Urologic Diseases Research Updates
Spring/Summer 2007

Featured in the NIDDK Reference Collection

Interstitial Cystitis—Painful Bladder Syndrome Checklist

This single-page article provides a checklist readers can use as they cope with the problem of interstitial cystitis (IC)/painful bladder syndrome (PBS). The author stresses that evaluation and treatment of bladder pain progresses step by step. The checklist tells people what to expect at each of six visits to a health care provider. The first visit includes diagnostic questions, a physical examination, laboratory tests, and a discussion of test results. The second visit includes more detailed tests, a discussion about management of IC/PBS, and planning for treatment, including diet, physical therapy, and medications. The third and following visits are for progress review and contain fewer checklist items. Readers are reminded that health care providers may differ in their specific approaches to IC/PBS, but this checklist gives an overview of what to expect.

A copy of the checklist is available from Female Patient, 7 Century Drive, Suite 302, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

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NIH Publication No. 07–5743
June 2007

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