Living with Long COVID, ME/CFS, dysautonomia, or MCAS is a profoundly challenging experience that often requires navigating a medical system ill-equipped to handle complex, multi-systemic illnesses
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A recent editorial in Arthroscopy , a top journal in the field, highlighted this mismatch directly
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Participants were asked, "Have you ever had symptoms of a bladder infection (such as pain in your bladder and frequent urination) that lasted more than 3 months?" Those who gave a positive response were then asked, "When you had this condition, were you told that you had interstitial cystitis or painful bladder syndrome?" An affirmative answer to both questions was considered to define the presence of IC/BPS