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The basics behind bladder pain: A review of data on lower urinary tract sensations
Author(s) -
WYNDAELE J. J.,
DE WACHTER STEFAN
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1442-2042
pISSN - 0919-8172
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2042.10.s1.11.x
Subject(s) - medicine , interstitial cystitis , sensation , bladder pain syndrome , pain sensation , lower urinary tract symptoms , urinary system , sensory system , urinary bladder , urinary urgency , urology , overactive bladder , anesthesia , pathology , anatomy , neuroscience , alternative medicine , prostate , cancer , biology
Interstitial cystitis is a syndrome consisting of frequency, urgency, and bladder pain that increases with bladder filling and improves temporarily after voiding. The exact cause or causes are not as yet fully understood. This leads to uncertainty in diagnosis and treatment. There is need for more knowledge, and to acquire this for more research. The fact that the condition causes pain, a pathologic stimulation of sensory fibres, makes understanding the basic sensory mechanisms in the lower urinary tract in normal and pathologic conditions mandatory. In this article we review the data on bladder sensation from the last 25 years and the possible relation with painful bladder syndrome.