UCPPS - Prostatitis, Interstitial Cystitis Forum

Ultrasound findings in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome Alvin Wee and Daniel A. Shoskes Current Prostate Reports Volume 6, Number 4 / November, 2008 145-184 Abstract: Category III prostatitis, also known as chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS), is a common condition of ...

This article is misleading because the title states dysfunction but the article discusses obstruction ...In the case of proven obstruction, well then yes have that surgically taken care of...But why is it titled "dysfunction" in your header? Obviously an obstruction will cause the dysfunc...

I don't agree with this at all.... What were looking at is pelvic floor dysfunction and as a whole the dysfunction can relate to all the processes of the pelvic floor and the organs that are supported by it... I'm willing to say that 99.9999% of any men who have had any surgery to treat their UCPPS...

Phytotherapy in chronic prostatitis Maximilien C. Goris, Thierry Roumeguere, Sanjai K. Addla, Claude C. Schulman and Bob Djavan Erasme Hospital, Department of Urology, University Clinics of Brussels, Route de Lennik, 808, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome con...

Ejaculatory Duct Dysfunction and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome in Men Harry Fisch, MD, Columbia University Current Prostate Reports 2009, 7:35–38 Chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) describes unexplained pelvic pain in men associated with irritative voiding symptoms, post-orgasmic pain, and/or pain ...

Nonpharmacological Approaches for the Treatment of Urological Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes in Men Jeannette M. Potts, MD Current Urology Reports 2009, 10:289-294 Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis, or urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome (UCPPS), remains a common and often challenging disorder to...

Phenotypic Approach to the Management of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome J. Curtis Nickel, MD and Daniel Shoskes, MD Current Urology Reports 2009, 10:307-312 There is no one unifying etiological mechanism or specific curative therapy for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain synd...

I agree with neither, actually. Nickel says CPPS is"not due to any single known disease process." This is a terribly premature statement that pre-empts possible and even probably findings in the future. I don't follow this, given that he says any single known disease process. That leaves ...

This may not answer the question, but: Techniques used include effleurage, petrissage, friction, tapotement, vibration and kneading. These techniques were applied in upper and lower limbs, trunk, buttocks, abdomen, head and neck each for prescribed time periods (eg 10 minutes massage to head and nec...

The results are suggestive, but one thing to bear in mind is that the 57% vs. 21% numbers in the abstract combine subjects with CPPS and IC. For CPPS specifically, the difference between myofascial PT and massage was not as marked. 4 out of 10 men with CPPS who got massage responded (were at least m...

A pair of short articles in the July 2009 Journal of Urology. "Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain: The Syndrome" J. Curtis Nickel "In conclusion, I believe that CP/CPPS is a syndrome diagnosed by recognizable signs and symptoms that are not due to any single known disease process...

Hi can you tell me where i can get more information on this, and what the points on the body were please. Thanks! The EA therapy protocol included a total of 6 acupuncture points at the bilateral BL32 (zhongliao), BL33 (ciliao), and GB30 (huantiao) were selected according to the theory of neuroanat...