Bladder pain is a cause of chronic pelvic pain, constituting a common presentation in urology outpatient consultation. Bladder pain syndrome is one of the most challenging urological disorders to diagnose and manage. Symptoms can be highly debilitating for patients. The exact etiology remains unclear although there have been associations with other regional and global functional disorders.
Bladder pain syndrome is a neglected debilitating chronic pain condition characterized by urinary frequency, urgency and pain or discomfort which the patient attributes to the bladder. A significant part of outpatient urological consultation involves various types of chronic pelvic pain syndrome among both men and women. Bladder pain syndrome is a well-known medical entity to urologists and is least understood functional urological disorders. Pathophysiology The exact pathogenesis has been…
