Open AccessRelationship of Bladder Pain With Clinical and Urinary Markers of Neuroinflammation in Women With Urinary Urgency Without Urinary Incontinence
Author(s) -
Alex Soriano,
Uduak U. Andy,
Daisy Hassani,
Kristene Whitmore,
Heidi S. Harvie,
Anna Malykhina,
Lily A. Arya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2154-4212
pISSN - 2151-8378
DOI - 10.1097/spv.0000000000000951
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary system , neuropathic pain , urinary incontinence , urology , urinary urgency , nerve growth factor , interstitial cystitis , urinary bladder , overactive bladder , international prostate symptom score , lower urinary tract symptoms , prostate , pathology , anesthesia , alternative medicine , receptor , cancer
The pathogenesis of bladder pain is poorly understood. Our hypothesis is that in women with urinary urgency without incontinence, bladder pain is associated with the presence of neurogenic inflammation in the bladder wall and neuroinflammatory biomarkers in the urine.