IC/BPS updates 2022

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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 consider or assess these factors as contributing to patients' IC/BPS symptoms.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36375205

There is a strong correlation between past trauma and the development of interstitial cystitis, as well as a much higher incidence of PTSD in patients diagnosed with IC
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36425233

And for UCPPS more generally: stress linked to LUTS (lower urinary tract symptoms)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405196