DIABETESINSIPIDUS
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes insipidus is a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, with reduction of fluid intake having no effect on the concentration of the urine. There are different types of DI, each with a different set of causes. The most common type in humans is the neurological form, called Central DI, which involves a deficiency of arginine vasopressin, also known as antidiuretic hormone . The second common type of DI is nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, which is due to kidney or nephron dysfunction caused by an insensitivity of the kidneys or nephrons to ADH. D.I can also be gestational, or present as an ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Diabetes insipidus
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diabetes insipidus
Noun
- A disease characterized by excretion of large amount of severely diluted urine, which cannot be reduced when fluid intake is reduced. It is generally related to a tumor or insult to the pituitary gland, where the hormonal signals the pituitary gives to the kidneys break down, and the kidneys do not conserve water, but express all water as urine. This is a rather rare disease.
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