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Interstitial Cystitis
Also Known As: Chronic Cystitis; IC; Painful Bladder Syndrome
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Linked signs and symptoms
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Linked drugs / medications
0No linked drugs are listed yet.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
33Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Surgery
5Medical therapy
7- Bladder AugmentationWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Bladder Coating TherapiesWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- CystectomyWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- NeobladderWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- NeuromodulationWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Partial CystectomyWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Urinary DiversionWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
Lifestyle changes
9- Avoid Spicy Foods
- Avoid Spicy FoodsWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Low Fat DietWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Low Potassium Diet
- Pelvic Floor Muscle TrainingWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Reduce or Stop Alcohol Consumption
- Reduce or Stop Alcohol ConsumptionStrongly in Favour(High Evidence)
- Reduce or Stop Smoking
- Reduce or Stop SmokingStrongly in Favour(High Evidence)
Behavioural changes
4Alternative and complementary therapies
5Alternative therapies
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
10These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
Biological markers/agents
5This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
5- Triple Phosphate Crystals (Urine)Reference range exampleAll: 0–1 Not PresentLinked diagnostic testsUrine Crystal Concentration
- Urine Haemoglobin (Hb)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–0.02 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsUrine Haemologlobin (Hb) Concentration
- Urine Red Blood CellsReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–2 /hpfLinked diagnostic testsUrine Red Blood Cells Concentration
- Urine White Blood CellsReference range exampleAll: 0–5 /hpfLinked diagnostic testsUrine White Blood Cells Test
- White Blood Cell (WBC)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 4.5–10.5 million/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 3.2–10 million/mLLinked diagnostic testsWhite Blood Cell (WBC) Count
Often decreased
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Interstitial Cystitis
Alternative Treatment Efficacy According to GRADE* Ranking:
Aromatherapy:
Recommendation: weakly against (early trials done show no support of claims that aromatherapy may help with interstitial cystitis)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatment
1. Anderson RU, Wise D, Sawyer T, Chan CA (2006). "Sexual dysfunction in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: improvement after trigger point release and paradoxical relaxation training". J. Urol. 176 (4 Pt 1): 1534–8; discussion 1538–9.
2. Oyama IA, Rejba A, Lukban JC, et al. (November 2004). "Modified Thiele massage as therapeutic intervention for female patients with interstitial cystitis and high-tone pelvic floor dysfunction". Urology 64 (5): 862–5
3. "Prostatitis and Wheat". www.chronicprostatitis.com. http://www.chronicprostatitis.com/wheat.html.
4. "Complementary and Alternative Therapies as Treatment Approaches for Interstitial Cystitis", Reviews in Urology (www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov) 4(Suppl 1) (Suppl 1): S28–S35, May 14, 2002, PMID 16986031, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1476005, "Our experience at the Pelvic Floor Institute shows that IC patients need 10–20 acupuncture treatment sessions in order to achieve symptom relief."
5. Hsieh CH, Chang ST, Hsieh CJ, et al. (October 2008). & quot;Treatment of interstitial cystitis with hydrodistention and bladder training". Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 19 (10): 1379–84. doi:
Dell JR, Parsons CL (March 2004). "Multimodal therapy for interstitial cystitis". J Reprod Med 49 (3 Suppl): 243–52.
7. Rapkin AJ, Kames LD (May 1987). "The pain management approach to chronic pelvic pain". J Reprod Med 32 (5): 323–7
8. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec17/ch228/ch228e.html?qt=interstitial%20cystitis&alt=sh#sec17-ch228-ch228e-381