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Possible Causes

Alcohol Abuse

For excessive consumption of water and other liquids, see Polydipsia. [en.wikipedia.org]

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Substance Abuse Problems

Abstract Hospital-wide rumors and anecdotal reports had suggested that there was a potentially serious problem of alcohol and drug abuse among the psychiatric patients of this hospital. The authors describe a systematic, evaluative approach which gave direct and detailed information on the nature and extent of[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Diabetes Mellitus

polydipsia. [en.wikipedia.org]

Classical features are polydipsia, polyphagia and polyuria, due to hyperglycemia-induced osmotic diuresis. [uniprot.org]

[medical citation needed] Whilst diabetes insipidus usually occurs with polydipsia, it can also rarely occur not only in the absence of polydipsia but in the presence of its [en.wikipedia.org]

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Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

polydipsia. [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] case: A 61-year-old smoker, diagnosed with LCH 9 years ago with pulmonary and hepatic involvement, without treatment, who consulted for asthenia, unquantifiable polyuria, polydipsia [endocrine-abstracts.org]

Symptoms include excessive excretion of urine (polyuria), thirst (polydipsia), constant hunger, weight loss, vision changes and fatigue. [power2dm.eu]

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Congestive Heart Failure

[…] maneuvers–eg, salt restriction in the form of a 'no salt added' regimen, reduction of alcohol intake, exercise as tolerated and, for Pts with impaired renal function or psychogenic polydipsia [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

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Hyponatremia

Adult schizophrenics who receive psychostimulants have also been shown to develop polydipsia with hyponatremia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report on a case of severe hyponatremia likely due to psychogenic polydipsia resulting in hypotonic hyperhydration with resulting cortical laminar necrosis on initial imaging [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In these particular patients, hyponatremia is associated with psychogenic polydipsia. [uspharmacist.com]

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Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

polydipsia. [en.wikipedia.org]

Patients most often present with a few days or weeks of polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss, and weakness. Some patients may present with diabetic ketoacidosis. [us.bestpractice.bmj.com]

Diabetic Ketoacidosis also has polyuria, polydipsia, fruity death and neurological symptoms COMPLICATION OF DIABETES MELLITUS Diabetic patients who do no manage their glucose [youtube.com]

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Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent, persistent, disabling, and costly psychiatric disorders, yet they are often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Fortunately, there have been major advances in understanding and treating these conditions in recent years; this is one of the most exciting areas in modern[…] [books.google.com]

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Chronic Kidney Insufficiency

Chronic kidney insufficiency affects a significant number of individuals in the developed countries, particularly the United States. The progressive nature of the disease and a substantial reduction in the quality of life over the period of time are the primary reasons why an early diagnosis is crucial. Anemia,[…] [symptoma.com]

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Dehydration

Her history was significant for psychogenic polydipsia, hyponatremia, and a renal concentrating defect. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Liver Cirrhosis

Gastroparesis has long been associated with diabetes mellitus or autonomic dysfunction in general. Unfortunately, this condition has never been explored sufficiently in liver cirrhosis patients, although a significant number of them have gastrointestinal symptoms usually explained by the presence of ascites or[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Hyperthyroidism

[…] fatigue, muscle weakness, weight loss, diarrhea, hyperactive reflexes, increased sweating, heat intolerance, warm skin, excessive perspiration, menstrual changes, hand tremor, polydipsia [pathologyoutlines.com]

Overdosage of any thyroid drug may produce the signs and symptoms of thyrotoxicosis including, but not limited to: polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia, reduced heat tolerance [web.archive.org]

The most common presenting symptoms are: rapid weight loss, tachycardia (rapid heart rate), vomiting, diarrhea, increased consumption of fluids (polydipsia), polyphasia, and [en.wikipedia.org]

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Chronic Kidney Disease

[…] fluid intake to compensate for a underlying disease, such as renal or central diabetes insipidus or salt-wasting nephropathy; and ( 3 ) those who have conditions such as polydipsia [cjasn.asnjournals.org]

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Cushing Syndrome

Carcinoma low ACTH Presentation Symptoms depression and psychological changes oligomenorrhea growth retardation weakness acne excessive hair growth symptoms of diabetes (polydipsia [step2.medbullets.com]

Thirst, polydipsia, polyuria. Impaired immune function: increased infections, difficulty with wound healing. Child: growth restriction. [patient.info]

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Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Notable findings on admission were a ventricular rate of 235 beats/min, tachypnoea, tremors, polydipsia and a lack of fever. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The patient developed polydipsia and polyuria one week before admission. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Polyuria and polydipsia as presenting complaint was more common in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (p 0.002) whereas fever was more common in type 2 diabetes mellitus [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Psychogenic Polydipsia

Another medication, risperidone, improves polydipsia. Lithium is an ADH antagonist that was prescribed in the treatment of polydipsia at one point. [symptoma.com]

A possible relationship between psychogenic polydipsia and failure of vasopressin release is hypothesized. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Psychogenic polydipsia can occur in infants and may be associated with urinary tract dilation. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Wolfram Syndrome

Polydipsia is the term given to excessive thirst and is one of the initial symptoms of diabetes. [diabetes.co.uk]

Although the Wolfram syndrome is rare, it should be considered in diabetic patients with unexplained optic atrophy and hearing loss or with polyuria and polydipsia in the [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This syndrome should be considered in young diabetic patients with unexplained visual loss or with polyuria and polydipsia in the presence of adequate blood sugar control. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Diabetes Insipidus

We report a case of a 26-year-old woman without psychiatric illness referred for longstanding polyuria and polydipsia. [doi.org]

Copeptin as a biomarker and a diagnostic tool in the evaluation of patients with polyuria-polydipsia and hyponatremia. [doi.org]

A 7-month-old infant presented polyuria-polydipsia syndrome with poor weight gain. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Hypercalcemia

She had nausea, vomiting, leg pain, polyuria, polydipsia, and muscle weakness. At the time of relapse, the ionized calcium level was 1.99 mmol/L. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] male with a past medical history of CML diagnosed six years earlier, presented to the emergency department with one week of acute confusion, disorientation, polyuria, and polydipsia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] present the case of a 63 year old Mexican man with history of advanced prostatic adenocarcinoma and trans-urethral resection of prostate presented to ER with nausea, vomiting, polydipsia [pubs.sciepub.com]

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Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Here, a 32 years old lady with burning to colicky recurrent upper abdominal pain, polyuria, polydipsia associated with anorexia, dyspepsia, generalized body ache, joint pain [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clinical Presentation The signs and symptoms of PHPT can be the result of hypercalcemia itself, including polyuria, polydipsia, constipation, anorexia, vomiting, and arrhythmias [endocrinologyadvisor.com]

[…] parathyroid carcinoma.4 Nonspecific symptomsare subtle clues of PHPT Patients with PHPT can present with nonspecific symptoms, such as weakness, fatigue, anorexia, polyuria, polydipsia [mdedge.com]

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Multiple Myeloma

Symptomatic hypercalcaemia may present in a dramatic fashion with confusion, disorientation, muscle weakness, constipation, anorexia, polyuria and polydipsia. [racgp.org.au]

Peripheral neuropathy, carpal tunnel syndrome (especially with associated amyloid disease), abnormal bleeding, and symptoms of hypercalcemia (eg, polydipsia, dehydration) [merckmanuals.com]

Hypercalcemia may cause polyuria and polydipsia, muscle cramps, constipation, and a change in the patient’s mental status. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Hypokalemic Nephropathy

Hypokalemia can lead to a renal concentrating defect leading to polyuria and polydipsia- DI 2. [nephronpower.com]

Main symptom of hypokalemia is renal tubules lesion, characterized with hypocondensation, polydipsia, diuresis, increased nocturia, nephrogenic diabetes insipidus(NDI), protein [m.pkdclinic.org]

[…] cytoplasm of renal convoluted tubules in people seriously depleted of potassium; vacuoles do not contain fat or glycogen, concentrating ability is impaired, polyuria and polydipsia [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

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Diabetic Ketotic Coma

[…] extreme acidosis (pH Signs and Symptoms – many gastric symptoms, probably protective against further ingestion of glucose osmotic diuresis (from hyperglycemia) causes polyuria/polydipsia [d3jonline.tripod.com]

[…] glucose in renal tubules cannot be reabsorbed; consequent hyperosmolarity and osmotic pressure results in more water in tubules) 2) polyphagia followed by lack of appetite, 3) polydipsia [quizlet.com]

Hyperglycaemia will lead to polyuria, dehydration, weight loss, polydipsia and thirst. [diapedia.org]

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Hypercalcemic Nephropathy

There are other pathological entities which give rise to polydipsia and polyuria. [fluoridealert.org]

These include renal colic, polyuria and polydipsia: Renal colic is usually caused by pre-existing nephrolithiasis, as may occur in patients with chronic hypercalciuria. [en.wikipedia.org]

Hypercalcaemia: polyuria and polydipsia, nausea and vomiting. May cause hypertension. [patient.info]

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Milk-Alkali Syndrome

Patients with a prolonged course of disease may experience muscle aches, tremor, polyuria, polydipsia, and pruritus. [symptoma.com]

The symptoms of chronic form of the Burnett's syndrome include myalgia, tremor, polyuria, polydipsia, soft tissue calcification, nephrocalcinosis and irreversible renal failure [allnutriments.blogspot.com]

Impairment of the renal concentrating mechanism leads to polyuria, nocturia, and polydipsia. [merckmanuals.com]

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Central Diabetes Insipidus

Two months after the transplantation, she was admitted for persistent polyuria, polydipsia, and nocturia with urine output of more than 4 L/d. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The patient had severe polyuria (20 L/day), polydipsia (20.5 L/day), fatique, and deep thirstiness. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The symptoms are polyuria and polydipsia, while dehydration can develop if fluid intake is inadequate. [symptoma.com]

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Conn Syndrome

The authors report on a 5-year-old girl who had symptoms of polyuria, polydipsia, and fatigue, and for whom the diagnosis of hyperaldosteronemia was suggested by a low serum [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] symptoms: fatigue muscle weakness and cramping headaches palpitations polyuria and polydipsia (hypokalemia induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus) signs: metabolic alkalosis [quizlet.com]

Other symptoms include muscular weakness, paresthesias, headache, polyuria, and polydipsia. Edema is rare in these patients. [radiopaedia.org]

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Hyperglycemia

[…] male type-2 diabetic patient with liver cirrhosis stage Child-Pugh B was admitted due to dysmetria of his right arm, gait disturbance, dizziness, vertigo, and polyuria, polydipsia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The signs of hyperglycemia are polydipsia (a great thirst), polyuria (a need to urinate often), and a dry mouth. [rxlist.com]

[…] hyperglycemia How to avoid high blood glucose levels Common Symptoms of Hyperglycemia The Classic Symptoms Polyphagia (frequently hungry) Polyuria (frequently urinating) Polydipsia [endocrineweb.com]

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Hypernatremia

Abstract The authors describe a patient with an unusual combination of polydipsia and isolated hypernatremia without any other changes of electrolytes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Typical DI symptoms such as polydipsia, polyuria, and marked thirst are concealed in these cases, because the hypothalamic "thirst center" cannot send thirst stimuli to the [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

She had a recent history of polyuria and polydipsia. Magnetic resonance imaging of her brain revealed hydrocephalus due to possible craniopharyngioma. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Renal Tubular Acidosis

Clinical Manifestations In children the clinical spectrum is nonspecific including anorexia, failure to thrive, vomiting and dehydration, constipation, polyuria, and polydipsia [renaltube.com]

Patients with dRTA can be asymptomatic or can present with polyuria, polydipsia, weakness and fatigue (symptoms associated with hypokalemia). [orpha.net]

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