DIABETES INSIPIDUS; know your status and act faster

This is the disorder of the pituitary gland causing excessive thirst and excretion of large quantities of dilute urine. Diabetes insipidus is a rare, chronic disorder in which large quantities of dilute urine are produced. It is accompanied, by a desire to drink large amount of water. The urine in this disorder does not contain glucose (sugar) as is the case of diabetes mellitus. The fundamental difficulty involved in this case is a failure of the posterior lobe of the pituitary to produce the normal amount of the anti-diuretic hormone (ADH), which acts on the cells of the kidney tubules in such a way as to favor the resorption of water from the kidney tubules. CAUSES This is caused by a deficient production of hormone responsible for water metabolism in the posterior pituitary gland, with symptom being an increase in thirst (polydipsia). TREATMENT Periodic administration of vasopressin or an efficient diuretic is advisable.