Most cats recover
from idiopathic cystitis within a week or so, but recurrence is common.
Not exact matches
A new study
from Norway, «Risk factors for
idiopathic cystitis in Norwegian cats: a matched case - control study» sought to find out what type of environmental or personality characteristics might put cats at risk for FIC.
It turns out that the majority of young and middle aged cats end up having a condition called «
idiopathic cystitis» which, unlike stones and infection, does not show up as a concrete finding on a test; instead it is a psychosomatic problem that stems
from inability to handle stress.
Educational information
from the leading research institution on Feline
Idiopathic Cystitis.
The current thinking is that the majority of Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD) cases has no clear cause and is lumped into
idiopathic cystitis or interstitial
cystitis (borrowed
from human medicine).