Extreme Thirst

[Guest guest]

> I am new to this group and found you through a search on extreme

> thirst. I hope you don't mind me butting in and requesting help

> as 'just a newcomer' but I am desperate. I am very distressed today

> as my Doctor, through blood tests, has ruled out both normal

diabetes

> and diabetes insipidus (water diabetes)

No, he didn't rule them out. He just decided HE doesn't believe you

have them.

What test did he do for diabetes insipidus? I haven't even found

endocrinology professors who know how to do it right, even though it

is described in their textbooks (and is relatively simple).

Also, look in my book for how to calculate osmolality from blood

chemistry results and go check some old tests to see if you have

normal water balance or not.

>even though I suffer from

> continuous, extreme thirst. At the moment I get through 15 to 20

> litres of water per day and suffer dry mouth and throat even after

> drinking.

Did he get a serum and urine osmolality after 16 hours of water

deprivation?

If you don't drink, do you keep peeing?

Has anyone bothered to check you for allergies? Allergies cause

excessive urination and thirst.

> Obviously this means many visits to the loo and it's

> physically and mentally exhausting. It has a terrible affect on my

> normal (disabled) life as I can't travel anywhere without litres of

> water and the need to know about 'pitstops' en route. As mentioned

> before, I am crippled with pain by various types of arthritis so am

> on a lot of medication. Mind you, I have been taking these for

> years' so I don't think the thirst is caused by this. I have been

> suffering pain one way or another for many years but never thought I

> would get at breaking-point through drinking too much water! Does

> anyone have a solution

See if Dr. will Rx some desmopressin just to try it and see if it

helps.

> or has anyone got or knows about my

> condition? I would be ever so grateful for any suggestions!

>

> Thank you in anticipation.

>

> Best wishes

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Thank you for replying to my cry for help! My General Practioner has so far

done two blood tests. One an ordinary one and the second I had to provide a

urine sample just before the blood was taken. My GP has now arranged to see an

endocrinologist on the 22nd of August. He has asked for me to have a 24-hour

collection of urine which will be sent of to the Lab the next day. Is this a

normal way of testing for diabetes insipidus? I must say, the 16 hour water

deprevation test seems very scary to me. I haven't been able to not drink at

all, however hard I try. These are the only tests carried out so far. Could

you please provide the title of your book or where I may look on the Net?

Thank you again for your help

Lianne

[Guest guest]

> Hi ,

>

> Thank you for replying to my cry for help! My General Practioner

has so far done two blood tests. One an ordinary one and the second I

had to provide a urine sample just before the blood was taken. My GP

has now arranged to see an endocrinologist on the 22nd of August. He

has asked for me to have a 24-hour collection of urine which will be

sent of to the Lab the next day. Is this a normal way of testing for

diabetes insipidus? I must say, the 16 hour water deprevation test

seems very scary to me.

The textbooks do say to stop it if you pee out more than a liter and a

half so as to avoid dangerous levels of dehydration.. .. . . . .

>I haven't been able to not drink at all, however hard I try. These

are the only tests carried out so far. Could you please provide the

title of your book or where I may look on the Net?

>

> Thank you again for your help

>

> Lianne

>

>

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