cystoplasty using ileal patch for interstitial cystitis]. Hinyokika Kiyo 2014; 60:513-515. [PMID: 25391784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A 62-year-old man, who was refractory to repeated hydrodistentions for interstitial cystitis, underwent augmentation cystoplasty using ileal patch. Pathological examination revealed no malignancy. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed multiple pelvic and para-aortic lymph-node swellings at 14 months after the operation. CT-guided lymph-nodes biopsies and transurethral bladder biopsies revealed invasive urothelial carcinoma with lymph node metastasis. In patients with symptoms of interstitial cystitis, bladder cancer should be kept in mind despite negative findings of cytology and bladder biopsies.
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- Jinpei Kumagai
- The Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital
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- The Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital
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- The Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
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Castro-Diaz D, Cardozo L, Chapple CR, Espuña M, Kelleher C, Kirby M, Milsom I, Sievert KD, Tubaro A. Urgency and pain in patients with overactive bladder and bladder pain syndrome. What are the differences? Int J Clin Pract 2014; 68:356-62. [PMID: 24373133 DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.12317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Overactive Bladder Syndrome (OAB) and the Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis (BPS/IC) are different urological conditions sharing 'urgency' as a common symptom. The aim of this review is to address our existing knowledge and establish how these symptoms are interrelated and to determine whether or not there is a common link between both symptoms complexes that help to distinguish one from the other. METHODS Pubmed was used to obtain references for this non-systematic review aiming to discuss differences between OAB and BPS/IC. Guidelines of several professional associations and discussions based on expert opinion from the authors were implemented. RESULTS Whilst in BPS the hallmark symptom is pain on bladder filling, urgency is the defining symptom of OAB. Whilst it is likely that the pain in BPS/IC arises from local inflammation in the bladder wall, the nature of urgency as a symptom, its origin, and the relationship between urgency and pain, as well as the different afferent mechanisms associated with the genesis of these sensory symptoms, remains unknown. Although the aetiology of both OAB and PBS/IC is unclear, the influence of environmental factors has been suggested. Both are chronic conditions with very variable symptom resolution and response to therapy. The relationship with voiding dysfunction, gynaecological causes of chronic pelvic pain or the possible alteration of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and psychological disorders has not been established. Inflammation has been suggested as the common link between OAB and BPS/IC. CONCLUSIONS OAB and BPS/IC are different symptoms complexes that share urgency as a common symptom. None of them have a specific symptom although pain on bladder filling is the hallmark symptom in BPS/IC. Bladder pain with urgency should be a trigger for referral to the provider with appropriate knowledge and expertise in this disease state, whereas the management of OAB should be part of normal routine care in the community.
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- D Castro-Diaz
- Servicio de Urologia, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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He Q, Yang Y, Xia M, Zhang N, Wu S, Xiao Y, Li G, Zhan S, Liu L, Xiao H, Zhao J. [Risk factors for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms presenting for urologic care]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2014; 94:428-432. [PMID: 24754986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify the risk factors in interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) without urinary tract infection or benign prostate hyperplasia in China. METHODS A total of 954 outpatients with LUTS presenting for care to urology clinics at 8 hospitals throughout China from November 20, 2008 to August 24, 2012 were surveyed with a standardized questionnaire and validated outcome measures. The definitions for IC/PBS based on the O'Leary-Sant interstitial cystitis symptom and problem indices were used. The possible risk factors was analyzed with the Fisher's exact and Pearson chi-square tests. And multivariate predictive models were developed with binary Logistic regression methods. RESULTS There were 491 females and 463 males. And 44.7% (427/954) met the criteria for IC/PBS. There was significant gender difference (51.7% (254/491) vs 37.4% (173/463), P < 0.05) . After adjusting for confounding factors, bladder pain was significantly associated with stimulatory foods (OR: 81.16, 95%CI: 11.50-590.00, P = 0.001) and anorectal disease (OR: 54.90, 95%CI: 9.52-401.00, P = 0.001) in females. Caffeine beverage intake (OR: 4.29, 95%CI: 1.86-9.86, P = 0.001) was the only modifiable association according to multivariate analysis of males. CONCLUSIONS Stimulatory foods, anorectal disease and caffeine beverages are potential risk factors for IC/PBS.Further studies are necessary to determine their roles in the pathogenesis of this disorder.
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- Qun He
- Department of Urological Surgery, Affiliated Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100038, China.
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Check JH, Cohen R. The triad of luteal phase ocular migraines, interstitial cystitis, and dyspareunia as a result of sympathetic nervous system hypofunction. CLIN EXP OBSTET GYN 2014; 41:575-577. [PMID: 25864263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate whether ocular migraines can be related to sympathetic nervous system hypofunction, especially when associated with interstitial cystitis and dyspareunia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Dextroamphetamine sulfate was administered to a 34-year-old woman with a history of long-term interstitial cystitis, dyspareunia, and ocular migraines that were resistant to all other therapies. RESULTS In a short length of time the sympathomimetic amine therapy almost completely abrogated all of her symptoms and they have remained controlled while she continues on the drug. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report of effectively treating ocular migraines with dextroamphetamine sulfate. The gynecologist should not be afraid to initiate therapy without referral to other specialists, especially if other symptoms of the sympathetic neural hyperalgesia edema syndromes exist, e.g., bladder pain of pelvic origin and dyspareunia.
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Sharov MN, Rachin AP, Zaĭtsev AV, Fishchenko ON, Shestel' EA, Kupriianova VA, Truten' VP. [The dysfunctional neurologic disorder - chronic pelvic pain]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2014; 114:76-80. [PMID: 24730045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Zygogianni A, Kouloulias V, Armpilia C, Antypas C, Kantzou I, Balafouta M, Kyrgias G, Sarris G, Kelekis N, Kouvaris J. A weekly hypofractionated radiotherapeutic schedule for bladder carcinoma in elderly patients: local response, acute and late toxicity, dosimetric parameters and pain relief. J BUON 2013; 18:407-412. [PMID: 23818353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the early and late toxicity of a hypofractionated radiotherapy (RT) schedule to treat muscle- invasive bladder cancer in relation to radiation parameters according to the organs at risk. METHODS Forty-three patients with T2-T3 bladder carcinoma were irradiated with a weekly hypofractionated schedule with a total dose of 36 Gy in 6 fractions. Included in this study were elderly patients with poor performance status or unfit for surgery, while they complained of daily pain on urination. Pain evaluation was assessed with the use of the visual analogue scale (VAS) of pain, acute and late toxicities were assessed using the combined RTOG/EORTC criteria by using a dose of 50 Gy (D50), and the relapse free survival (RFS) was estimated from the date of recurrence. RESULTS No acute side effects were observed in the majority of the patients. Grade I rectal toxicity was registered in 67.4% of the patients, while grade II and III were noted in 30.25% and 2.37percnt; of the patients, respectively. The worst late rectal toxicity was grade I in 30.2% of the patients. The VAS score of pain showed a significant improvement after the hypofractionated schedule. There was a significant correlation between acute and late toxicity on the one hand and the D50 dosimetric parameter on the other. The Kaplan-Meier plot showed a median RFS of 15 months, while age did not have any impact on RFS in patients above or under 75 years of age. CONCLUSION The performed hypofractionated schedule permitted delivery of an increased radiation dose without increased toxicity, and with a high probability of local control for elderly patients with low survival perspective.
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- A Zygogianni
- Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, 1st Radiology Department, Radiotherapy Unit, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Warren JW, Howard FM, Morozov VV. Is there a high incidence of hysterectomy and other nonbladder surgeries before and after onset of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2013; 208:77.e1-6. [PMID: 23092763 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Revised: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to compare with controls the incidence of nonbladder pelvic surgeries in the months before and after the onset of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). STUDY DESIGN The design of the study used an existing database from a retrospective case-control study of 312 incident IC/BPS cases and matched controls plus a longitudinal study of the cases that examined lifetime approximated annual incidence of surgeries with that in the months before and after the onset of IC/BPS. RESULTS In cases, in the month before the onset of IC/BPS, the approximated annual incidence of nonbladder pelvic surgeries was 15 times higher and of hysterectomy 25 times higher than the incidences of previous years and similarly higher than controls. This rate declined to preindex levels over the first 2 years of IC/BPS. CONCLUSION There may be a very high incidence of nonbladder surgeries just before IC/BPS onset that decreases to historical levels over the first years of the syndrome.
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- John W Warren
- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Plekhanov VN. [About the causes of inveterate cystitis in young women]. Voen Med Zh 2012; 333:31-35. [PMID: 23156110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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16 female patients,aged 28.6 +/- 3.2 years, with recrudescent inveterate cystitis were examined for the purpose of improvement of treatment of chronic cystitis. The examined patients noted relapse of disease after sex intercourse. Spectrum of diagnosed uropathogens in female patients corresponds to the structure of bacterio from urina taken after prostate milking and prostatic fluid of patients' intercourse partners. The given uropathogens also corresponds to the structure of contagium of urinary tract in young men. Connection between urogenital biotope and biotope of prostate as a vessel of persistence infection is related. Recrudescent inveterate cystitis in young women may be result from latent inveterate bacteritic prostatitis in their intercourse partners. Effectiveness of treatment and prophylaxis of recrudescence of inveterate cystitis in young women depends on timely diagnostics, treatment, and prophylaxis of inveterate bacteritic prostatitis in their intercourse partners.
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Keller J, Chen YK, Lin HC. Association of bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis with urinary calculus: a nationwide population-based study. Int Urogynecol J 2012; 24:565-71. [PMID: 22895546 DOI: 10.1007/s00192-012-1917-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND HYPOTHESIS Although one prior study reported an association between bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) and urinary calculi (UC), no population-based study to date has been conducted to explore this relationship. Therefore, using a population-based data set in Taiwan, this study set out to investigate the association between BPS/IC and a prior diagnosis of UC. METHODS This study included 9,269 cases who had received their first-time diagnosis of BPS/IC between 2006 and 2007 and 46,345 randomly selected controls. We used conditional logistic regression analysis to compute the odds ratio (OR) and its corresponding 95 % confidence interval (CI) for having been previously diagnosed with UC between cases and controls. RESULTS There was a significant difference in the prevalence of prior UC between cases and controls (8.1 vs 4.3 %, p < 0.001). Conditional logistic regression analysis revealed that cases were more likely to have been previously diagnosed with UC than controls (OR = 1.70; 95 % CI = 1.56-1.84) after adjusting for chronic pelvic pain, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, panic disorder, migraine, sicca syndrome, allergy, endometriosis, and asthma. BPS/IC was found to be significantly associated with prior UC regardless of stone location; the adjusted ORs of kidney calculus, ureter calculus, bladder calculus, and unspecified calculus when compared to controls were 1.58 (95 % CI = 1.38-1.81), 1.73 (95 % CI = 1.45-2.05), 3.80 (95 % CI = 2.18-6.62), and 1.83 (95 % CI = 1.59-2.11), respectively. CONCLUSIONS This work generates the hypothesis that UC may be associated with BPS/IC.
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- Joseph Keller
- School of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Freidenstein J, Aldrete JA, Ness T. Minimally invasive interventional therapy for Tarlov cysts causing symptoms of interstitial cystitis. Pain Physician 2012; 15:141-146. [PMID: 22430651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Tarlov cysts (TC) are present in 4.6% of the population and represent a potential source of chronic pain. When present at lumbosacral levels, symptoms are classically described as perineal pain/pressure, radiculopathy, and headache. Treatment outlined to date primarily includes cyst drainage with fibrin glue sealant and surgical interventions. OBJECTIVES We present 2 cases in which TC presented with signs and symptomatology consistent with interstitial cystitis who were treated with caudal epidural steroid injections. METHODS Patients with urinary bladder pain and urgency received urological workups demonstrating hallmark features of interstitial cystitis including cystoscopic evidence of glomerulations. Radiographic imaging identified TC to be present on sacral nerve roots. Since pelvic pains could represent compressive radiculopathy of sacral roots, a cautious trial of minimally invasive caudal epidural steroid injections was performed. RESULTS Both patients attained nearly 100% relief of pain for a period ranging from 6 months to 2 years following low volume, targeted caudal epidural steroid injection. They continue to be followed clinically and continue to report benefit with this treatment. LIMITATIONS This limited case series is retrospective in nature and potential complications have been noted by others in association with TC. CONCLUSIONS Use of caudal epidural steroid injections proved beneficial in the treatment of pelvic pain symptomatology and so may be considered as an option in patients with identified sacral TC.
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- James Freidenstein
- Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Pain Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA.
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PURPOSE We determined the genetic contribution of and associated factors for bladder pain syndrome using an identical twin model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Multiple questionnaires were administered to adult identical twin sister pairs. The O'Leary-Sant Interstitial Cystitis Symptom and Problem Index was administered to identify individuals at risk for bladder pain syndrome. Potential associated factors were modeled against the bladder pain syndrome score with the twin pair as a random effect of the factor on the bladder pain syndrome score. Variables that showed a significant relationship with the bladder pain syndrome score were entered into a multivariable model. RESULTS In this study 246 identical twin sister pairs (total 492) participated with a mean age (± SD) of 40.3 ± 17 years. Of these women 45 (9%) were identified as having a moderate or high risk of bladder pain syndrome (index score greater than 13). There were 5 twin sets (2%) in which both twins met the criteria. Correlation of bladder pain syndrome scores within twin pairs was estimated at 0.35, suggesting a genetic contribution to bladder pain syndrome. Multivariable analysis revealed that increasing age (estimate 0.46 [95% CI 0.2, 0.7]), irritable bowel syndrome (1.8 [0.6, 3.7]), physical abuse (2.5 [0.5, 4.1]), frequent headaches (1.6 [0.6, 2.8]), multiple drug allergies (1.5 [0.5, 2.7]) and number of self-reported urinary tract infections in the last year (8.2 [4.7, 10.9]) were significantly associated with bladder pain syndrome. CONCLUSIONS Bladder pain syndrome scores within twin pairs were moderately correlated, implying some genetic component. Increasing age, irritable bowel syndrome, frequent headaches, drug allergies, self-reported urinary tract infections and physical abuse were factors associated with higher bladder pain syndrome scores.
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- E Tunitsky
- Center for Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 , USA.
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Mahmoud MS. Bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis: a reappraisal for the clinician. J Reprod Med 2011; 56:405-409. [PMID: 22010524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Bladder pain syndrome--formally known as interstitial cystitis--is a chronic bladder disorder characterized by pelvic pain and urinary irritability symptoms. The physiopathology is still unclear but is thought to involve bladder mucosal injury, inflammation and neurologic dysfunction. It is hard to diagnose this entity due to symptoms that are common to several other pathologies such as chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, overactive bladder, urinary tract infection, and vulvodynia, and due to the lack of specific findings. A combination of history, physical examination, and diagnostic tools helps the establishment of the diagnosis by ruling out other similar pathologies. Treatment is multimodal and combines behavioral changes, drugs administered orally or intravesically and even surgery for refractory cases.
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- Mohamad S Mahmoud
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University Women's Healthcare, 1200 East Michigan Avenue, Suite 700, Lansing, MI 48912, USA.
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French LM, Bhambore N. Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. Am Fam Physician 2011; 83:1175-1181. [PMID: 21568251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome affects more than 1 million persons in the United States, but the cause remains unknown. Most patients with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome are women with symptoms of suprapubic pelvic and/or genital area pain, dyspareunia, urinary urgency and frequency, and nocturia. It is important to exclude other conditions such as infections. Tests and tools commonly used to diagnose interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome include specific questionnaires developed to assess the condition, the potassium sensitivity test, the anesthetic bladder challenge, and cystoscopy with hydrodistension. Treatment options include oral medications, intravesical instillations, and dietary changes and supplements. Oral medications include pentosan polysulfate sodium, antihistamines, tricyclic antidepressants, and immune modulators. Intravesical medications include dimethyl sulfoxide, pentosan polysulfate sodium, and heparin. Pentosan polysulfate sodium is the only oral therapy and dimethyl sulfoxide is the only intravesical therapy with U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for the treatment of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. To date, clinical trials of individual therapies have been limited in size, quality, and duration of follow-up. Studies of combination or multimodal therapies are lacking.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Intravesical
- Administration, Oral
- Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic/administration & dosage
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Cystitis, Interstitial/complications
- Cystitis, Interstitial/diagnosis
- Cystitis, Interstitial/diet therapy
- Cystitis, Interstitial/drug therapy
- Cystitis, Interstitial/etiology
- Cystitis, Interstitial/physiopathology
- Cystoscopy
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Dimethyl Sulfoxide/administration & dosage
- Drug Approval
- Dyspareunia/etiology
- Feeding Behavior
- Female
- Heparin/administration & dosage
- Histamine Antagonists/administration & dosage
- Humans
- Immunologic Factors/administration & dosage
- Male
- Pelvic Pain/etiology
- Pentosan Sulfuric Polyester/administration & dosage
- Practice Guidelines as Topic
- Syndrome
- United States
- United States Food and Drug Administration
- Urination Disorders/etiology
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Interstitial Cystitis, first described in 1887 as an inflammatory disease of the bladder wall, is now regarded as a very common disease with an estimated number of unreported cases. Reasons for underdiagnosis is the widespread use of strict exclusion criteria. The disease can already be suspected by a careful medical history and physical examination in an early stage and then be treated with promising multimodal therapeutic approaches. In addition to a symptomatic oral therapy, local instillations with constituents of the protective glycosaminoglycan-layer are the most common therapeutic approach, because its defective integrity plays a key role in the pathogenesis of interstitial cystitis.
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- Administration, Oral
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Analgesics/administration & dosage
- Analgesics/therapeutic use
- Anticoagulants/administration & dosage
- Anticoagulants/therapeutic use
- Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic/administration & dosage
- Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic/therapeutic use
- Child, Preschool
- Cholinergic Antagonists/administration & dosage
- Cholinergic Antagonists/therapeutic use
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Cystitis, Interstitial/diagnosis
- Cystitis, Interstitial/drug therapy
- Cystitis, Interstitial/epidemiology
- Cystitis, Interstitial/etiology
- Cystitis, Interstitial/pathology
- Cystitis, Interstitial/therapy
- Cystoscopy
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Medical History Taking
- Middle Aged
- Pentosan Sulfuric Polyester/administration & dosage
- Pentosan Sulfuric Polyester/therapeutic use
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Risk Factors
- Sex Factors
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Urinary Bladder/pathology
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- D Meyer
- Klinik für Urologie, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.
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Check JH, Wilson C, Cohen R. Sympathetic nervous system disorder of women that leads to pelvic pain and symptoms of interstitial cystitis may be the cause of severe backache and be very responsive to medical therapy rather than surgery despite the presence of herniated discs. CLIN EXP OBSTET GYN 2011; 38:175-176. [PMID: 21793284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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PURPOSE To describe a unique pharmacologic treatment for backache that seemed to be related to herniated discs. METHODS Dextroamphetamine sulfate was prescribed to a woman who developed acute lower backache which was attributed to herniated lumbar discs. RESULTS Within hours the pain diminished and she was pain free within a week. The 100% relief has persisted for months. CONCLUSIONS Acute backache can be added to the long list of pain syndromes related to impairment of the sympathetic nervous system that is effectively treated with sympathomimetic amines.
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- J H Check
- The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Camden, NJ, USA.
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Li GZ, Zhang N, Du P, Yang Y, Wu SL, Xiao YX, Jin R, Liu L, Shen H, Dai Y. Risk factors for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms: a Chinese multi-center study. Chin Med J (Engl) 2010; 123:2842-2846. [PMID: 21034594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite 100 years of research, the continued absence of well-established risk factors impedes the diagnosis and treatment of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS). We aimed to identify risk factors in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) without urinary tract infection or benign prostate hyperplasia in China. METHODS A total of 397 outpatients with LUTS presenting for care to urology clinics in several hospitals throughout China were surveyed using a standardized questionnaire and validated outcome measures. The definitions for painful bladder syndrome based on the O'Leary-Sant interstitial cystitis symptom and problem indices were used. The prevalence of possible risk factors was analyzed using the Fisher's exact test and Pearson chi-square test, and multivariate predictive models were developed using binary Logistic regression methods. RESULTS Of those multi-centre patients surveyed, including 174 women and 223 men, 41% (162/397) met criteria for painful bladder syndrome. There was a significant difference between women and men (55% (95/174) vs. 30% (67/223), P < 0.001). Women with IC/PBS were more likely than those without IC/PBS to report a history of gynecological infections (odds ratio (OR): 2.85; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.32 - 6.16, P = 0.007), intake of stimulatory foods (OR: 3.52; 95%CI: 1.50 - 8.30; P = 0.004), irritable bowel (OR: 3.46; 95%CI: 1.22 - 9.80; P = 0.014) and/or anorectal disease (OR: 2.68; 95%CI: 1.12 - 6.40, P = 0.023). After adjusting for confounding factors, bladder pain was significantly associated with stimulatory foods (OR: 3.85; 95%CI: 1.58 - 9.36, P = 0.003) and anorectal disease (OR: 2.76; 95%CI: 1.09 - 7.04, P = 0.03) in women. Caffeine beverage intake (OR: 3.54; 95%CI: 1.54 - 8.12, P = 0.003) was identified the only modifiable association noted in multivariate analysis of men. CONCLUSIONS We found that stimulatory foods, anorectal disease and caffeine beverages are potential risk factors for IC/PBS. Further studies are necessary to determine their role in the pathogenesis of this disorder.
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- Gui-zhong Li
- Department of Urology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) is a chronic syndrome characterized by irritative voiding symptoms and pelvic pain or discomfort. IC/PBS represents localized bladder pathophysiologic changes and central nervous system upregulation. Patients exhibit bladder hyperalgesia and allodynia. Childhood sexual abuse occurs in up to 27% of females in the United States. Adults with a prior history of abuse or traumatization demonstrate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis abnormalities, similar to IC/PBS patients. Childhood sexual abuse and physical traumatization are associated with subsequent lifelong risks of chronic pain syndromes. IC/PBS patients have increased rates of sexual abuse or physical traumatization histories compared with controls. IC/PBS patients with abuse histories tend to have greater pain intensity and lesser irritative voiding symptoms compared with nonabused IC/PBS patients. This article reviews the relationship between sexual abuse, HPA axis abnormalities, IC/PBS pathophysiology, and the role of sexual abuse on subsequent IC/PBS.
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- Brian E Mayson
- Division of Urology, St. Paul's Hospital, Burrard Building C307, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 1Y6, Canada
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Many women who suffer from the symptoms of urinary tract infection have a negative urine culture when conventional methods are used. Their condition is described as 'urethral' (or 'dysuria/frequency') syndrome' (US). As they may be indistinguishable clinically from those with positive cultures antibiotics are often prescribed. Their symptoms are usually recurrent and they may receive many courses of treatment. Some women are said to have 'interstitial cystitis' (IC); they have a long history of symptoms and antibacterial treatment. The urine contains white blood cells (pyuria) and biopsy of the bladder wall shows the histological changes of chronic inflammation. Additional culture techniques applied to urine from these two groups of patients consistently yield bacteria, most commonly lactobacilli in those with US. From the urine of women with IC, lactobacilli and some other 'fastidious' bacteria are isolated from catheter specimens and also from bladder wall biopsies. These bacteria are known to be constituents of the mixed commensal flora of the distal one-third of the urethra. It is proposed that these two syndromes are different stages in the natural history of UTI, and that antibacterial agents, by selection of resistant bacteria in the urethral commensal flora, are an important aetiological factor. It is possible that these bacteria may invade the paraurethral glands via their ducts - a situation analogous to invasion of the prostate in men. There is a considerable body of evidence supporting this hypothesis, but as it all emanates from one centre it needs to be confirmed elsewhere. Acceptance would bring great clinical benefit and considerable financial savings. A laboratory protocol which requires only small additional expenditure, and a clinical management regimen are proposed. At present, much antibacterial treatment is prescribed and many patients undergo radiological and invasive investigations such as cystoscopy and urethral dilatation, the latter incurring the risk of post-instrumentation UTI. There is evidence that 'US' responds gradually if antibiotics are withheld. 'IC' is a more difficult problem because bacteria may have invaded the bladder wall. Carefully targeted antibacterial treatment given for at least 10-14 days might be effective, but there are no data on this. Rational management of 'US' might prevent the development of 'IC'. A recent thorough review of published work on this condition states that the aetiology is still unknown. It appears, however, that no attempt has been made in any recent studies to use urine culture techniques capable of detecting bacteria other than the recognised aerobic pathogens.
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- Philip Hanno
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Zhao DB, Dai SM, Liu XP, Xu H. Interstitial inflammation in visceral organs is a pathologic feature of adult-onset Still's disease. Rheumatol Int 2009; 31:923-7. [PMID: 19882158 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1228-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Accepted: 10/07/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The pathological features of adult-onset Still's disease remain unclear. An original case study of the histopathological changes in various organs of a patient with the disorder is presented. Interstitial inflammation was found in the heart, lung, liver, mucosa of total alimentary canal, and urinary bladder. Previous reports that involved the pathology of visceral organs are also reviewed.
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- Dong-Bao Zhao
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 174 Changhai Road, 200433, Shanghai, China
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van Ophoven A. [Recurrent episodes of cystitis without detection of bacteria in young women]. MMW Fortschr Med 2009; 151:36-37. [PMID: 19771787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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- A van Ophoven
- Schwerpunkt für Neuro-Urologie Marienhospital Herne, Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität.
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Dimitrakov J, Dimitrakova E. Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome--looking back and looking forward. Folia Med (Plovdiv) 2009; 51:42-44. [PMID: 19957562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS) is a symptom-based umbrella term for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) in men. Unfortunately, no gold standard for diagnosis or treatment of UCPPS exists. We review several emerging theories on the etiology and pathogenesis of UCPPS with a special emphasis on genomic and proteomic technologies. We also propose a systems-biology approach to elucidating the pathogenetic mechanisms implicated in UCPPS and the discovery and validation of new biomarkers for UCPPS. Using data gleaned from high-throughput genomic and proteomic screens can help develop effective treatments for this enigmatic chronic pelvic pain syndrome.
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- Jordan Dimitrakov
- Urological Diseases Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, USA.
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Liu TJ, Zhao MJ, Sha KF, Gao JZ. [Clinical differential diagnosis of type III prostatitis and interstitial cystitis]. Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 2009; 15:140-143. [PMID: 19323374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the differential diagnosis of type III prostatitis and interstitial cystitis so as to improve the efficiency of diagnosis and treatment of the two diseases. METHODS Based on the clinical data of 4 cases of type III prostatitis and 3 cases of interstitial cystitis, we analyzed the characteristics of the two diseases in such aspects as clinical symptomatology, urodynamics, prostatic fluid microscopy, microbiology and treatment. RESULTS The common clinical characteristics of type III prostatitis and interstitial cystitis were indisposition or pain in the subabdomen and/or pelvic floor, but their differences were quite obvious. In interstitial cystitis, longer urine accumulation could cause worse pain in the subabdomen, which could be relieved after micturation, and the bladder capacity was obviously decreased, but with normal prostatic fluid and negative result of microbial culture. It responded to behavior therapy, resiniferatoxin, sodium hyaluronate and water dilation of the bladder under anaesthesia. While type III prostatitis, with white blood cells > 10/HP or < or = 10/HP in the prostatic fluid and negative result of microbial culture, did not respond to the above therapeutic methods that were effective for interstitial cystitis. CONCLUSION Type III prostatitis and interstitial cystitis, although clinically confusable, can be definitely differentiated from each other according to their characteristic causes and locations.
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- Tie-Jun Liu
- Department of Neuro-urology, Beijing Xishan Hospital, Beijing Rehabilitation Center, Beijing 100144, China.
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Link CL, Pulliam SJ, Hanno PM, Hall SA, Eggers PW, Kusek JW, McKinlay JB. Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of symptoms suggestive of painful bladder syndrome: results from the Boston area community health survey. J Urol 2008; 180:599-606. [PMID: 18554658 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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PURPOSE We estimated the prevalence of symptoms suggestive of painful bladder syndrome defined as pain increasing as the bladder fills and/or pain relieved by urination for at least 3 months, and its association with sociodemographics (gender, age, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status), lifestyle (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity) and psychosocial variables (sexual, physical, emotional abuse experienced as a child or as an adult, worry, trouble paying for basics, depression). MATERIALS AND METHODS The data used come from the Boston Area Community Health Survey, an epidemiological study of 5,506 randomly selected adults 30 to 79 years old of 3 race/ethnic groups (black, Hispanic, white). RESULTS The overall prevalence of symptoms suggestive of painful bladder syndrome was 2% (1.3% in men and 2.6% in women) with increased prevalence in middle-aged adults and those of lower socioeconomic status. Symptoms suggestive of painful bladder syndrome were more common in those who experienced abuse, in those who were worried about someone close to them and in those who were having trouble paying for basics. This pattern held even after adjusting for depression. CONCLUSIONS Painful bladder syndrome is associated with a number of lifestyle and psychosocial correlates. This suggests that the treatment of patients with painful bladder syndrome (physical symptoms) may benefit from a multifaceted approach of combining medical, psychological and cognitive treatment.
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- Carol L Link
- New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.
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Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic, debilitating condition that is often associated with late diagnosis and a delay in initiation of appropriate IC-specific therapy. The typical patient with interstitial cystitis (IC) is symptomatic for many years and consults multiple physicians before IC is diagnosed. These observations suggest that the clinical presentation of IC is not widely recognized. The resultant underdiagnosis may be explained in part by the nonspecific nature of IC symptoms, such as urinary urgency, frequency, nocturia and pain, as well as by the lack of an objective diagnostic test. Pelvic pain of bladder origin may refer to pain in any location in the pelvis, is affected by the menstrual cycle and flares with sexual intercourse. As a result of variations in disease definition and diagnostic criteria for interstitial cystitis (IC), the performance of epidemiologic studies has been challenging. The true prevalence of IC is much greater than the early studies suggested. Over the last decade, the recognized prevalence of IC has increased and it is consistently greater among women as compared to men.
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- P Mouracade
- Service d'Urologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Place de l'Hôpital, Strasbourg, France
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Roth S. ["Interstitial cystitis" or "bladder pain syndrome"?]. Aktuelle Urol 2008; 39:163-164. [PMID: 18574911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic bladder inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that is often regarded as a neurogenic cystitis. IC is associated with urothelial lesions, voiding dysfunction, and pain in the pelvic/perineal area, and diet can exacerbate IC symptoms. In this study, we used a murine neurogenic cystitis model to investigate the development of pelvic pain behavior. Neurogenic cystitis was induced by the injection of Bartha's strain of pseudorabies virus (PRV) into the abductor caudalis dorsalis tail base muscle of female C57BL/6J mice. Infectious PRV virions were isolated only from the spinal cord, confirming the centrally mediated nature of this neurogenic cystitis model. Pelvic pain was assessed using von Frey filament stimulation to the pelvic region, and mice infected with PRV developed progressive pelvic pain. Pelvic pain was alleviated by 2% lidocaine instillation into either the bladder or the colon but not following lidocaine instillation into the uterus. The bladders of PRV-infected mice showed markers of inflammation and increased vascular permeability compared with controls. In contrast, colon histology was normal and vascular permeability was unchanged, suggesting that development of pelvic pain was due only to bladder inflammation. Bladder-induced pelvic pain was also exacerbated by colonic administration of a subthreshold dose of capsaicin. These data indicate organ cross talk in pelvic pain and modulation of pain responses by visceral inputs distinct from the inflamed site. Furthermore, these data suggest a mechanism by which dietary modification benefits pelvic pain symptoms.
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- Charles N Rudick
- Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Teichman JMH, Moldwin R. The role of the bladder surface in interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. Can J Urol 2007; 14:3599-607. [PMID: 17784979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a potentially severe and debilitating condition of the bladder. Numerous factors have been implicated in its pathogenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A literature review was conducted on the following topics: urothelium, mucosal lining, interstitial cystitis, bladder, and glycosaminoglycans. RESULTS A commonly proposed cause for IC is a defect or alteration in the bladder surface leading to increased permeability to noxious urinary solutes and ultimately to tissue inflammation and neurogenic upregulation. Support for this concept is drawn from studies of the structure, function, and composition of the bladder surface. The cause(s) of this alteration is not known, although recent research has implicated changes in the levels of growth factors and/or compounds that protect against irritants and potentially "toxic" factors. The etiology of IC is likely multifactorial. CONCLUSIONS Alterations of the bladder surface are observed in IC, and may play an important role in the etiology of this condition.
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- Joel M H Teichman
- Division of Urology, St. Paul's Hospital, Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Southgate J, Varley CL, Garthwaite MAE, Hinley J, Marsh F, Stahlschmidt J, Trejdosiewicz LK, Eardley I. Differentiation potential of urothelium from patients with benign bladder dysfunction. BJU Int 2007; 99:1506-16. [PMID: 17537219 PMCID: PMC1961637 DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2007.06795.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To develop a novel in vitro approach to test the hypothesis that failure of urothelial differentiation underlies the aetiopathology of interstitial cystitis (IC), where there is evidence of compromised urinary barrier function, as benign dysfunctional bladder disease encompass several poorly understood clinically defined conditions, including IC, idiopathic detrusor overactivity (IDO) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI). MATERIALS AND METHODS Biopsy-derived urothelial cells from dysfunctional bladder biopsies were propagated as finite cell lines and examined for their capacity to differentiate in vitro, as assessed by the acquisition of a transitional cell morphology, a switch from a cytokeratin (CK)13(lo)/CK14(hi) to a CK13(hi)/CK14(lo) phenotype, expression of claudin 3, 4 and 5 proteins, and induction of uroplakin gene transcription. RESULTS Two of 12 SUI cell lines showed early senescent changes in culture and were not characterized further; one of seven IC, one of five IDO and a further three SUI cell lines had some evidence of senescence at passage 3. Of the seven IC-derived cell lines, four showed a near normal range of differentiation-associated responses, but the remainder showed little or no response. Most IDO cell lines (four of five) showed a normal differentiation response, but at least three of the 10 SUI cell lines showed some compromise of differentiation potential. CONCLUSION This study supports the existence of a subset of patients with IC in whom a failure of urothelial cytodifferentiation might contribute to the disease, and provides a novel platform for investigating the cell biology of urothelium from SUI and other benign dysfunctional conditions.
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MESH Headings
- Biopsy/methods
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Cystitis, Interstitial/etiology
- Cystitis, Interstitial/genetics
- Cystitis, Interstitial/pathology
- Down-Regulation
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Keratin-13/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Transcription, Genetic
- Up-Regulation
- Urinary Bladder, Overactive/etiology
- Urinary Bladder, Overactive/genetics
- Urinary Bladder, Overactive/pathology
- Urinary Incontinence, Stress/etiology
- Urinary Incontinence, Stress/genetics
- Urinary Incontinence, Stress/pathology
- Urothelium/pathology
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- Jennifer Southgate
- Jack Birch Unit of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK.
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Peters KM, Kalinowski SE, Carrico DJ, Ibrahim IA, Diokno AC. Fact or fiction--is abuse prevalent in patients with interstitial cystitis? Results from a community survey and clinic population. J Urol 2007; 178:891-5; discussion 895. [PMID: 17631336 DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.05.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE We determined whether abuse is associated with interstitial cystitis by surveying patients with interstitial cystitis and controls. We corroborated this association in a clinic population. MATERIALS AND METHODS A survey was mailed to 406 women diagnosed with interstitial cystitis and 5,000 age matched, randomly selected women in the United States. Similar data were collected from our interstitial cystitis clinic population by interviews in person. RESULTS We evaluated surveys from 464 symptom-free controls, 215 established patients with IC and 121 respondents with a history suggestive of interstitial cystitis. A higher proportion of patients with interstitial cystitis reported a history of abuse than controls (37% vs 22%, p <0.001). Sexual, physical and emotional abuse were also reported by a higher proportion of patients with interstitial cystitis. In our clinic population 76 women diagnosed with interstitial cystitis were evaluated, of whom 49% reported a history of abuse. Of those reporting abuse 92% reported emotional abuse, 78% reported physical abuse, 68% reported sexual abuse and 49% reported domestic violence. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrates an association between interstitial cystitis and abuse. Thus, it is important for clinicians to assess for abuse in women with interstitial cystitis or pelvic pain and provide appropriate referral to psychologists or other health care workers to provide comprehensive care for managing their symptoms. Further research is needed to evaluate the role of biopsychosocial therapies, in addition to traditional interstitial cystitis medical therapies for women with a history of abuse and interstitial cystitis.
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- Kenneth M Peters
- Department of Urology, Ministrelli Program for Urologic Research and Education, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan 48073, USA.
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Imamov O, Yakimchuk K, Morani A, Schwend T, Wada-Hiraike O, Razumov S, Warner M, Gustafsson JÅ. Estrogen receptor beta-deficient female mice develop a bladder phenotype resembling human interstitial cystitis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:9806-9. [PMID: 17522255 PMCID: PMC1887607 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0703410104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome is a disease seen mostly in women, and symptoms tend to be worse premenopausally or during ovulation. The four cardinal symptoms of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome are bladder pain, urgency, frequency, and nocturia. Estrogen has been implicated in the etiology of this disease, but the role of the two estrogen receptors (ER), ERalpha and ERbeta, has not been investigated. We found that, in the bladders of WT mice, ERbeta is expressed in the basal cell layer of the urothelium. Bladders of male ERbeta(-/-) mice were intact and morphologically indistinguishable from those of their WT littermates. However, in female ERbeta(-/-) mice, there was ulceration and atrophy of bladder urothelium concomitant with infiltration of gammadelta T cells concentrated in the areas of atrophy and shedding of urothelium. The data support the idea that activated gammadelta T cells are causing the damage to the urothelium. The hyperactivity of T cells may be because of an imbalance between ERalpha and ERbeta signaling in female ERbeta(-/-) mice. Our data suggest that reduced ERbeta signaling might have a role in the pathogenesis of interstitial cystitis, and ERbeta could be a candidate for a target of medical therapy.
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- Otabek Imamov
- *Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Novum, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- *Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Novum, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- *Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Novum, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- *Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Novum, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- *Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Novum, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- Moscow Institute of Urology, 3-Parkovaya 51, Moscow 105425, Russia
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- *Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Novum, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
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- *Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Novum, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Brand K, Littlejohn G, Kristjanson L, Wisniewski S, Hassard T. The Fibromyalgia Bladder Index. Clin Rheumatol 2007; 26:2097-2103. [PMID: 17476564 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0626-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2007] [Revised: 04/04/2007] [Accepted: 04/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine whether an existing outcome measure, the Interstitial Cystitis Symptom and Problem Index (ICSI/ICPI), is a valid, reliable, and clinically relevant instrument to assess the sensory urinary symptoms in women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FM). Ninety women with American College of Rheumatology 90 FM and who had at least two sensory bladder symptoms participated in the study. All underwent urological screening to exclude lower urinary tract pathology. All participants completed the following: ICSI/ICPI, Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36, King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ), and Vulval Symptom Assessment Scale. Assessment was made for internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, and concurrent validity. Factor analysis was used to assess the internal structure of the scale. Factor analysis displayed two separate components of symptom and problem combinations as distinct from the original ICSI/ICPI developed for the interstitial cystitis population. The eight items of the index configured differently and formed two subscales of a newly developed Fibromyalgia Bladder Index. The two subscales of this index include the Bladder Urgency and Pain Subscale and the Bladder Frequency and Nocturia Subscale. This index has high internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.81), test-retest reliability showing intraclass correlation of 0.85, and high concurrent validity through correlations between the Fibromyalgia Bladder Index and the KHQ (0.735, p = 0.000) and the FIQ (0.433, p = 0.000). This more specific configuration of the ICSI/ICPI better reflects FM bladder symptomatology. The Fibromyalgia Bladder Index is a validated FM-specific instrument that captures information about the sensory bladder symptoms and their impact in this fibromyalgia population. This instrument should allow for better understanding and management of this important fibromyalgia-associated problem.
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- Kaye Brand
- Faculty of Communications, Health and Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
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- Department Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia, 3168.
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Sant GR, Kempuraj D, Marchand JE, Theoharides TC. The Mast Cell in Interstitial Cystitis: Role in Pathophysiology and Pathogenesis. Urology 2007; 69:34-40. [PMID: 17462477 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.08.1109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2005] [Revised: 06/29/2006] [Accepted: 08/24/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Current evidence from clinical and laboratory studies confirms that mast cells play a central role in the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of interstitial cystitis (IC). In this article, we focus on the role of the mast cell in IC and examine the ways in which mast cells and other pathophysiologic mechanisms are interrelated in this disease. Identifying the patients with IC who have mast cell proliferation and activation will enable us to address this aspect of disease pathophysiology in these individuals with targeted pharmacotherapy to inhibit mast cell activation and mediator release.
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- Grannum R Sant
- Department of Urology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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The urothelium plays a pivotal role as a barrier between urine and its solutes and the underlying bladder. Bladder surface mucus is a critical component of this function. The biologic activity of mucus that imparts this barrier function is generated by the highly anionic polysaccharide components (eg, glycosaminoglycans), which are extremely hydrophilic and trap water at the outer layer of the umbrella cell. This trapped water forms a barrier at the critical interface between urine and the bladder. The result is a highly impermeable urothelium that serves as a key protective barrier for the bladder interstitium. In interstitial cystitis (IC), disruption of the urothelial barrier may initiate a cascade of events in the bladder, leading to symptoms and disease. Specifically, epithelial dysfunction leads to the migration of urinary solutes, in particular, potassium, that depolarize nerves and muscles and cause tissue injury. Exogenous heparinoids can restore the barrier function of the urothelium and thus successfully treat patients with IC. Groups of patients who have been given a diagnosis of IC, chronic prostatitis, and urethritis have been shown to have IC by virtue of their shared potassium sensitivity. It would seem, therefore, that mucous deficiency may be present throughout the lower urinary tract. If one is to rename these diseases, perhaps it is best to do so in reference to a shared loss of epithelial barrier function. A name such as lower urinary dysfunctional epithelium would incorporate all of these diseases under a single pathophysiologic process. As a result of these discoveries, a new paradigm for diagnosis and treatment is emerging.
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- C Lowell Parsons
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California 92103-8897, USA.
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Zeybek A, Sağlam B, Cikler E, Cetinel S, Ercan F, Sener G. Taurine ameliorates stress-induced degeneration of the urinary bladder. Acta Histochem 2007; 109:208-14. [PMID: 17287017 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2006.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2006] [Revised: 12/04/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We studied the potential effects of taurine, a free radical scavenger, on chronic water avoidance stress (WAS)-induced degeneration of the mucosa of the urinary bladder in experimental rats. Wistar albino rats were exposed to WAS for 2h/day, for 5 days (WAS group). Before exposing them to WAS, taurine (50mg/kg) (WAS+taurine group) was injected intraperitonally into the animals. Samples of urinary bladder were then investigated by light and scanning electron microscopy. Lipid peroxidation and gluthathione levels were also measured in the urinary bladder. In the WAS-only group, inflammatory cell infiltration, increased number of mast cells in the mucosa and ulcerated areas were observed. In the WAS+taurine group, relatively normal urothelial topography with microvilli, moderate inflammatory cell infiltration and decreased numbers of mast cells in the mucosa were observed. The increased lipid peroxidation and decreased glutathione levels in WAS rats were reversed by taurine treatment. We conclude that taurine protects against WAS-induced oxidant urinary bladder injury, and thus may be a possible therapeutic agent against interstitial cystitis, the symptoms of which are aggravated by stress conditions.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cell Count
- Cystitis, Interstitial/etiology
- Cystitis, Interstitial/pathology
- Cystitis, Interstitial/prevention & control
- Disease Models, Animal
- Escape Reaction
- Female
- Free Radical Scavengers/therapeutic use
- Glutathione/metabolism
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects
- Malondialdehyde/metabolism
- Mast Cells/drug effects
- Mast Cells/pathology
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Stress, Psychological/complications
- Stress, Psychological/drug therapy
- Stress, Psychological/pathology
- Taurine/therapeutic use
- Urinary Bladder/drug effects
- Urinary Bladder/metabolism
- Urinary Bladder/ultrastructure
- Water
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- Ali Zeybek
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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Panzera AK. Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. Urol Nurs 2007; 27:13-9. [PMID: 17390922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic, painful bladder syndrome primarily found in women. Although the direct cause(s) of IC are unknown, several theories exist. Common symptoms include urinary urgency, frequency, and pain. Treatment options include behavioral therapies, use of pharmacologic agents, and surgery. Patients benefit from prompt diagnosis and initiation of treatments. Important clinical features of IC in women including the pathology, common symptoms, and recommended evaluation and management strategies are reviewed.
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Seawright A. Feline interstitial cystitis study. Vet Rec 2006; 159:824. [PMID: 17158723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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