INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS AS A PLAUSIBLE CAUSE OF OVERACTIVE BLADDER IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS: A HYPOTHESIS

Patients with chronic inflammatory disease of the bladder, known as interstitial cystitis (IC), tend to have autoimmune diseases, such as Sjogren’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis and, rarely, systemic sclerosis (SSc). SLE patients with IC are prone to present with...

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Veröffentlicht in:Central Asian journal of medical hypotheses and ethics = Centralʹnoaziatskij žurnal medicinskich gipotez i etiki = Medicinalyk̦ gipoteza men ètikanyn̦ Orta Aziâlyk̦ žurnaly 2022-08, Vol.3 (2), p.98-102
1. Verfasser: Gokcen, Neslihan
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Zusammenfassung:Patients with chronic inflammatory disease of the bladder, known as interstitial cystitis (IC), tend to have autoimmune diseases, such as Sjogren’s syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis and, rarely, systemic sclerosis (SSc). SLE patients with IC are prone to present with overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms. Lower urinary tract involvement is less usual in SSc but OAB symptoms are quite common among SSc patients with lower urinary tract involvement. The underlying mechanisms of lower urinary tract involvement, including OAB, in SSc could be as follows: i) vasculopathy, ii) fibrosis and/or sclerosis of bladder wall, iii) systemic sclerosis-associated myopathy, and iv) autonomic dysfunction. However, the role of IC leading to OAB is unclear. This hypothesis suggests that in patients with SSc, OAB may be associated with IC.
ISSN:2708-9800
2708-9800
DOI:10.47316/cajmhe.2022.3.2.02