Currently, there are a few urologists who are developing multi-modal approaches to treating IC and related diseases. These physicians work in conjunction with other specialists in related fields of medicine to provide wide-ranging treatment strategies for patients' varying symptoms. As more and more research points to relationships between various diseases processes, it will be easier to find comprehensive help for the array of symptoms IC patients experience, in the bladder and beyond. Increased tyrosine hydroxylase immunore-activity in bladder tissue from patients with classic and nonulcer interstitial cystitis. Peeker R, Fall M. Treatment guidelines for classic and non-ulcer interstitial cystitis.
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