Winters OA
May 10, 2017
Case study
A case of Diabetes Insipidus
The body regulates by balancing fluid intake and removing extra fluid.
Excessive thirst is polydipsia were an adult consumes more than 4 quarts of any beverage per day. Excessive urination is considered polyuria were an adult urinates 50 ml/kg or more in body weight per two hours.
Central is the damage of the persons hypothalamus or pituitary meaning the kidneys are removing to much fluid from the body causing frequent urination. Nephrogenic is when the kidneys don’t respond to vasopressin and take out excessive fluid from the bloodstream. Dipsogenic is a defect in the thirst mechanism in the hypothalamus. It increases thirst and liquid intake causing