caa a22 4500 475811704 CHVBK 20180406123800.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s001920050075 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s001920050075 Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Patients with Sjögren's Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus [Elektronische Daten] [M. Haarala, A. Alanen, M. Hietarinta, P. Kiilholma] Abstract:: Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are autoimmune diseases which have many similarities with interstitial cystitis (IC), a urinary bladder disease with unknown etiology. This survey on the occurrence, severity and nature of lower urinary tract symptoms among patients suffering from SS or SLE showed that these patients have significantly more urinary complaints, especially irritative bladder symptoms, than age- and sex-matched controls. We studied 36 patients with SS, 85 patients with SLE and 121 controls. In these groups, 25%, 29% and 66%, respectively, were free of urinary symptoms. The prevalences of mild symptoms were 61%, 62% and 27%, and severe symptoms 14%, 9% and 7% in the respective groups. SS and SLE patients with urinary complaints reported mostly urinary frequency (27% and 62%) and suprapubic pain (36% and 34%). The most common symptom in the control group was stress urinary incontinence. The frequency of lower urinary tract problems in patients with SS and SLE supports the concept that autoimmune disorders also have bladder affections. Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2000 Key words:Interstitial cystitis - Sjögren's syndrome - Systemic lupus erythematosus - Urinary dysfunction nationallicence Haarala M. University of Turku, Turku, Finland, FI aut Alanen A. University of Turku, Turku, Finland, FI aut Hietarinta M. University of Turku, Turku, Finland, FI aut Kiilholma P. University of Turku, Turku, Finland, FI aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s001920050075 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s001920050075 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Haarala M. University of Turku, Turku, Finland, FI aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alanen A. University of Turku, Turku, Finland, FI aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hietarinta M. University of Turku, Turku, Finland, FI aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kiilholma P. University of Turku, Turku, Finland, FI aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer