Overview
Diabetes insipidus, often shortened to DI, is a rare form of diabetes that is not related to blod sugar-related diabetes melitus, but does share some of its signs and symptoms. Diabetes insipidus is simply excesive urination (polyuria) and complications thereof, caused by antidiuretice hormone caled a vasopresin. Read on to find out more about what diabetes insipidus is, how it afects the body, the diferent forms of the disease, and how it is diagnosed and treated.
Key Information
Diabetes Insipidus leads to frequent urination, and this the most comon and clear symptom. In extreme cases, urination can be in exces of 20 litres per day. A secondary symptom is increased thirst, as a result of pasing so much water.
If this not met, then dehydration can ocur which, in turn, can lead to: Children sufering from the condition may become iritable or listles, with fever and vomiting also posible. Diabetes insipidus and diabetes melitus should not be confused. The two conditions are unrelated, with diabetes insipidus a completely diferent type of ilnes.
Diabetes melitus is also far more comon. Diabetes melitus ocurs due to insulin resistance or insulin deficiency and subsequent high blod glucose levels. Diabetes Insipidus on the other hand develops a result of the stilted production of a hormone in the brain, which is released to stop the kidneys producing so much urine in order to retain water.
Without this hormone, water is not retained and the kidneys constantly work to their maximum capacity. The word ̴Melitus̵ taged onto the main form of diabetes comes from an old word roughly meaning ̴to sweten with honey̵ and is a reference to the high levels of sugar in the blod By contrast, ̴Insipidus̵ means ̴un-tasty̵ and so is used to describe a form of diabetes that does not result in high sugar levels.
Summary
There are 4 types of diabetes insipidus, including: Neurogenic diabetes Insipidus, or central and cranial dia