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Category Archives: Interstial Cystitis/Gynecologic
Is Fibromyalgia a Mast Cell Disease – like some “somatization diseases” such as migraine, TMJ, irritable bowel, and interstitial cystitis
Tweet WOMEN WITH FIBROMYAGLIA! NEED HELP WITH SURVEY, PLEASE CLICK HERE —————- Sorry – trying to change fonts has duplicated some areas… It is become increasingly clear that so-called “somatization” “psychosomatic” diseases are associated with abnormal concentrations of mast cells … Continue reading
Intra-Bladder Lidocaine Freezing to Diagnose Bladder Pain Syndromes and Lidocaine Treatments for Bladder Pain
Tweet 20 mls of 2% Lidocaine Intravesically (into bladder) wil cause over a 50% relief of pain in patients with bladder pain syndromes – distinguishing it from other pelvic pain diseases.
Vulvodynia Therapy Patient Resource
Tweet As a male doctor, I have trouble imparting all the info needed for someone with vulvodynia. Fortunately, Corrie Anne Goldfinger did her Master’s thesis at Queen’s University on the subject. It is available free here (~2+ MB) Since it … Continue reading
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New Treatment For Vulvodynia – 6% Gabapentin in Lipoderm
Tweet 6% Gapapentin in Lipoderm is helpful in vulodynia. Interesting how they made it up.
Mast Cells and Histamine Receptors Cause Pain in Interstital Cystitis (IC) and We Must Deal Better With Peripheral Pain Generators
Tweet Startling findings from gene deletion mice experiments implicate mast cells and histamine receptors in IC. It is also implicated that other peripheral sensitizations might follow that process.
New Option For Interstitial Cystitis
Tweet Pentosan Polysulfate, i.e. Elmiron, is used orally for IC but can take 3 – 6 months to gain effect with 35-40% of subjects having marked improvement of symptoms. as per here Now it appears it can be given intravesically … Continue reading
Restless Legs and Interstitial Cystitis Related to Gut Bacterial Overgrowth?
Tweet In those patients with Irritable bowel and restless leg syndrome, significant benefits can occur if therapy to treat bacterial overgrowth is undertaken
Bah to Lyme? – Check out Lichen Sclerosis RX
Tweet Lichen Sclerosis and its male equivalent balanitis xerotica obliterans can be disabling conditions. It can cause disabling pain, burning, pruritis, and genital lesions. Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi have been detected in cases of this, so a recent study used … Continue reading
Vulvodynia be gone? Botox study
Tweet In this small study pain levels dropped from 8.3/10 to 1.4/10 without recurrence over the year of followup. One or two botox injection sessions were needed.
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