Diabetes insipidus is a disease that causes an abnormal frequency and volume of urination, thirst and diluted urine. The causes of diabetes insipidus are various. It is recommended to visit a doctor to find out the underlying problem and get proper treatment.
Diabetes insipidus is a disease that can cause abnormal frequency of urination. The large volume of urine is diluted and mostly water. Due to the large loss of fluid from the body, a person may feel thirsty and become dehydrated.
The causes of diabetes insipidus are various. They all result from the inability of the kidney to concentrate the urine in the case of low water intake. Two types of diabetes insipidus with different causes can be distinguished: 1) Central diabetes insipidus is caused by damage to part of the pituitary gland which results in insufficient secretion of an anti-diuretic hormone. It may be caused by a tumor, trauma, and surgery or after an infection of the brain. 2) Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus is caused by an inadequate response of the renal tubules to the stimulations of the anti-diuretic hormone. This type is usually inherited or due to a renal disease. People with diabetes insipidus drink a lot and have to urinate often with large amounts of diluted urine.
The treatment for diabetes insipidus depends on its cause. Central diabetes insipidus can be treated with the intake of a synthetic anti-diuretic hormone or by treating the underlying disease. Renal diabetes insipidus may be treated symptomatically with anti-diuretic drugs but the causative renal problem needs to be treated as well.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
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Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
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