Urgency is experienced as a constant and often intense need to pass urine.įrequent urination usually occurs both day and night and in some patients may be very severe. May occur with sexual intercourse in both women and men.May be felt in the lower abdominal area and can sometimes extend to the lower part of the back and/ or to the groin or thighs.May be experienced as a discomfort, tenderness, feeling of pressure on the bladder, burning sensation in the bladder or burning vaginal discomfort.Is felt in the penis, testes, scrotum and perineum in men.Is felt above the pubic bone but may also be felt in the vagina and urethra (tube draining urine from the bladder) in women.Is felt classically as the bladder fills with urine.The key symptoms of IC/ PBS are pain, frequency of urination and urgency (the urgent desire to pass urine). Patients of all ages can be affected but these conditions occur most commonly in women aged in their 20’s to 40’s.
Who can be affected by IC / PBS?ĩ0% of affected patients are women. IC/ PBS can be associated with irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and other pain syndromes. The American Urological Association Guidelines define IC/ PBS as an unpleasant sensation (pain, pressure or discomfort) perceived to be related to the bladder, associated with lower urinary tract symptoms (such as frequency and urgency) present for at least 6 weeks in the absence of infection or other identifiable causes. Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a subtype of painful bladder syndrome where specific inflammatory changes in the bladder are present at cystoscopy (a telescope examination of the bladder) with biopsy findings that may include increased numbers of a certain inflammatory cell type (mast cells) in bladder biopsies. Painful bladder syndrome (PBS) is a long term, painful condition of the bladder the exact cause of which is unknown, although there are many theories as to its cause. What is Interstitial Cystitis (IC) or Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS)?
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