title: The Chinese approach to complementary and alternative medicine treatment for interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome.
abstract: Management of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) remains a challenge due to poor understanding on its etiology. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), as an optional treatment, has been widely used, because no definitive conventional therapy is available. The different domain of CAM provides miscellaneous treatments for IC/BPS, which mainly include dietary modification, nutraceuticals, bladder training, biofeedback, yoga, massage, physical therapy, Qigong, traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture. Clinical evidence has shown that each therapy can certainly benefit a portion of IC/BPS patients. However, the target patient group of each therapy has not been well studied and randomized, controlled trials are needed to further confirm the efficacy and reliability of CAM on managing IC/BPS. Despite these limitations, CAM therapeutic characteristics including non-invasive and effectiveness for specific patients allow clinicians and patients to realize multimodal and individualized therapy for IC/BPS.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Urology, Guang An Men Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China ; 2 Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Urology, Guang An Men Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100053, China ; 2 Department of Urology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ali
keywords: Interstitial cystitis; bladder pain syndrome; complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); individualized therapy; integrative medicine; multimodal therapy
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