Allergy of the Lower Urinary Tract

Powell, Norborne B.; Powell, Elizabeth B.; Thomas, Orville C.; Queng, Joseph T.; McGovern, John P.

doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(17)61100-5

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“…Some etiological factors are interrelated: most patients with asthma had an allergic constitution, and 10 of them used tranilast medication (antiasthmatic medication only available in Japan) which is clearly a cause of EC (stopping the drug led to cure without further therapy; starting the drug again led to recurrence of EC) [49, 52, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83]. Local allergy of the bladder with infiltration of eosinophils was described before the discovery of EC [84, 85, 86]. Axelrod et al [9]and Gerharz et al [31]found immune complexes in the bladder, but not in the upper urinary tract and kidney, suggesting local formation of these complexes.…”

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Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Cystitis

Ouden¹

2000

European Urology

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Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Cystitis

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2000

European Urology

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“…Allergy as a possible cause of lower urinary tract symptoms has been considered in the past. Between 1960 and 1970, Powell et al treated more than 900 patients who were complaining of urinary tract symptoms and were placed on dietary restrictions and antihistamines [11]. They found that 75% of these patients were relieved of their symptoms.…”

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A Dietary Cure For Prostatitis and the Urethral Syndrome

Krisiloff¹

2002

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

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EVERY YEAR, MILLIONS of men and women visit urologists and primary care physicians for the symptoms caused by either prostatitis in men or the urethral syndrome in women. These visits result in billions of health care dollars being spent annually.A study by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics suggests that 25% of visits by men to urologists are for prostatitis [1]. It has been estimated that 50% of all males experience symptoms of prostatitis during their lifetime [2]. Prostatitis is the most common urological diagnosis in men younger than 50 and is the third most common urological diagnosis in those older than 50 (after benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer). It appears that prostatitis affects men of all ages [3]. Similarly, 50% of adult females have an attack of urinary symptoms at sometime in their lives. About half of their episodes of dysuria and frequency will be caused by the urethral syndrome [4].The clinical presentation of both prostatitis and the urethral syndrome are very similar. The symptoms include nocturia and irritative voiding complaints such as frequency, dysuria, urgency, and urgency incontinence. Lower abdominal pain, lower back pain, genital pain and pain associated with intercourse can often be associated with these syndromes. Some instances of microscopic hematuria, terminal or initial hematuria, post-void dribble, hesitancy, feeling of incomplete emptying and interrupted stream are also associated with this complex of symptoms.Prostatitis has been grouped into different categories as defined by Drach et al.[5] These include acute bacterial prostatitis, chronic bacterial prostatitis, nonbacterial prostatitis, and prostatodynia. Acute prostatitis is usually evident on clinical grounds and is relatively easy to treat. In contrast, chronic prostatitis, nonbacterial prostatitis, and prostatodynia are difficult to treat and the etiology has never been clearly determined.The urethral syndrome (also known as urethral stenosis) commonly presents with voiding difficulties, perineal and lower abdominal discomfort, or painful sexual encounters. The diagnosis is made when voiding symptoms are present without any demonstration of an infectious process. A true mechanical obstruction is rarely demonstrated [6]. According to Bodner, "there is no reason to assume that a similar entity does not incur in men, possibly as prostatodynia" [7].An inexpensive and simple dietary approach is presented for the treatment of prostatitis and the urethral An analysis was done to determine the effectiveness of a dietary approach for the treatment of prostatitis in men and the urethral syndrome in women. Two thousand three hundred and eighty five patients (1,710 men and 675 women) with symptoms of prostatitis or the urethral syndrome were followed. All patients in the study had at least two symptoms commonly associated with prostatitis or urethral syndrome. All patients were treated only with a strict diet, which eliminated caffeine, alcohol, and hot, spicy foods for 12 weeks. There was an 87% succe...

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Unspezifische Infektionen des Urogenitaltraktes

Meares¹

1992

Smiths Urologie

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Allergy of the Lower Urinary Tract

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Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Cystitis

Diagnosis and Management of Eosinophilic Cystitis

A Dietary Cure For Prostatitis and the Urethral Syndrome

Unspezifische Infektionen des Urogenitaltraktes

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