interstitial cystitis
MONDO:0018301Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names interstitial cystitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare chronic debilitating urogenital disease characterized by urinary frequency, urgency, and pelvic pain.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018301), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
19 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal labia morphologyHPOHP:0000058
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormality of the bladderHPOHP:0000014
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormality of the genital systemHPOHP:0000078
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormality of the menstrual cycleHPOHP:0000140
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormality of the urethraHPOHP:0000795
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DyspareuniaHPOHP:0030016
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DysuriaHPOHP:0100518
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Functional abnormality of the bladderHPOHP:0000009
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- NocturiaHPOHP:0000017
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Pelvic painHPOHP:0034267
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- PollakisuriaHPOHP:0100515
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Urinary bladder inflammationHPOHP:0100577
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
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- Urinary urgencyHPOHP:0000012
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormality of tumor necrosis factor secretionHPOHP:0011118
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- AutoimmunityHPOHP:0002960
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DepressionHPOHP:0000716
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Elevated circulating C-reactive protein concentrationHPOHP:0011227
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal vagina morphologyHPOHP:0000142
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
8 names
Resolves to: interstitial cystitis
- Also called
- bladder pain syndromechronic interstitial cystitisIC/BPSIC/PBSinterstitial cystitis, chronicinterstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndromeinterstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndromepainful bladder syndrome