From bladder to systemic syndrome: concept and treatment evolution of interstitial cystitis.

Int J Womens Health

Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal ; Department of Urology, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.

Published: August 2015

Interstitial cystitis, presently known as bladder pain syndrome, has been recognized for over a century but is still far from being understood. Its etiology is unknown and the syndrome probably harbors different diseases. Autoimmune dysfunction, urothelial leakage, infection, central and peripheral nervous system dysfunction, genetic disease, childhood trauma/abuse, and subsequent stress response system dysregulation might be implicated. Management is slowly evolving from a solo act by the end-organ specialist to a team approach based on new typing and phenotyping of the disease. However, oral and invasive treatments are still largely aimed at the bladder and are based on currently proposed pathophysiologic mechanisms. Future research will better define the disease, permitting individualization of treatment.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4516339PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S60798DOI Listing

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