What Is Diabetes Insipidus?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
7. Dipsogenic Diabetes Insipidus
This type of diabetes insipidus occurs in people whose over-consumption of liquids results in a lowered concentration of vasopressin and excessive urination. Whereas people with the other types of diabetes insipidus feel thirsty due to fluid loss, those with dipsogenic diabetes insipidus actually cause the excess urination by their habit of drinking an excessive quantity of liquids.
Some mental disorders cause strong feelings of thirst. Known physical causes include damage to the hypothalamus or pituitary glands from tumors, head injuries, brain infections, surgery or uncontrolled inflammation. Sometimes the cause cannot be determined.
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