frequent hunger, especially pronounced hunger Polydipsia frequent thirst, especially excessive thirst ... difficult to manage. Polydipsia and polyuria occur when blood glucose levels rise high enough ... more details
Infobox disease Name Bartter syndrome Image Gray1128.png Caption Scheme of renal tubule and its vascular supply. DiseasesDB 1254 ICD10 ICD10 E 26 8 e 20 ICD9 ICD9 255.13 ICDO OMIM 601678 OMIM mult OMIM2 241200 OMIM2 607364 OMIM2 602522 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj med eMedicineTopic 213 eMedicine mult eMedicine2 ped 210 MeshID D001477 Bartter syndrome is a rare inherited defect in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle . It is characterized by low potassium levels hypokalemia ref name titleBartter Syndrome Tubular and Cystic Kidney Disorders Merck Manual Home Edition , increased blood pH alkalosis , and normal to low blood pressure. There are two types of Bartter syndrome neonatal and classic. A closely associated disorder, Gitelman syndrome , is milder than both subtypes of Bartter syndrome. Features In 90 of cases, neonatal Bartter syndrome is seen between 24 and 30 weeks of gestation with excess Amniotic sac amniotic fluid polyhydramnios . After birth, the infant is seen to urinate and drink excessively polyuria , and polydipsia , respectively . Life threatening dehydration may result if the infant does not receive adequate fluids. About 85 of infants dispose of excess amounts of calcium in the urine hypercalciuria and kidneys nephrocalcinosis , which may lead to kidney stone s. In rare occasions, the infant may progress to renal failure. Patients with classic Bartter syndrome may have symptoms in the first two years of life, but they are usually diagnosed at school age or later. Like infants with the neonatal subtype, patients with classic Bartter syndrome also have polyuria, polydipsia, and a tendency to dehydration, but normal or just slightly increased urinary calcium excretion without the tendency to develop kidney stones. These patients also have vomiting and growth retardation. Kidney function is also normal if the disease is treated, ref name Rodriguez cite journal author Rodriguez Soriano J title Bartter and related syndromes the puzzle is almost sol ... more details
drinking of fluids in psychogenic polydipsia , ref name pmid7737786 cite journal doi 10.2190 5WG5 ... and the polydipsia hyponatremia syndrome in schizophrenia journal International Journal of Psychiatry ... in primary polydipsia? journal International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine volume 28 issue ... more details
Infobox disease Name Dysautonomia Image Caption DiseasesDB ICD10 ICD10 G 90 g 90 ICD9 ICD9 337.9 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID D001342 Dysautonomia autonomic dysfunction is a broad term that describes any disease or malfunction of the autonomic nervous system . This includes postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome POTS , inappropriate sinus tachycardia IST , vasovagal syncope , pure autonomic failure , neurocardiogenic syncope NCS , neurally mediated hypotension NMH , orthostatic hypertension , autonomic instability and a number of lesser known disorders such as cerebral salt wasting syndrome . Dysautonomia is associated with multiple system atrophy Shy Drager syndrome , Ehlers Danlos syndrome EDS , and Marfan syndrome for reasons that are not fully understood. Presentation Symptoms of dysautonomia are numerous and vary widely from person to person. Since dysautonomia is a full body condition, a large number of symptoms may be present that can greatly alter a person s quality of life. Each patient with dysautonomia is different&mdash some are affected only mildly, while others are left completely bed ridden and disabled. The primary symptoms present in patients with dysautonomia are Excessive fatigue Excessive thirst polydipsia Lightheadedness, dizziness or Vertigo medical vertigo Feelings of anxiety or panic not mentally induced Citation needed date August 2011 Tachycardia Rapid heart rate or bradycardia slow heart rate Orthostatic hypotension , sometimes resulting in syncope medicine syncope ref name isbn0 07 147247 9 fainting Other symptoms frequently associated with dysautonomia include Gastroparesis delayed gastric emptying , headaches , pallor , malaise , facial flushing, salt cravings, mydriasis abnormal Pupillary dilation dilation of the pupils , constipation , diarrhea , nausea , acid reflux , visual disturbances, orthostatic hypotension , numbness, nerve pain, trouble breathing, chest pains, in some cases loss of consciousness ... more details
distinguish polydipsia Dipsomania is a historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcoholic beverage alcohol . It was used in the 19th century to describe a variety of alcohol related problems, most of which are most commonly conceptualized today as alcoholism , but it is occasionally still used to describe a particular condition of periodic, compulsive bouts of alcohol intake. The idea of dipsomania is important for its historical role in promoting a disease theory of alcoholism disease theory of chronic drunkenness. The word comes from Greek thirst and mania. It is still mentioned in the WHO ICD10 as an alternative description for alcohol dependence syndrome, episodic use F10.26 History The term was coined by the German physician C. W. Hufeland in 1819, when, in a preface to an influential book by German Russian doctor C. von Br hl Cramer, ref Hasso Spode Die Macht der Trunkenheit. Sozial und Kulturgeschichte des Alkohols, Opladen 1993, pp. 125ff. ref he translated Br hl Cramer s term Trunksucht as dipsomania . ref http www3.interscience.wiley.com journal 119222474 abstract?CRETRY 1&SRETRY 0 The history of alcoholism Br hl Cramer s concepts and observations KIELHORN 2006 Addiction Wiley Online Library Bot generated title ref ref cite book last Valverde first Mariana title Diseases of the Will pages 48 url http books.google.com books?id Kl5ugmvDgH0C&pg PA48&lpg PA48&dq valentin magnan dipsomania&ct result PPA48,M1 publisher Cambridge University Press location Cambridge year 1998 isbn 9780521644693 ref ref Peters, Uwe Henrik. Lexikon Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie, Medizinische Psychologie . http books.google.com books?id w5Rd6NFbMiAC&pg PA135&lpg PA135&dq Dr. C. W. Hufeland dipsomania&source bl&ots sWdfdrSL5J&sig kZ1uxCPacTOfjWQRrmATAb2hRK4&hl en&ei am 0SbrfOZiclAeLktXWDA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 7 Dipsomania entry at Google Books. ref Br hl Cramer classified dipsomania in terms of continuous, remittent ... more details
distinguish Fanconi anemia Infobox disease Name Fanconi syndrome Image Caption DiseasesDB 11687 ICD10 ICD10 E 72 0 e 70 ICD9 ICD9 270.0 ICDO OMIM MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj ped eMedicineTopic 756 MeshID D005198 Fanconi syndrome also known as Fanconi s syndrome is a disease of the proximal renal tubule s ref DorlandsDict nine 000952604 Fanconi syndrome ref of the kidney in which glucose , amino acid s, uric acid , phosphate and bicarbonate are passed into the urine, instead of being reabsorbed. Fanconi syndrome affects the Nephron Proximal tubule proximal tubule , which is the first part of the tubule to process fluid after it is filtered through the glomerulus. It may be inherited, or caused by drugs or heavy metals. ref http www.merckmanuals.com home kidney and urinary tract disorders tubular and cystic kidney disorders fanconi syndrome.html Fanconi Syndrome at Merck Manual Home Health Handbook ref Different forms of Fanconi syndrome can affect different functions of the proximal tubule, and result in different complications. The loss of bicarbonate results in Type 2 or proximal renal tubular acidosis . The loss of phosphate results in the bone disease rickets even with adequate vitamin D and calcium , because phosphate is necessary for bone development. ref A loss of function mutation in NaPi IIa and renal Fanconi s syndrome, N Engl J Med 362 1102 ref Eponym It is named after Guido Fanconi , a Swiss pediatrician this may be a misnomer since Fanconi himself never identified it as a syndrome though, as in the case of Goodpasture s syndrome , it is customary to name a syndrome after the first person to note a constellation of symptoms as occurring together. It should not be confused with Fanconi anemia , a separate disease. Clinical features Main renal tubular acidosis The clinical features of proximal renal tubular acidosis are Polyuria , polydipsia and dehydration Hypophosphatemic rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults Growth failure Acidosis Hypokalemia Hyp ... more details
anorexia appetite weight loss , followed by polyuria excess urination , polydipsia excess thirst ..., and polydipsia. ref cite web url http www.merckvetmanual.com mvm index.jsp?cfile htm bc 213000.htm ... more details
Psychogenic polydipsia is the psychiatric condition in which patients feel compelled to drink large ... Gastroenteritis Oral rehydration therapy Polydipsia Water urticaria Dihydrogen monoxide hoax ... more details
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