Threadworm cystitis.

Management of threadworm infestation during pregnancy.

Eosinophilic Cystitis and Interstitial Cystitis: may allergy

Received: Feb-2015 Revised: Feb-2015 Accepted: Mar-2015 Allergic diseases have increased in prevalence during recent years. Although they impose numerous health and financial burden on patients and their family and also the society, they are to some extent preventable and manageable. While reviewing the literature to find any relationship between allergic disease as the familiar and preventable...

An action plan to prevent and combat threadworm infection.

Threadworm infection is common in preschool and school-age children and is easily spread to the entire family. The infection can be treated using medication, which should be taken by all members of the family, but good hygiene measures are equally important to ensure reinfection does not occur.

Eosinophilic cystitis

We describe four cases of eosinophilic cystitis in whom no specific cause could be found, and review the literature. Complaints at presentation included urgency, frequency, abdominal pain, and haematuria. In three patients the symptoms and ultrasound pictures suggested a bladder tumour. One patient was treated with anticholinergics and corticosteroids without relief of symptoms; a localised eos...

Eosinophilic cystitis.

We report two cases of eosinophilic cystitis that had been diagnosed anatomo-pathologically after TUR. These patients had a previous history of low grade and stage superficial bladder tumor that had been treated by intravesical interferon after surgery. The literature is reviewed highlighting the etiopathogenic aspects, the possible relationship with immune allergic factors, clinical aspects, d...