BPS and associated diseases: literature on inflammatory bowel disease
(Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) and BPS
ESSIC uses the name bladder pain syndrome (BPS) instead of interstitial cystitis (IC) and/or painful bladder syndrome (PBS): click here for more details.
Intercurrent autoimmune conditions in classic and non-ulcer interstitial cystitis. Peeker R, Atanasiu L, Logadottir Y. Scand J Urol Nephrol 2003;37:60-3
• inflammatory bowel disease was not diagnosed in any of the patients with non-ulcer IC (n=93) whereas 2.3% of the patients with classic IC (n=129) had either ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, approximately 33 times the prevalence seen in the general population
