Review on chronic pelvic pain from a urological point of view
| Autor: | John C. Blankenship, Scott A. MacDiarmid, Ragi Doggweiler-Wiygul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Nephrology
medicine.medical_specialty Urology medicine.medical_treatment Cystitis Interstitial Pelvic Pain Diagnosis Differential Pelvic floor dysfunction Quality of life Internal medicine medicine Humans Chemotherapy business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Pelvic pain Interstitial cystitis medicine.disease Pathophysiology Surgery Chronic Disease Urinary Tract Infections Neurogenic Inflammation medicine.symptom business Mastocytosis |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of Urology. 19:160-165 |
| ISSN: | 1433-8726 0724-4983 |
| Popis: | Chronic pelvic pain or interstitial cystitis (IC) is an enigmatic and frustrating condition to manage as physician and to cope with as patient. Patients report moderate to excruciating pain in the suprapubic and/or vaginal area, urgency and frequency (up to 50 micturitions per day), and disruption of their social life. Many patients are declared as drug addicted and neurotic. Social status and the number of sexual partners showed no correlation with incidence. Diagnosis of IC is made by exclusion. A number of pathophysiologic mechanisms have been proposed: changes in epithelial permeability, pelvic floor dysfunction, mastocytosis, activation of C-fibers, increase of nerve growth factors, and bradykinin. No single theory can explain IC. |
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