Patient's question:
Recently, my appetite has been poor, and I've been a bit swollen all over. I feel weak all the time. When I went to the hospital for a check-up, they said it was kidney disease. Could you please tell me what is the condition of diabetes insipidus?Doctor's answer:
Diabetes insipidus refers to a group of symptoms caused by insufficient secretion of vasopressin (also known as antidiuretic hormone, ADH) (also known as central or pituitary diabetes insipidus), or a defect in the kidney's response to vasopressin (also known as nephrogenic diabetes insipidus). Its characteristics include polyuria, polydipsia, hypotonic urine, and low specific gravity urine. Diabetes insipidus is common in young and middle-aged adults.