Jorgen Nordling • Jean-Jacques Wyndaele
Joop P. van de Merwe • Pierre Bouchelouche
Mauro Cervigni • Magnus Fall
Editors
2013
A Guide for Clinicians
In 2007 ESSIC (International society for the study of Bladder Pain Syndrome) proposed not more to use the name Interstitial Cystitis (IC) and replace the name with Bladder Pain Syndrome (BPS) [1]. The reason was that no uniform de fi nition existed of IC and the problems arising from the lack of generally approved diagnostic criteria caused enormous problems both clinically and in research. To change a name of a disease is not something you do without careful consideration. It may have severe implications for patients, and their organizations with their aim at IC, and also for insurance and reimbursement practices in different health systems around the world.