UCPPS - Prostatitis, Interstitial Cystitis Forum

acupoints-ucpps.png Figure: The location and distribution of the acupoints Notes: The black, gray, red, yellow, green, blue, purple, and brown circles or lines represent the frequency/acupoint of bladder meridian of foot-taiyang, ren meridian, kidney meridian of foot-shaoyin, gallbladder meridian o...

They are all linked via familial genetics. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37458197/ You may find other members of your family have had or do have similar maladies. Okay, so we've known this for a couple of decades already, and this study is just more confirmation. The bottom line is that you very l...

Uros are dealing with an unprecedented degree of "burnout, depression, frustration and sadness". Don't be surprised that they aren't the friendliest people

https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2023 ... st-6016095

Anti-inflammatory diets are an excellent way to help us alleviate chronic pain syndrome. Dr Michael Greger reveals the research:

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His most recent podcast (July 2023) explains how to diagnose muscle based pelvic pain. It's the first time someone has explained how this problem is diagnosed.

Bottom line: You have to take them for a few months to see if they work Systematic Review of Alpha Blockers for the Treatment of Pain in Chronic Prostatitis Anthony M. Carona, University of Houston College of Medicine Introduction: Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a dis...

Fails for prostate cancer , that is. Because DRE has been such a "go-to" test for so many decades, I thought this is worth posting. Cancer detection rate by PSA is four times higher compared to the DRE detection. Around 18% of the tumors are located in the part of the prostate where DRE c...

Interestingly, urticaria and Bladder Pain Syndrome are linked http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36343865 In patients with interstitial cystitis or bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), 85% were found to have pelvic floor myofascial pain and hypertonicity. However, physicians are not typically trained to ...

Social problem solving as a mediator of stress and chronic prostatitis symptomology PMID: 36267040 DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2022.2132410 Social problem solving (SPS), the process by which individuals attempt to cope with stressful life problems, has previously been found to mediate the relationship be...

Men With Chronic Orchialgia Exhibit Differential Neuroinflammatory Gene Expression Relative to Asymptomatic Controls https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35644304/ Translation: men with UCPPS whose main symptom is chronic testicle pain differ from 'normal' men in that genes controlling nerve inflammatio...

Men with chronic orchialgia (testicle pain) have nerve-inflaming genes that work differently to normal men, and they can benefit from denervation surgery:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 9522004344

Efficacy of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy for pelvic pain reduction and symptom improvement in interstitial cystitis: A pilot study https://app.swapcard.com/event/2022-aua-annual-meeting-new-orleans/planning/UGxhbm5pbmdfODc5MTQ0 Patients who catastrophize less throughout treatment have...

Well, n=1 , but I have had a report from an old friend that treatment with omalizumab injections has removed his UCPPS. Here is a list of what is gone: CPPS (I can’t detect it now). Asthma. All allergies to pollen, dust, dander. Dermographism. Urticaria. Itching. I thought I'd note it here for futur...

Men without a history of pelvic pain were able to relax their pelvic floor muscles back to baseline after performing voluntary pelvic floor muscle contractions. In contrast, men with CP/CPPS, particularly those with ejaculation-related pain, had an impaired ability to relax their pelvic floor muscl...