• Polydipsia is excessive thirst or excess drinking. The word derives from Greek πολυδίψιος (poludípsios) 'very thirsty', which is derived from Ancient Greek...
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    Primary polydipsia and psychogenic polydipsia are forms of polydipsia characterised by excessive fluid intake in the absence of physiological stimuli...
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  • Polydipsia is an excessively large water intake. Its occurrence in captive birds has been recorded, although it is a relatively rare abnormal behaviour...
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    with polydipsia (increased thirst), though it is possible to have one without the other, and the latter may be a cause or an effect. Primary polydipsia may...
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  • glucose levels (both hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia), and, along with polydipsia and polyuria, it is one of the "3 Ps" commonly associated with uncontrolled...
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    drug-induced from certain antipsychotics and antidepressants. Primary polydipsia, or excessive fluid intake, is relatively common in people with chronic...
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  • with central diabetes insipidus often experience polyuria, nocturia, and polydipsia due to the initial increase in serum sodium and osmolality. Central diabetes...
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  • balance, so any action or problem involving fluid intake or output (such as polydipsia, polyuria, diarrhea, heat exhaustion, starting or changing doses of diuretics...
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    the kidney to respond normally to vasopressin. Dipsogenic DI or primary polydipsia results from excessive intake of fluids as opposed to deficiency of arginine...
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  • manifestation is similar to neurogenic diabetes insipidus, presenting with polydipsia (excessive thirst) and polyuria (excretion of a large amount of dilute...
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    water consumption in people with schizophrenia resulting in psychogenic polydipsia. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial showed that when used for this...
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    brain injuries Treating the excessive drinking of fluids in psychogenic polydipsia Propranolol is being investigated as a potential treatment for PTSD. Propranolol...
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    whether the patient has diabetes insipidus as opposed to other causes of polydipsia (a condition of excessive thirst that causes an excessive intake of water)...
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    pituitary stalk blocks the release of antidiuretic hormone, resulting in polydipsia (excessive water intake) and polyuria (excessive urination, central diabetes...
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    becoming unresponsive to insulin's effects. Classic symptoms include polydipsia (excessive thirst), polyuria (excessive urination), polyphagia (excessive...
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  • to be psychogenic in origin include psychogenic seizures, psychogenic polydipsia, psychogenic tremor, and psychogenic pain. The term psychogenic disease...
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    failure. Furthermore, enalapril is an emerging treatment for psychogenic polydipsia. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial showed that when used for this...
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  • features of proximal renal tubular acidosis are:[citation needed] Polyuria, polydipsia and dehydration Hypophosphatemic rickets (in children) and osteomalacia...
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    associated with renal and neurological disorders. Excessive thirst, called polydipsia, along with excessive urination, known as polyuria, may be an indication...
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  • in the 1880s. Symptoms of high blood sugar including increased thirst (polydipsia), increased volume of urination (polyuria), and increased hunger (polyphagia)...
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    water over short periods for rehydration.[citation needed] Psychogenic polydipsia is a psychiatric condition in which patients feel compelled to drink excessive...
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    different systems of the body. Symptoms in dogs include: Urinary incontinence Polydipsia Polyphagia An enlarged stomach or 'potbelly' Lethargy Skin disease Muscle...
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    ataxia, seizures, paresis, recumbency, urinary incontinence, polyuria, and polydipsia. Bedinvetmab was approved for medical use in the European Union in November...
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    birth, the infant is seen to urinate and drink excessively (polyuria, and polydipsia, respectively). Life-threatening dehydration may result if the infant...
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    in children as a few days to weeks of polyuria (increased urination), polydipsia (increased thirst), and weight loss after being exposed to a triggering...
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    hyperglycemic triad: Polyphagia – frequent hunger, especially pronounced hunger Polydipsia – frequent thirst, especially excessive thirst Polyuria – increased volume...
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  • sugar produces the classical symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger). Diabetes can be...
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    chaos. The authors examined a well-known response called schedule-induced polydipsia, by which an animal deprived of food for certain lengths of time will...
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  • in evolutionary invasion analysis Psychosis-intermittent hyponatremia-polydipsia (PIP) syndrome Pug impression pad, an object used for the census of tigers...
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    (rapid heart rate), vomiting, diarrhea, increased consumption of fluids (polydipsia), increased appetite (polyphagia), and increased urine production (polyuria)...
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