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Urology
 Frequently, urologists are confronted with patients with chronic prostatitis who do not respond to the conventional treatments; their pain is actually due to underlying tendonitis. Also pain experienced in the spermatic cord and testis by patients with POPSS Syndrome is actually referred pain, the spermatic cord being in close proximity to the diseased pubic bone affected by tendonitis and perioteitis (inflamed lining of the bone) .
The incidence of non-bacterial prostatitis (C.P.P.S. III) is staggering. This category involves 90-95% of all cases diagnosed as prostatitis. In the USA this condition affects tens of millions of men at some time in their lives.
Interstitial cystitis (IC) has been a controversial diagnosis. Some doctors believe that it does not exist as a separate entity. Females account for 88% of sufferers. Pelvic pain is reported in up to 70% of patients with IC, and, occasionally, it is a presenting symptom. The etiology of IC is unknown.
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