Interstitial Cystitis: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

Mouth, esophagus (esophagus), stomach and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).

Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).

  • Disc prolapse (herniated disc).
  • Fibromyalgia (fibromyalgia syndrome) – syndrome that can lead to chronic pain (at least 3 months) in multiple areas of the body
  • Lupus erythematosus – group of autoimmune diseases in which there is the formation of autoantibodies.
  • Rheumatic diseases
  • Back pain, chronic

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48)

  • Cervical carcinoma (cervical cancer).
  • Endometrial carcinoma (cancer of the uterus)
  • Urinary bladder carcinoma (cancer of the urinary bladder)
  • Malignant intestinal diseases (malignant diseases of the intestinal system).
  • Malignant urologic disease (malignant diseases of the urinary and urinary tract organs).
  • Prostate carcinoma (prostate cancer)
  • Tumors of the adnexa (appendages of the uterus, i.e., the ovary (ovary) and the uterine tube (fallopian tube)).

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99).

  • Affective disorders – mental illness associated with a severe, abnormal change in mood.
  • Anxiety disorder
  • Adjustment disorder
  • Nerve compression syndrome (chronic pressure damage to a peripheral nerve).
  • Neuralgia (nerve pain)/neuropathic pain syndrome.
  • Schizophrenic, schizotypal and delusional disorders.
  • Somatoform disorders – form of mental illness that results in physical symptoms without physical findings.
  • Vulvodynia – insensations and pain of the external primary sex organs that last longer than three months without identifiable cause; complaints are localized or generalized over the entire perineal area (tissue area between the anus and the external sex organs); possibly also present as a mixed form; prevalence (disease frequency) of essential vulvodynia: 1-3%.

Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – sex organs) (N00-N99).

  • Acute/chronic pyelonephritis (inflammation of the renal pelvis).
  • Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH; benign prostatic enlargement).
  • Bladder diverticulum (sac-like protrusion of the bladder wall).
  • Bladder dysfunction
  • Bladder neck rigidity
  • Bladder stone
  • Chemocystitis (inflammation of the bladder based on previous chemotherapy).
  • Chronic urinary tract inflammation (v. a. bacterial, parasitic).
  • Endometriosis – occurrence of endometrium (endometrium) extrauterine (outside the uterine cavity), for example, in or on the ovaries (ovaries), tubes (fallopian tubes), urinary bladder or intestine.
  • Neurogenic hypersensitive bladder – dysfunction of the urinary bladder due to a disorder in the nervous system.
  • Ovulation pain (pain during ovulation).
  • Prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate), chronic
  • Radiocystitis (inflammation of the bladder based on existing radiation treatment).
  • Irritable bladder (synonyms: urethral syndrome, Frequenca urgency syndrome; overactive bladder) – functional disorder of bladder function without organ pathological findings; irritable bladder occurs especially in women in the 3rd to 5th decade of life.
  • Ureteral stone (ureteral stone)
  • Urethral syndrome (irritable condition of the urinary bladder).
  • Urethritis (inflammation of the urethra)
  • Urogenital prolapse (prolapse of the vaginal anterior wall).
  • Urolithiasis (urinary stone disease)
  • Vaginitis (vaginitis)
  • Cystitis (inflammation of the bladder), bacterial in origin.