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What are the symptoms if a person having interstitial cystitis or bladder cancer?
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See below: These are two completely separate issues. Interstitial cystitis is continued pain and inflammation, suggestive of uti, but without evidence of uti. Bladder cancer is often silent, manifested only with unexplained blood in the urine. Bladder cancer is diagnosed by cystoscopy.
Answered 6/19/2017
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Depends: Interstitial cystitis is a diagnosis of exclusion. It causes suprapubic pain and a persistent, urgent need to urinate. Bladder cancer can cause no symptoms but often microscopic or gross hematuria (blood in urine).
Answered 6/19/2017
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IC: Interstitial cystitis has many symptoms similar to bacterial cystitis. Typically patients have urgency and frequency and even pain with urination. Pelvic pain and pain with sexual intercourse in women is also very common. Bladder cancer is quite unusual in your age group. I would not think this would be very high on the differential diagnosis.
Answered 6/19/2017
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