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Summary
Diabetes insipidus (DI) causes frequent urination. You become extremely thirsty, so you drink. Then you urinate. This cycle can keep you from sleeping or even make you wet the bed. Your body produces lots of urine that is almost all water.
DI is different from diabetes mellitus (DM), which involves insulin problems and high blood sugar. The symptoms can be similar. However, DI is related to how your kidneys handle fluids. It's much less common than DM. Urine and blood tests can show which one you have.
Usually, DI is caused by a problem with your pituitary gland or your kidneys. Treatment depends on the cause of the problem. Medicines can often help.
NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Diagnosis and Tests
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Osmolality Tests
(National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
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Sodium Blood Test
(National Library of Medicine) Also in Spanish
Genetics
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Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus: MedlinePlus Genetics
(National Library of Medicine)
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Neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus: MedlinePlus Genetics
(National Library of Medicine)
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Wolfram syndrome: MedlinePlus Genetics
(National Library of Medicine)
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Diabetes Insipidus
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Transient diabetes insipidus in critically ill COVID19 patients.
- Article: Changing the Name of Diabetes Insipidus: A Position Statement of the...
- Article: Pituitary Dysfunction Following Snakebite Envenomation: A Clinico-Radiological Assessment of 15 Cases...
- Diabetes Insipidus -- see more articles
Patient Handouts
- Diabetes insipidus (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Diabetes insipidus - central (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Diabetes insipidus - nephrogenic (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish