Interstitial Cystitis

Also Know As IC, Painful Bladder Syndrome, Chronic Cystitis

Alternative Treatment Efficacy According to GRADE* Ranking:

Aromatherapy:

Recommendation: weakly against (early trials done show no support of claims that aromatherapy may help with interstitial cystitis)

Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatment

1. Anderson RU, Wise D, Sawyer T, Chan CA (2006). "Sexual dysfunction in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: improvement after trigger point release and paradoxical relaxation training". J. Urol. 176 (4 Pt 1): 1534–8; discussion 1538–9.

2. Oyama IA, Rejba A, Lukban JC, et al. (November 2004). "Modified Thiele massage as therapeutic intervention for female patients with interstitial cystitis and high-tone pelvic floor dysfunction". Urology 64 (5): 862–5

3. "Prostatitis and Wheat". www.chronicprostatitis.com. http://www.chronicprostatitis.com/wheat.html.

4. "Complementary and Alternative Therapies as Treatment Approaches for Interstitial Cystitis", Reviews in Urology (www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov) 4(Suppl 1) (Suppl 1): S28–S35, May 14, 2002, PMID 16986031, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1476005, "Our experience at the Pelvic Floor Institute shows that IC patients need 10–20 acupuncture treatment sessions in order to achieve symptom relief."

5. Hsieh CH, Chang ST, Hsieh CJ, et al. (October 2008). "Treatment of interstitial cystitis with hydrodistention and bladder training". Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 19 (10): 1379–84. doi:10.1007/s00192-008-0640-9

6. Dell JR, Parsons CL (March 2004). "Multimodal therapy for interstitial cystitis". J Reprod Med 49 (3 Suppl): 243–52.

7. Rapkin AJ, Kames LD (May 1987). "The pain management approach to chronic pelvic pain". J Reprod Med 32 (5): 323–7

8. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec17/ch228/ch228e.html?qt=interstitial%20cystitis&alt=sh#sec17-ch228-ch228e-381

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