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Interstitial Cystis/Painful Bladder Syndrome is a condition, often misdiagnosed, of unknown cause and for which there are many different treatments that have been used with varying success. Symptoms usually consist of urinary urgency and frequency with or without pelvic and/or lower abdominal pain. Painful intercourse is also a common symptom. Diagnosis is tricky, as there are other conditions that mimic all or some of the symptoms of IC/PBS and diagnosis is one of exclusion of other possible conditions. New diagnostic methods and treatment regimens are being introduced and some seem particularly promising.

Often, patients present with a history of multiple or recurrent "urinary tract infections." They have even responded to antibiotic treatment, but that response might, really, only be a manifestation of the natural course of IC, whose symptoms, in many cases, wax and wane over a period of time- the "cure" simply being a lull in the symptoms of IC. Therefore, it is important for a patient who has had multiple "urinary tract infections" diagnosed without a positive urine culture to seek the care of a urologist with expertise and interest in the diagnosis and treatment of IC/PBS. 

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