Interstitial Cystitis & Lyme Disease
Interstitial Cystitis & Lyme Disease
Borrelia burgdorferi spirochetes have been found both in bladder biopsies and the urine of patients with Lyme disease as well as in experimental animals. The urological symptoms in borreliosis resemble those of interstitial cystitis (IC): frequency, urgency and nocturia.
QUOTE- "Following treatment with methylprednisolone and ceftriaxone, he attained complete recovery apart from neurogenic bladder necessitating intermittent self-catheterization." Source
QUOTE- "After tick bite, statistical analyses showed that BRE-13 (Lyme spirochete) was more prevalent than N40 in the brain, in the bladder and in the inguinal lymph node." Source
QUOTE- "Minimal to moderate lymphoplasmacytic inflammation, with a predilection for perivascular spaces and collagenous tissues, was observed in multiple tissues, including the cerebral leptomeninges, brainstem, peripheral nerves from both fore and hind limbs, stifle synovium and perisynovial adipose tissue, urinary bladder, skeletal muscle, myocardium, and visceral pericardium." Source
QUOTE- "This first systematic controlled study confirms that Lyme disease is associated with urinary bladder detrusor dysfunction. Further evaluation of detrusor function is warranted in this disease." Source