Potential CPPS and dry eye correlation discovered

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Potential CPPS and dry eye correlation discovered

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There appears to be an association between chronic pain syndromes, mental health, and dry eye, which, according to the researchers who identified this link, might indicate a central pain disorder.

If this is the case, a new approach is needed for diagnosis and treatment of these patients to improve patient outcomes.

In their recent publication in The Journal of Pain (2015; Dec 1.epub), investigators led by Anat Galor, MD, MSPH, explained that recent research has shown “that dry eye susceptibility and other chronic pain syndromes such as chronic widespread pain, irritable bowel syndrome, and pelvic pain, might share common heritable factors.”
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http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26606863
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Re: Potential CPPS and dry eye correlation discovered

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My eyes are chronically dry (Dry Eye Syndrome), and my mouth as well, btw - as much as the same time when my CP/CPPS started back then in 2005.
Age: 30 | Onset Age: 19| Symptoms: Urinary frequency, Urinary urgency, constant 24/7 sensation in the penis (in the tip mainly - burning/pressure/discomfort/"wetness"), Nocturia, discomfort and pressure in the pelvic region radiating to the abdomen and becoming severe as time passes since last urination (resolved in 2014 by myofascial release), Stream velocity is somewhat slow and prolonged with an average velocity of ~13cc/min (and max 18cc/min) found in flowmetry test when bladder is filled with 500cc at age 25 (I always feel like I need to press my abdomen to urinate, improved later on when using alpha blockers)| Helped By: especially MYOFASCIAL RELEASE (especially in the areas of hips and abdomen) - generally resolved my abdominal aches, but penile symptoms remained the same| Worsened By: Coffee and possibly some other food as well| Other comments: Quercetin and acupuncture helped me no more than a placebo effect. Age 25-26: Diagnosed with indirect inguinal hernia and medium hydrocele at the same side. After operation many of the acute symptoms disappeared, but the chronic urinary and pelvic symptoms remained much the same.
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