SAN ANTONIO — When evaluating women with pelvic pain, consider the vestibule, says a urologist and sexual medicine specialist who says clinicians should stop ignoring this underappreciated component ...

At 16, I knew something was wrong. Little did I know my rare condition would take several specialists and seven years to diagnose.

Bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) is a disabling chronic condition that affects up to 7% of women in the USA. In men, BPS/IC seems to be less common, but might be underestimated ...

Q: I seem to get bladder infections every time I have sex. What would you suggest? (I hope it’s not abstinence!) A: It sounds as though you may have a condition that doctors have euphemistically ...

Cystitis refers to inflammation of the bladder and usually occurs due to infection. The most common cause of cystitis is bacterial infection of the urinary tract, which spreads to the bladder where it ...

Women are at greater risk of dying from bladder cancer because it is easy to dismiss the signs and symptoms of the disease as a simple urine infection, experts have warned. New research has revealed ...

Interstitial cystitis means inflammation in all the layers of the bladder. Doctors thought that only in this disease they would find inflammation in all the layers, but slowly they realized that other ...

The term cystitis refers to inflammation of the bladder and is usually caused by infection. The risk of bladder infection is increased by factors such as urinary tract infection, injury or irritation ...

Interstitial cystitis, also known as IC, also known as painful bladder syndrome, is a very poorly understood condition. It ...