The most common symptoms of<unk> /BPS are suprapubic pain, urinary frequency, painful sexual intercourse, and waking up from sleep to urinate. In general, symptoms may include painful urination described as a burning sensation in the urethra during urination, pelvic pain that is worsened with the consumption of certain foods or drinks, urinary urgency, and pressure in the bladder or pelvis. Other frequently described symptoms are urinary hesitancy (needing to wait for the urinary stream to begin, often caused by pelvic floor dysfunction and tension), and discomfort and difficulty driving, working, exercising, or traveling. Pelvic pain experienced by those with<unk>  typically worsens with filling of the urinary bladder and may improve with urination. During cystoscopy, 5–10% of people with<unk>  are found to have Hunner's ulcers. A person with<unk>  may have discomfort only in the urethra, while another might struggle with pain in the entire pelvis.<unk>  symptoms usually fall into one of two patterns: significant suprapubic pain with little frequency or a lesser amount of suprapubic pain but with increased urinary frequency. Association with other conditions Some people with<unk> /BPS have been diagnosed with other conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, allergies, Sjögren syndrome, which raises the possibility that<unk>  may be caused by mechanisms that cause these other conditions. There is also some evidence of an association between urologic pain syndromes, such as<unk> /BPS and CP/CPPS, with non-celiac gluten sensitivity in some people. In addition, men with<unk> /PBS are frequently diagnosed as having chronic nonbacterial prostatitis, and there is an extensive overlap of symptoms and treatment between the two conditions, leading researchers to posit that the conditions may share the same cause and pathology.
Interstitial cystitis
Bladder cancer
Hemorrhagic cystitis
Endometriosis
Eosinophilic cystitis
Urinary tract infection
Emphysematous cystitis
Prostatitis