• ACE inhibitors may also be used to help decrease excessive water consumption in people with schizophrenia resulting in psychogenic polydipsia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Psychogenic polydipsia (PP) is common, and it's usually associated with schizophrenia but can occur in other psychotic, mood, and anxiety disorders. (shrinksinsneakers.com)
  • Stats reveal that individuals with psychogenic polydipsia are 80% females with a history of anxiety, depression or schizophrenia. (healthystripe.com)
  • This increase may be significant, but may be modest, since prolonged polydipsia "washes out" the renal inner medullary urea gradient and prolonged suppression of vasopressin decreases aquaporin expression in collecting duct cells. (cancertherapyadvisor.com)
  • Since signs and symptoms are often vague, CRF has to be included in many differential diagnoses, the most important one being polyuria/polydipsia (Table 3). (vin.com)
  • The symptoms of CRF with uraemia are mostly non-specific and include polyuria/polydipsia, dullness, poor appetite, weight loss, vomiting, a poor hair coat, and diarrhoea (Table 2). (vin.com)
  • Psychogenic polydipsia is an uncommon clinical disorder characterized by excessive water-drinking in the absence of a physiologic stimulus to drink. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Therefore, it is suggested that one of the psychiatric diagnosis for children with psychogenic polydipsia can be pervasive developmental disorder. (pediatriconcall.com)
  • Impaired water metabolism in psychogenic polydipsia can result in WATER INTOXICATION. (umassmed.edu)
  • If your dog is drinking excessively (polydipsia) it is possibly because he is losing excess amounts of water for any of a number of reasons. (pethealthnetwork.com)
  • Increased water consumption or increased urination is call PU/PD or PolyUria/PolyDipsia in the medical realm. (pets.ca)
  • Compulsive water drinking is known as psychogenic polydipsia. (draxe.com)
  • Only by ruling out other medical disorders and measuring the daily water requirement and seeing if the puppy exceeds it can they can diagnose psychogenic polydipsia. (suntrustblog.com)
  • Psychogenic Polydipsia- Some people find themselves compulsively reaching out for glass after glass of water. (healthystripe.com)
  • Social Polydipsia- This occurs when individuals drink too much water for the health benefits of hydration. (healthystripe.com)
  • Psychogenic polydipsia, a mental problem where you have excessive thirst and drink excessive amount of water. (niroginepal.com)
  • The calcluation is 750 mosm/( 50 mosm/L)= 15 L. This is the classic form of psychogenic polydipsia and this is why a quantity of 15 liters is often quoted when asked about the maximum amount of water one can drink in a day before becoming hyponatremic. (renalfellow.org)
  • Polydipsia, Psychogenic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) . (umassmed.edu)
  • This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Polydipsia, Psychogenic" by people in this website by year, and whether "Polydipsia, Psychogenic" was a major or minor topic of these publications. (umassmed.edu)
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  • The condition may be psychogenic in origin. (mcw.edu)
  • Herein, considering that the patient was with polydipsia, a significant gross motor developmental delay in early infancy, and head circumference of above the mean, another possible differential diagnosis should be mentioned. (pediatriconcall.com)
  • In clinical practice, it needs to be distinguished from renal resistance to the antidiuretic effects of AVP (nephrogenic DI), and abnormalities of thirst appreciation (primary polydipsia). (nih.gov)
  • In addition, the measurement of thirst ratings can help the differentiation between CDI and primary polydipsia. (nih.gov)
  • Her death came as a result of Hyponatraemic Encephalopathy, caused by Acute Hyponatraemia, caused by Psychogenic Polydipsia. (judiciary.uk)
  • Psychogenic or behavioral polyphagia and secondary obesity as in other animals must be managed using a combination of increased exercise and decreased calorie intake using a calorie reduced diet as well as a change in feeding patterns. (pethealthnetwork.com)
  • Deficiency of the Kidney-Q. Main Symptoms: Polydipsia, frequent and profuse urination, emaciation, aching pain in the lumbus, lassitude. (thetole.org)
  • In this context, the acute over hydration was caused by Psychogenic Polydipsia, a feature of Michelle's mental ill health which had not been diagnosed. (judiciary.uk)
  • During the past two years, compulsive use has become associated with frequent attacks of anxiety, depersonalization, periods of psychogenic polydipsia and virtually complete inactivity. (gizmodo.com)
  • With polyuria (PU) the body makes more urine than normal, which in turn causes a condition called polydipsia (PD), which means your dog or cat is extra thirsty because they are trying to stay hydrated. (vin.com)