Editing Interstitial cystitis (section)

===Alternative medicine===
There is little evidence looking at the effects of alternative medicine though their use is common.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Verghese|first1=Tina S.|last2=Riordain|first2=Richael Ni|last3=Champaneria|first3=Rita|last4=Latthe|first4=Pallavi M.|title=Complementary therapies for bladder pain syndrome: a systematic review|journal=International Urogynecology Journal|date=7 December 2015|volume=27|issue=8|pages=1127–1136|doi=10.1007/s00192-015-2886-3|pmid=26642800|pmc=4947099}}</ref> There is tentative evidence that [[acupuncture]] may help pain associated with IC/BPS as part of other treatments.<ref name=pmid16986031>{{cite journal |last1=Whitmore |first1=KE |title=Complementary and Alternative Therapies as Treatment Approaches for Interstitial Cystitis |journal=Reviews in Urology |volume=4 |pages=S28–35 |year=2002 |pmid=16986031 |pmc=1476005 |issue=Suppl 1}}</ref> Despite a scarcity of controlled studies on alternative medicine and IC/BPS, "rather good results have been obtained" when acupuncture is combined with other treatments.<ref name="pmid18663671">{{cite journal |last1=Binder |first1=I. |last2=Rossbach |first2=G. |last3=Ophoven |first3=A. van |title=Die Komplexität chronischer Beckenschmerzen am Beispiel der Interstitiellen Zystitis |journal=Aktuelle Urologie |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=289–97 |year=2008 |pmid=18663671 |doi=10.1055/s-2008-1038199|s2cid=259989342 }}</ref>

[[Biofeedback]], a relaxation technique aimed at helping people control functions of the [[autonomic nervous system]], has shown some benefit in controlling pain associated with IC/BPS as part of a multimodal approach that may also include medication or hydrodistention of the bladder.<ref name="pmid18496634">{{cite journal |last1=Hsieh |first1=Ching-Hung |last2=Chang |first2=Shao-Tung |last3=Hsieh |first3=Chia-Jung |last4=Hsu |first4=Chun-Sen |last5=Kuo |first5=Tsung-Cheng |last6=Chang |first6=Hui-Chin |last7=Lin |first7=Yi-Hui |title=Treatment of interstitial cystitis with hydrodistention and bladder training |journal=International Urogynecology Journal |volume=19 |issue=10 |pages=1379–84 |year=2008 |pmid=18496634 |doi=10.1007/s00192-008-0640-9|s2cid=11606637 }}</ref><ref name="pmid15088863">{{cite journal |last1=Dell |first1=JR |last2=Parsons |first2=CL |title=Multimodal therapy for interstitial cystitis |journal=The Journal of Reproductive Medicine |volume=49 |issue=3 Suppl |pages=243–52 |year=2004 |pmid=15088863}}</ref>