The reason for this disability is that the kidney is no longer able to concentrate urine and it may be caused by:

1. Deficiencies of antidiuretic hormone (ADH), or
2. Through insensitivity of the kidneys to this particular harmone

Symptoms And Other Signs of Diabetes Insipidus

When the person excessively urinates and feels extremes of thirst, and more particularly for cold water, it is symptomatic of diabetes insipidus and symptoms of this disability are also very like those of diabetes mellitus, though the urine is not sweet and there won’t be elevated blood glucose and very rarely is there blurred vision. There is usually no let up in the excessive urination and it continues throughout the day as well as at night and in the case of children, it may cause interference in their appetite, eating as well as show weight gain and interferes with their growth, as well.

Children suffering from diabetes insipidus may:

1. Get fever
2. Tend to vomit
3. Also have diarrhea

Adults suffering from untreated diabetes insipidus can stay in very good health for several years so long as they drink adequate quantities of water to compensate for urinary losses. At the same time, the risk of dehydration will always be there and one has to be aware and be careful about this risk.

Diabetes insipidus can be distinguished from other causes of excessive urination and other symptoms. Through testing, one may be able to determine the causes of diabetes insipidus, which may take the form of excessive intake of fluids, be a defect in ADH production or be a defect in the response of the kidney to ADH. Tests can be conducted to measure changes in the person’s body weight, outputs of urine as well as the composition of urine when urine is suspended and in some cases, it may also be necessary to measure blood levels of ADH.

Central diabetes insipidus as well as gestational diabetes insipidus will respond to desmorpressin which will be ineffective in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus and the doctor should advise the patient to drink fluids, only in case of feeling thirsty and not at other times.

Even if left untreated, diabetes insipidus does not cause death or even reduce the expectancy of life. But, the exception are when the patient is unable to consume adequate quantities of water and that may commonly occur if he or she loses consciousness or has some other debilitating condition.

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