Diabetes insipidus in the elderly

Diabetes insipidus is due to the lack of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) or the insensitivity of the kidneys to antidiuretic hormones, resulting in a decrease in the function of renal tubules to reabsorb water, which causes polyuria, thirst, polydipsia, low specific gravity urine and hypotonic urine. Syndrome. Most of the clinical cases are central diabetes insipidus caused by antidiuretic hormone deficiency, part of which is renal diabetic insipidus with reduced response to antidiuretic hormone by the renal tubules, and part of diabetes insipidus caused by excessive water intake, also called primary Tired.

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