Essay Database

Diabetes Insipidus Diabetes Insipidus (DI) is a disorder in which there is an abnormal increase in urine output, fluid intake, and also thirsts. It causes symptoms such as urinary frequency, nocturia (awakening at night to urinate) or enuresis (bedwetting). Urine output is increased because it is not concentrated normally. Diabetes Insepidus is not the same as the common diabetes mellitus. They resemble one another because the symptoms of both diseases are increased. Treatments of the …

…fluids. It is usually referred to as primary polydipsia and is most often caused by an abnormality in the part of the brain that regulates thirst. This is called diosogenic DI and is difficult to distinguish from pituitary DI mainly because the two disorders can result from many of the same diseases. In dipsogenic DI, DDAVP eliminates the excessive urination but unlike pituitary DI it does not completely eliminate the increased thirst and fluid intake.