Interstitial Cystitis in Men: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Similarities to Chronic Prostatitis

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-472-8_15

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Interstitial Cystitis in Men: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Similarities to Chronic Prostatitis

Jonathan D. Kaye,Robert Moldwin-2008-01-01-Humana Press eBooks

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Largely a diagnosis of exclusion, IC is a clinical syndrome defined by chronic urinary urgency, frequency, and pelvic pain or discomfort in the absence of any other identifiable cause (1). The pelvic pain encountered is commonly associated with bladder filling and may lead to debilitating, although volitional, daytime and night time voiding. Seventy-five percent of men with IC also complain of hesitancy as at least one of their symptoms (2). Although IC can present at any age, it is most...

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Largely a diagnosis of exclusion, IC is a clinical syndrome defined by chronic urinary urgency, frequency, and pelvic pain or discomfort in the absence of any other identifiable cause (1). The pelvic pain encountered is commonly associated with bladder filling and may lead to debilitating, although volitional, daytime and night time voiding. Seventy-five percent of men with IC also complain of hesitancy as at least one of their symptoms (2). Although IC can present at any age, it is most...

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ProstatitisInterstitial cystitisPelvic painMedicineUrinary urgencyUrinary systemUrologyOveractive bladder

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