Doctors use a combination of tests, including urinalysis, cystoscopy, urine culture, and bladder wall biopsy to diagnose interstitial cystitis. For males, they may also examine prostate secretions.

A retrograde pyelogram (RPG) is an imaging test that uses contrast dye in your urinary tract to take a better X-ray image of your urinary system. Your urinary system includes your kidneys, bladder, ...

Interstitial cystitis, also known as bladder pain syndrome, is a chronic inflammatory condition of the bladder. The main symptoms are pelvic pain, urinary urgency, urinary frequency and nocturia.

Maxime Vallée, MD, a urologist at Poitiers University Hospital in Poitiers, France, used a session dedicated to recurrent cystitis (RC) at the French Urology Association's 2023 conference to set out ...

Credit: istockphoto A novel study revealed that 55.5% of men with a history of prostate cancer who sought emergency department treatment for radiation cystitis received an invasive procedure. 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 ...

Bladder wall thickening can result from urinary tract infections (UTIs), bladder outlet obstruction (BOO), benign or cancerous tumors, or chronic inflammation. It happens when the bladder works harder ...