A bout of the common bladder infection, cystitis, may signal the presence of urogenital cancers—which affect parts of the body involved in reproduction and excretion—in middle-aged adults, suggests ...

Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is a chronic condition in which there is long-lasting pain and pressure ...

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 (sis-TIE-tis) is the medical term for inflammation of the bladder. Most of the time, the inflammation is caused by a bacterial infection, and it's called a urinary tract infection (UTI). A ...

Cystitis refers to bacterial infection of the bladder, which causes it to become inflamed. It is a common type of lower urinary tract infection (UTI) that occurs when bacteria enter the bladder via ...

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 ...

If you suffer from interstitial cystitis (IC)-a chronic inflammatory disorder of the bladder-you know the discomfort can be ...

One morning, you find the toilet bowl stained red.Surprised, you watch it for a while. The next urine is a little lighter in ...

Chronic stress may contribute to the pain and urinary symptoms experienced by people with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are very common and often mild. Often, UTIs even resolve on their own without treatment. However, a rare type of UTI called emphysematous cystitis (EC) is much more ...

Although cystitis per se in the female — either young or old — is an exceedingly rare condition, the triad of symptoms generally interpreted as indicative of cystitis is extremely frequent in ...