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• How Can American Diabetes Association Help You
• Finding The Cause Of Diabetes
• Coping with diabetes in children
• Diabetes Basics
• Diabetes and Pregnancy – How it Affects You
• Diabetes Blood Sugar Level: A Need To Control It
• What Should You Know About Diabetes Care
• The Health Dangers Of Diabetes Complications
• No Instant Cures For Diabetes
• Helpful Tips On Diabetes Diet
• Adhering To A Diabetes Diet Plan To Manage Diabetes
• How Bad Is The Diabetes Disease
• The Role Of Diabetes Drug Treatments
• Diabetes Information Has Many Sources
• Diabetes Insipidus - Excessive Excretion Of Severely Diluted Urine
• Purpose And Effects Of Diabetes Medication
• Sugar Not Handled By Diabetes Mellitus
• Using Diabetes Recipes To Stay Healthy
• Hope For The Future – Diabetes Research
• Common Diabetes Symptom Type 1 And 2
• Guide To Common Diabetes Symptoms
• What Does A Diabetes Test Involve?
• Diabetes Treatment May Need Doctor Care
• Learn About The Existing Diabetes Types
• Things To Consider About Diabetic Diet
• Keeping Healthy With A Diabetic Diet Plan
• Diabetic Food - Eat Well, Stay Well
• Healthy And Fun Diabetic Menus
• Diabetic Neuropathy - Damaged Nerves In Diabetics
• Cooking Healthy With Diabetic Recipes

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Diabetes Insipidus - Excessive Excretion Of Severely Diluted Urine

Also known as "water diabetes," it is often mistaken for diabetes mellitus/sugar diabetes. It is a rare disease, not widely diagnosed, in which the kidneys produce abnormally large volumes of dilute urine.

When a person excretes too much of severely diluted urine that are not able to be lessened through lesser intake of fluids, it is known as diabetes insipidus. A feature of this disability is that the kidney is no longer able to concentrate urine and it may be caused by deficiencies of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)) or through insensitivity of the kidneys to this particular hormone.

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Diabetes Insipidus comes in four different types, and each has to be treated in a different manner.

• vasopressin-resistant, also known as nephrogenic. This is due to the reduced sensitivity of the kideys of the effect of vasopressin, an antidiuretic hormone
• gestational diabetes or gestagenic. This is caused by a deficiency of vasopressin, the antidiuretic hormone. It occurs exclusively during pregnancy, hence its name
• dipsogenic, is a type of primary polydipsia. This is caused by abnormal thirst and excessive intake of water or other liquids.
• central. Also known as neurogenic, hypothalamic, pituitary or neurohypophyseal. This is due to a deficiency of vasopressin, an antidiuretic hormone.

Symptoms And Other Signs

When the person excessively urinates and feels extremes of thirst, and more particularly for cold water, it is symptomatic of diabetes insipidus and symptoms of this disability are also very like those of diabetes mellitus, though the urine is not sweet and there won’t be elevated blood glucose and very rarely is there blurred vision. There is usually no let up in the excessive urination and it continues throughout the day as well as at night and in the case of children, it may cause interference in their appetite, eating as well as show weight gain and interferes with their growth, as well.

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Children suffering from diabetes insipidus may present with fever as well as tend to vomit and also have diarrhea while adults with untreated diabetes insipidus can stay in good health for years on end, so long as they drink adequate quantities of water to compensate for urinary losses. Nevertheless, the risk of dehydration will remain continuous and needs being taken care of.

Diabetes insipidus can be distinguished from other causes of excessive urination and blood glucose, bicarbonate as well as calcium need testing. Through testing, one may be able to determine the causes of diabetes insipidus, which may take the form of excessive intake of fluids, be a defect in ADH production or be a defect in the response of the kidney to ADH. Tests can be conducted to measure changes in the person’s body weight, outputs of urine as well as the composition of urine when urine is suspended and in some cases, it may also be necessary to measure blood levels of ADH.

Central diabetes insipidus as well as gestational diabetes insipidus will respond to desmorpressin which will be ineffective in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and the doctor should advise the patient to drink fluids, only in case of feeling thirsty and not at other times. Diabetes insipidus, even if not treated for, does not cause death or even reduce the expectancy of life with the exception when the patient is unable to consume sufficient supplies of drinkable water and that may commonly occur if he or she loses consciousness or has some other debilitating condition.