A 33-year-old female patient visits the clinic multiple times over the last year complaining of dysuria,frequency,urgency,suprapubic pain,and dyspareunia.Her physical examination,including a pelvic exam,is normal.Urinalysis and urine culture is repeatedly negative.Her intravenous pyelogram is also normal.The clinician should recognize that this presentation is consistent with symptoms of:

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The symptoms of dysuria, frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain, and dyspareunia with normal physical exam, negative urine culture, and normal intravenous pyelogram suggest interstitial cystitis. Asymptomatic bacteriuria would have a positive urine culture, upper urinary tract infection would have abnormalities on the intravenous pyelogram and polycystic kidneys would have different symptoms and would likely be detected on imaging.

A 33-Year-Old Female Patient Visits the Clinic Multiple Times Over