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Urinary Urgency
Incontinence
Pelvic/Bladder Pain
Blood in the Urine
Difficulty Urinating/Enlarged Prostate/Urethral Stricture
Erectile Dysfunction/ Penile Curvature
Premature Ejaculation
Kidney Mass
Pelvic/Bladder Pain
Chronic pain conditions of the pelvis and bladder can affect both men and women. In men the symptoms are classically referred to as chronic prostatitis and in women the symptoms are referred to as interstitial cystitis. People who suffer from these conditions are often in disabling pain.
Treatment of these diseases can be challenging and depends on a commitment from the patient and physician to use a variety of techniques to help control the symptoms. Pain medications and antibiotics are the first line of therapies for the disease and most patients that visit a urologist have already been through many courses of these medications before. In select cases, the use of BOTOX has been shown to help control the symptoms of interstitial cystitis. Aggressive pelvic physical therapy is a mainstay of our treatment philosophy. In addition, dietary modification and behavioral therapy are combined with medications and surgery. The results of changes in therapy are closely followed with quality-of-life measurement tools.