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Low Vasopressin Large amounts of diluted urine and excessive thirst (polydipsia) are characteristic of a group of conditions formerly known as diabetes insipidus.
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James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
Your diet may play a role in potentially developing polydipsia or related symptoms, certainly, as can other lifestyle factors; sometimes, thirst may be an indicator of a larger issue that requires a doctor's help.
—Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2020
At Patton, Nunez was treated for schizophrenia and developed psychogenic polydipsia, which drives a pervasive addiction to water.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2019
Psychogenic polydipsia is a chronic disorder in which certain psychiatric patients compulsively consume large quantities of water.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
Though dying from drinking too much fluid might sound like a freak accident, polydipsia is not uncommon in psychiatric hospitals like Springfield.
—Emily Woodruff, baltimoresun.com, 9 June 2017
Among patients with schizophrenia, those with severe polydipsia have a 75 percent chance of dying before patients without the compulsion to drink water, according to another study published in 2009 in Schizophrenia Research.
—Emily Woodruff, baltimoresun.com, 9 June 2017
James Myhre & Dennis Sifris, Md, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2024
Your diet may play a role in potentially developing polydipsia or related symptoms, certainly, as can other lifestyle factors; sometimes, thirst may be an indicator of a larger issue that requires a doctor's help.
—Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2020
At Patton, Nunez was treated for schizophrenia and developed psychogenic polydipsia, which drives a pervasive addiction to water.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2019
Psychogenic polydipsia is a chronic disorder in which certain psychiatric patients compulsively consume large quantities of water.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2019
Though dying from drinking too much fluid might sound like a freak accident, polydipsia is not uncommon in psychiatric hospitals like Springfield.
—Emily Woodruff, baltimoresun.com, 9 June 2017
Among patients with schizophrenia, those with severe polydipsia have a 75 percent chance of dying before patients without the compulsion to drink water, according to another study published in 2009 in Schizophrenia Research.
—Emily Woodruff, baltimoresun.com, 9 June 2017
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“Polydipsia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polydipsia. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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