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Diabetes insipidus   

Overview | Symptoms | Treatment

Symptoms

Signs and Tests

  • urine output greater than 3 liters a day
  • low specific gravity on urinalysis

Water deprivation test:

  1. high urine output
  2. central DI urine output suppressed by a dose of ADH
  3. nephrogenic DI urine output not suppressed by a dose of ADH
    • MRI of the head, revealing an abnormality in or near the hypothalamus or pituitary gland

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