Diabetes Insipidus

Introduction: Diabetes Insipidus

Diabetes insipidous is a metabolic disorder involving the pituitary gland and the kidneys. Although it shares the name, diabetes insipidous is not a subtype nor in any way related to the more common sugar diabetes (diabetes mellitus).

Symptoms of Diabetes Insipidus

• Excessive urination - often clearer than normal.
• Clear urine
• Frequent urination
• Night urination
• Bedwetting - in children

See full list of 16 symptoms of Diabetes Insipidus

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Medical Textbooks Online about Diabetes Insipidus

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Diagnostic Tests for Diabetes Insipidus

• Urine sugar test - to test for diabetes mellitus
• Blood sugar test
• Urinalysis
• Fluid deprivation test
• Brain MRI

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Diabetes Insipidus?

• Misdiagnosis of Diabetes Insipidus
• Underlying causes of Diabetes Insipidus (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

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Misdiagnosis and Diabetes Insipidus

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Causes of Diabetes Insipidus

• Various underlying causes of nephrogenic DI
  • Polycystic kidney disease
  • Sickle cell disease
  • Kidney disease
  • Kidney failure

See full list of 12 causes of Diabetes Insipidus

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• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Diabetes Insipidus (1 listings)
• Underlying causes of Diabetes Insipidus
• Diabetes Insipidus as a complication caused by other conditions
• Diabetes Insipidus as a symptom

Treatments for Diabetes Insipidus

• Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
• Desmopressin - for ADH deficiency in central DI or gestational DI
• Various treatments for NDI:
  • Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ)
  • Indomethacin

See full list of 6 treatments for Diabetes Insipidus

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Reseach about Diabetes Insipidus

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Clinical Trials for Diabetes Insipidus

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Diabetes Insipidus include:

• Study of the Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Familial Neurohypophyseal Diabetes Insipidus - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - chlorpropamide,desmopressin
• Study of Genotype and Phenotype Expression in Congenital Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - chlorothiazide
• Study of Novel Types of Familial Diabetes Insipidus - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - desmopressin
• The COSMOS-Study (Copeptin in Osmoregulation and Stress Assessment) - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

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Statistics for Diabetes Insipidus

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Types of Diabetes Insipidus

• Central Diabetes Insipidous - most common type, caused by pituitary gland
• Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidous - kidney dysfunction
• Autoimmune Diabetes Insipidous - caused by an autoimmune reaction
• Dipsogenic Diabetes Insipidous - hypothalamus damage causing abnormal thirst
• Gestational Diabetes Insipidous - related to pregnancy and ADH deficiency

See full list of 6 Types of Diabetes Insipidus

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Definitions of Diabetes Insipidus:

Metabolic disorder due to injury of the neurohypophyseal system; results in deficient quanity of antidiuretic hormone being released or produced, failure of tubular reabsorption of water in the kidney. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A rare form of diabetes resulting from a deficiency of vasopressin (the pituitary hormone that regulates the kidneys); characterized by the chronic excretion of large amounts of pale dilute urine which results in dehydration and extreme thirst - (Source - WordNet 2.1)