I HAVE interstitial cystitis. The trouble started four years ago after a prolapse operation — I caught a bug while in hospital after having a catheter. I was told I would just have to live with it, ...

Most women will suffer from cystitis — infection of the urinary tract and bladder — at some point in their lives. With symptoms including a frequent and urgent need to urinate and pain in the bladder, ...

Interstitial cystitis (IC), or painful bladder syndrome (PBS), occurs most frequently in women and requires a combination drug therapeutic approach to relieve symptoms. IC/PBS is a long-lasting ...

(HealthDay)—The symptoms of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) are widespread among men in the United States, according ...

Interstitial cystitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (IC/CPPS) is a bladder condition in women that is characterized by chronic irritative bladder symptoms in the presence of sterile urine. The etiology ...

The Honeymoon Disease, UTIs, repeated water infections... different names for the same pain. But it's a pain that, for so many of us, can switch from a mild inconvenience into something more serious.

Individuals with lupus may be at a higher risk of developing interstitial cystitis, a chronic condition characterized by inflammation, pain, and pressure in the bladder. Interstitial cystitis, also ...

Women with vulvodynia at much higher risk for other chronic pain conditions, according to a new study. Women with vulvodynia at much higher risk for other chronic pain conditions, according to a new ...

It is a chronic condition which causes debilitating pain. Interstitial cystitis (IC, sometimes referred to as painful bladder syndrome) is described by the NHS as “poorly understood bladder condition ...

Label-free digital pathology using infrared (IR) imaging with subsequent proteomic analysis for bladder cancer (BC) has revealed the first protein biomarker (AHNAK2) for BC. AHNAK2 differentiates ...

Prevalence of Interstitial Cystitis/Chronic Prostatitis ID’d The symptoms of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) are ...