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 ...

In 2016, immunohistochemical evidence revealed major differences in the inflammatory characteristics of Hunner and non-Hunner interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS). Evidence has also ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

One of the main challenges for treating urinary tract infections is their high recurrence, especially in women. The underlying mechanisms of this high recurrence rate are not well understood, but ...