Psychosomatic Aspects of Chronic Recurrent Cystitis.

INTRODUCTION: In spite of intensive research, chronic recurrent cystitis is etiologically a still insufficiently understood clinical picture. CASE REPORT: A 52-year-old patient presented with recurrent cystitis that had been treated exclusively somatically for years for which at least a psychosomatic co-pathogenesis of magnitude of the discomfort was diagnostically representable as well as being of therapeutic utility. CONCLUSION: In recollection of a bio-psychosocial understanding of human diseases, psychosomatic considerations should be undertaken at last but not least in patients with persistent cystitis.     «

INTRODUCTION: In spite of intensive research, chronic recurrent cystitis is etiologically a still insufficiently understood clinical picture. CASE REPORT: A 52-year-old patient presented with recurrent cystitis that had been treated exclusively somatically for years for which at least a psychosomatic co-pathogenesis of magnitude of the discomfort was diagnostically representable as well as being of therapeutic utility. CONCLUSION: In recollection of a bio-psychosocial understanding of human dise...     »