Chronic Pelvic Pain Study of Individuals With Diagnoses or Symptoms of Interstitial Cystitis and/ or Chronic Prostatitis

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Participant has an on-going symptomatic urethral stricture.
• •2. Participant has an on-going neurological disease or disorder affecting the bladder or bowel fistula.
• •3. Participant has a history of cystitis caused by tuberculosis, radiation therapy or Cytoxan/cyclophosphamide therapy.
• •4. Participant has augmentation cystoplasty or cystectomy.
• •5. Participant has a systemic autoimmune disorder (such as Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, or Multiple Sclerosis).
• •6. Participant has a history of cancer (with the exception of skin cancer).
• •7. Participant has current major psychiatric disorder or other psychiatric or medical issues that would interfere with study participation (e.g. dementia, psychosis, upcoming major surgery, etc).
• •8. Participant has severe cardiac, pulmonary, renal, or hepatic disease that in the judgment of the study physician would preclude participation in this study.
• •1. Male Participant diagnosed with unilateral orchalgia, without pelvic symptoms.
• •2. Male Participant has a history of transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT), transurethral needle ablation (TUNA), balloon dilation, prostate cryo-surgery, or laser procedure.
• •1\. Female Participant has a history of High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion (HGSIL) / high-grade cervical dysplasia.