Diabetes insipidus, which is being renamed arginine vasopressin deficiency and arginine vasopressin resistance, is a rare condition in which the body is unable to concentrate the urine.

ADH, also known as vasopressin, helps regulate how much water your body loses through urine. If too much vasopressin is made, your body will retain excessive amounts of water, diluting the ...

Thirst is powerful! This notion is dramatically illustrated by the drinking behavior of children with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (also known as arginine vasopressin resistance) — a condition ...

To determine whether the diabetes insipidus was central or nephrogenic, the patient received one spray of desmopressin in each nostril (10mcg/spray). The initial hypothesis was that the patient had ...

Diabetes insipidus is a condition that causes excess urine production and persistent thirst. Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) causes your body to retain too much water.

Diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus involve different hormones and are distinct conditions. But they do have similar symptoms of excessive thirst and frequent urination.

What are the similarities between diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus? Learn more about the conditions, including their causes, symptoms, and treatments.

National and international endocrine, nephrology and pediatric societies are proposing a name change for diabetes insipidus. “Confusion with diabetes mellitus has led to bad experiences and ...

A group of representatives from national and international endocrine, nephrology and pediatric societies has proposed changing the name of diabetes insipidus to arginine vasopressin deficiency and ...

Study: Central diabetes insipidus revealing a hypophysitis induced by SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Image Credit: SciePro/Shutterstock Background Systemic and local side effects have been common, especially ...