Many men of all ages including young teenage males suffer from Interstitial Cystitis and prostatitis . This is connected to intestinal permeabiltiy and dysbiosis and is an auto-immune disease. It is often suffered along with allergies, bowel problems, itching and mastocytosis. But the medical profession ignore this and just give out antibitoics which are more damaging on the gut integrity and damage the bladder lining more. Why is not more being done to help men with these conditions get to the root of the problem. What can be done to bring down massive bladder flares and inflammation - apart from steroids which just break down even more gut flora .