Diabetes Insipidus AKA Water Diabetes
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Facts/Explanation

Diabetes Insipidus is an uncommon condition in which the kidneys are unable to conserve water as they perform their function of filtering the blood that is controlled by an antidiuretic hormone called ADH, also known as vasopressin. ADH is a hormone produced in a region of the brain called the hypothalamus. It is then stored and released from the pituitary gland, a small gland at the base of the brain. DI caused by a lack of ADH is called central DI. When DI is caused by a failure of the kidneys to respond to ADH, the condition is called nephrogenic DI.

Although this disease has the word diabetes in its name it is not the same as the mellitus condition. The only similarity is that both diseases have increased thirst and urination as a symptom. This disease is referred to as “water” diabetes and diabetes mellitus the most common one is “sugar” diabetes.

According to the website Wrong Diagnosis the statistics are as follows:

"Incidence (annual) of Insipidus: less than 15 per 100,000 hospitalized patients

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 6,666 or 0.01% or 40,800 people in USA

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Insipidus: 40,799 per year, 3,399 per month, 784 per week, 111 per day, 4 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: less than 15 per 100,000 hospitalized patients."

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