The subject, its biology, and the chronic recurrent cystitis.

Functional disorders in urology are troubling for both patients and physicians. Moreover, advances in recent research promise to provide biological insights into psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunological pathways that are one important facet of chronic urogenital inflammations. We present a case of a middle-aged woman with long-lasting recurrent cystitis for which especially a psychosomatic approach helped to understand and cure the disorder. Altogether, as practitioners treat subjects, not illnesses, a biopsychosocial understanding of human disease should be taken into account in cases of chronic recurrent cystitis.

Citation

Michael Noll-Hussong, Michael Autenrieth, Dan Pokorny, Simone Herberger, Dorothea Huber. The subject, its biology, and the chronic recurrent cystitis. Case reports in psychiatry. 2012;2012:601705

PMID: 22934220

search → result